Unite has celebrated a major victory after it was announced today (July 28) that the Sheffield Forgemasters steel engineering plant would be brought into public hands in a £2.6m deal. The Ministry of…Read more…
NHS under renewed pressure
The NHS is just as overstretched and under pressure as it was at the height of the pandemic in January, health service leaders have warned. NHS Providers, which represents hospital and ambulance…Read more…
‘Stark warning’ over Universal Credit cut
Millions of Britons will face the biggest overnight cut to the basic rate of social security since the Second World War, if the government pushes through with slashing Universal Credit payments as…Read more…
Rethink ‘pingdemic’ exemptions now call
Steve Turner, Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing, has today (Tuesday 27 July) called for the government to urgently rethink its decision not to exempt the automotive and steel…Read more…
‘Enough really is enough’
Doctors in Unite (DiU) has organised a demonstration in London tomorrow (Tuesday 27 July) over the failure to offer proper PPE protection against airborne transmission to health and social care staff…Read more…
Beer drought threat
A beer drought is on the cards as about 1,000 drivers, their ‘mates’ and warehouse staff who deliver top brands, such as Heineken, are being balloted for industrial action over a ‘paltry’ pay offer,…Read more…
Unite GS election latest
The 2021 Unite general secretary election is now underway. The current general secretary, Len McCluskey, will step down from office and the successful candidate will assume office at the conclusion…Read more…
Unite supports Bristol airport expansion
Unite has today (July 22) given evidence at the public inquiry into the expansion of Bristol Airport. The union argued that giving the expansion plans the green light, will boost jobs in the region…Read more…
‘Clear leadership’ needed from government
Unite, the UK’s leading union, is warning that frontline workers are becoming increasing exasperated with the government’s failure to get a grip on surging numbers of Covid-19 infections, which has…Read more…
‘Woefully inadequate’
Unite has slammed the government for accepting the NHS Pay Review Body’s (PRB) recommendation of a 3 per cent pay rise for NHS workers announced on Wednesday (July 21). It is understood that the PRB…Read more…
Petrochem jobs to go
Serious questions are being asked why Sabic, the biggest petrochemical company on Teesside, is adopting a policy of job losses and outsourcing of maintenance staff, while being an enthusiastic…Read more…
Historic deal signed today
Unite has today (July 21) secured a recognition agreement for workers employed by logistics giant XPO on the Nestle contract, based at the East Midlands Gateway.
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Gloucester UPS depot workers to strike
The city of Gloucester is braced for a summer of delays and disruption to parcel deliveries after workers at the local depot of UPS announced strike action in a long running dispute over bullying,…Read more…
Bristol City Council signs Unity over Division charter
Unite and Bristol council came together on Tuesday (July 20) to sign a ground-breaking agreement to promote a more tolerant and inclusive workplace. Unite’s Unity Over Division charter has been…Read more…
‘Mixed messaging’ amid ‘pingdemic’
Unite has criticised the mixed messages coming from government about self-isolation rules, after business minister Paul Scully told the Times Radio that if people are ‘pinged’ by the Test and Trace…Read more…
Barnoldswick Rolls-Royce plant again under threat
A group of specialist engineers employed at the Rolls-Royce plant in Barnoldswick, Lancashire began strike action today (July 19) after fears for the long term future of the site resurfaced. Members…Read more…
JDE ‘fire and rehire’ dispute latest
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire will be balloted on a new pay and employment conditions’ package that removes the management’s proposal to ‘fire and rehire’ staff, Unite…Read more…
St Mungo’s strikes called off
Strikes at the St Mungo’s housing charity have been called off after the management agreed to an independent review into bullying grievances raised by staff, Unite said on Thursday (July 15). Unite…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists strike latest
Biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust are being re-balloted for strike action in an upgrading pay row, after bosses failed to ‘meaningfully engage’ in talks with Acas, the conciliation…Read more…
‘We will not let racists have the final word’
In the latest news on the scandal involving racist abuse against England football players, four people have been arrested in connection with the abuse. After England’s defeat in the Euro 2020 Final…Read more…