Unite has hailed the vote of confidence in Heinz factory workers in Wigan after the American-owned food manufacturing giant announced that it would be bringing ketchup, mayonnaise and salad cream…Read more…
Anger as Pizza Express deducts wait staff tips
Pizza Express is facing a massive backlash from wait staff and customers after the chain restaurant has been found to again be unfairly deducting staff tips. Unite has reiterated its call for the…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists strike
NHS patients in Blackburn and Burnley are being warned that test results may be delayed and other services affected, as biomedical scientists employed by East Lancashire NHS Trust began three weeks…Read more…
Bexley ‘summer stink’ warning
Bexley residents have been warned to prepare for ‘summer stink’ as Serco refuse workers prepare to vote in a strike ballot in a dispute over pay and poor treatment of workers, Unite said today….Read more…
Who will listen to my heart now?
Heads down. Hushed voices.Coughs and sneezes.Old Magazines.Women’s Own, Women’s Weekly.Flipping pages in the surgery. Your call is valuable to us.Please hold.Verdi’s Hebrew Slaves’ Chorusfilling the…Read more…
‘Outrageous decision’
The government’s decision to end a free pandemic parking pass for NHS and care staff in England has been condemned by the Unite union, which has more than 100,000 members across the health sector….Read more…
‘Work with us’ plea
The global boss of JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) has been urged to withdraw the ‘fire and rehire’ threat to the Banbury workforce and engage constructively to find a solution which won’t cause social…Read more…
Bromley library strikes
Bromley Central Library workers will strike over plans by their employer Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) to stage late-night openings with less staff, Unite said today (May 26). The 17 employees,…Read more…
Time for equality
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (May 26) addressed Unite’s first fully online equalities conference. You can watch his full speech in the video below: Film by Martin Scanlon
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‘A cornerstone of our union and our democracy’
From the moment the coronavirus hit our shores, Unite was on the front foot, fighting to protect your safety, your jobs and your pay. We worked day in and day out to secure the Job Retention Scheme…Read more…
‘All about greed and not need’
Office workers employed by Argos, which is now owned by Sainsbury’s, have been given the stark choice of accepting swingeing cuts to their pay and conditions or losing their jobs, under the company’s…Read more…
More JDE coffee trouble ‘brewing’
More trouble is ‘brewing’ for coffee giant JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) as fire and rehire strikes at its Banbury factory escalate from today (May 26). Around 300 JDE employees are taking strike action…Read more…
Amazon protest
To coincide with the Amazon shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday, May 26, activists will stage a protest outside Amazon’s Fashion Studio in Shoreditch to highlight the corporation’s shocking…Read more…
‘Excellent result’
Planned London bus strikes set to begin today (May 25) have been called off following consultation with members who agreed proposals which will halt remote sign-on at Metroline. The dispute involving…Read more…
George Floyd – never forgotten
George Floyd, whose murder at the hands of police sparked global protests last summer, was killed exactly a year ago today (May 25). Unite’s National Black and Asian Ethnic Minority Committee…Read more…
‘Insulting , derisory and shameful’
Members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, employed in local government, have rejected a 1.5 per cent pay offer made by employers, which they have described as ‘insulting, derisory and shameful’. The…Read more…
‘Accident waiting to happen’
Unite members working for Capita at HMNB Clyde Coulport and Faslane have slammed the decision by management to move forward with cuts to fire crews alongside the lack of promised new fire vehicles…Read more…
‘Victory for the workers who stood firm’
Unite members who provided essential services during the height of the pandemic have voted to suspend their six week strike after ongoing talks with Thurrock Council delivered a breakthrough, it was…Read more…
Goodlord’s reputation ‘in tatters’
London lettings services firm Goodlord’s reputation is ‘in tatters’ after more than three months of strike action over £6,000 pay cuts, the hostile targeting of striking workers and the loss of its…Read more…
‘Flagrant and wasteful use of taxpayers’ money’
Wasteful bosses could spend three times as much undermining a strike by biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust in an upgrading pay row than it would cost to settle, Unite the union said….Read more…