The pay dispute by 1,000 GXO draymen, which had threatened a late summer beer drought, has been settled after they voted overwhelmingly to accept an improved pay offer. Unite the union said its…Read more…
Labour Party staff willing to strike over compulsory redundancies
Labour Party staff who are members of Unite and the GMB have indicated they are willing to strike over potential compulsory redundancies. Indicative ballots amongst both unions members recorded…Read more…
GKN Driveline workers vote for strike action
Workers at GKN Driveline in Birmingham have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in the battle to prevent the closure of the factory on Chester Road. The closure would mean the transfer of…Read more…
Sainsbury’s empty shelves threat
Sainsbury’s stores in London and the South East could face empty shelves after DHL lorry drivers at the supermarket’s Dartford distribution centre signalled their willingness to strike over pay,…Read more…
Police staff pay freeze ‘deeply insulting’
Unions representing police staff, including control room operatives, 999 calls handlers and forensic specialists, have written to the home secretary Priti Patel asking her to urgently reconsider the…Read more…
General secretary ballot results
Sharon Graham has been confirmed as the next general secretary of Unite the union. Unite the union has today (August 25) announced the final results of its members’ vote for each of the three…Read more…
Bexley bin strikes suspended
Bin collections in the London borough of Bexley are to resume from tomorrow (August 25) while a deal between refuse collectors and their employer Serco is ratified. Unite said its members have voted…Read more…
Slave trade history ‘must be condemned and never forgotten’
August 23 has been designated by UNESCO as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. From 1562 when slavery began with the first English slaving expedition…Read more…
‘Fair day’s pay for fair day’s work’
Crunch talks to resolve the long-running Woolwich Ferry rep victimisation dispute last week between Transport for London (TfL) bosses and Unite the union broke down with the union accusing TfL of…Read more…
Radius Aerospace job losses
More than 60 Radius Aerospace job losses in Shrewsbury, the first of which could occur on the day furlough ends, are a ‘hammer blow’ for staff, Unite said today (August 19). Radius Aerospace, which…Read more…
‘Sheer lunacy’
Unite has branded as ‘lunacy’ the announcement that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the only body able to licence Covid-19 vaccines in the UK, is set to cut 20 per…Read more…
Council workers ‘furious’ at pay offer
Unite the union is to hold a consultative ballot to see if its 70,000 workers in local government want to proceed to an industrial ballot, with options up to strike action, following the ‘derisory’…Read more…
GKN Birmingham strike ballot begins
Workers at the GKN Automotive factory in Birmingham will begin receiving ballot papers from today (August 16) in the dispute over the decision by parent company GKN Melrose to close the site next…Read more…
London bus drivers ‘entirely opposed’ to remote sign-on
A survey of London bus drivers by Unite has found overwhelming opposition to proposals to move to a system of remote sign-on for buses in the capital. A number of London bus operators are keen to…Read more…
Homeworkers must be protected
Unite, Britain’s leading union, has produced a blueprint to protect homeworkers from attacks on their pay and conditions from unscrupulous employers. The union has vowed to support its members…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists strike latest
Biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust will strike until the middle of November in an upgrading pay row, as the bosses drag their feet over holding constructive talks, Unite the union said…Read more…
DHL workers at JLR plants prepare for strike ballot
DHL workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plants in the West Midlands and Merseyside are preparing to be balloted for strike action over wage arrears and an ‘insulting’pay offer, Unite said today…Read more…
‘Fight tooth and nail’
Workers at the GKN Automotive factory on Chester Road in Birmingham, owned by venture capitalists Melrose, are being balloted for strike action after the company confirmed its intention to close the…Read more…
Fears for London Underground
The Transport for London (TfL) pension review has raised fears that the government could have plans to privatise the London Underground, Unite said today (Tuesday 10 August).
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‘Sweet’ result in pay deal
A wage dispute between domestic sugar producer British Sugar and its workers at factories across east England has ended after staff accepted a ‘sweet pay deal’, Unite said today (August 10).
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