Strikes due to begin at Heathrow Airport tomorrow (April 2) have been postponed after an offer on pay and future working conditions was agreed following extensive negotiations. The workers, who are…Read more…
London United bus strikes latest
The increasingly bitter dispute, involving London United, a subsidiary of the French owned company RATP, is set to intensify, after bus drivers at two more garages voted to join the industrial action…Read more…
‘Not a real living wage’
Low-paid workers will have little to celebrate today (April 1) as a minimum wage rise of 19p an hour is rendered meaningless by rising living costs such as increases in council tax, and energy and…Read more…
Royal London hospital catering workers ‘suffering persistent bullying’
Patients at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel could face disruption at mealtimes this spring, if workers employed by outsourcer Serco take strike action in a dispute over bullying and the…Read more…
Unite slams race report
The government has come under fierce criticism after commissioning a report on racial disparities in the UK, which critics including Unite have said has failed to take seriously the lived experiences…Read more…
Safeguards needed on hi-tech work monitoring
Unite has warned that safeguards must be fully implemented in workplaces to protect workers from the ‘unintended consequences’ of hi-tech monitoring following the promotion of this latest equipment…Read more…
Action on Amazon
Unite has begun a major newspaper and digital advertising campaign today (March 31), to alert Amazon workers about a confidential whistle-blowing hotline which has opened in the UK & Ireland….Read more…
Don’t ‘be left out or left behind’
Unite has welcomed comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry’s recent open letter to African and African-Caribbean communities urging them to get their coronavirus jab. The letter was signed by a series of…Read more…
Fresh London bus strikes as peace talks fail
London will face fresh bus strikes this week after peace talks failed to secure a breakthrough in the dispute over proposed attacks on conditions and real terms pay cuts. Bus drivers at the RATP…Read more…
Profits over livelihoods
Brexit trade barriers or naked corporate greed are to blame for job losses in Co. Antrim amid a sinking job market and during a global pandemic fears Unite.
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Taking liberties
Unite organiser and Ogreave Truth and Justice Campaign chair Joe Rollin tells us all you need to know about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the explainer below. What’s it all about? …Read more…
‘Do everything necessary to preserve Liberty Steel’
The government must step in and do everything in its power to secure a long-term future for Liberty Steel, Unite has said, after the company’s request for a £170m state rescue loan was rejected….Read more…
London buses latest: moratorium on remote sign on
Unite the union, which represents over 20,000 bus workers in London, has strongly welcomed a decision by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to order a moratorium on bus operators in the capital introducing…Read more…
The year time stood still
The older we get, the quicker the years seem to fly by, but 2020 was a clear exception – it was the year time stood still. And for key workers – from NHS staff to bus workers, supermarket staff to…Read more…
‘Topflight pay deal’
Striking Babcock workers will return to work at RAF Leeming, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, after a ‘topflight pay deal’ was secured, Unite said today (March 26). More than 50 Babcock…Read more…
Heroes of the year – Brompton Bikes workers
Back in April, we spoke to Brompton Bikes CEO and Brompton bikes workers who took part in an extraordinary crowdfunding project to provide alternative modes of transport for NHS staff. Find out more…Read more…
Why this May 6 really matters
This May’s elections really matter. Across the whole of the UK polling stations will be open on May 6 for our own ‘Super Thursday’ as directly elected mayors, councillors, London Assembly members,…Read more…
Manchester bus franchising announcement welcomed
Unite has welcomed the announcement today (March 25) by Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham that Greater Manchester will adopt a system of bus franchising. Unite believes that the new system, which is…Read more…
Billionaire Warren Buffett linked to Leicester SPS dispute
Warren Buffett, whose net worth surpassed £73 billion this month, is linked to Leicester SPS Technologies’ workers on strike over ‘brutal’ fire and rehire cuts, Unite said today (March 25)….Read more…
‘Incredible job’
As UniteLIVE highlighted this week, pharmacists have played an absolutely instrumental role throughout the pandemic. Unite’s Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) president Roisin O’Hare…Read more…