Low paid cleaners, employed by multi-million pound outsourcing company Mitie, have been left fearing for their jobs after the company reneged on a previous agreement regarding training. The workers,…Read more…
‘Angry and frustrated’
Norwegian Air workers are ‘angry and frustrated’ after recent assurances from the company that they would receive the required redundancy payments if it failed proved to be entirely false. Instead,…Read more…
Portsmouth council ‘recklessly putting workers and tenants at risk’
Portsmouth council has been accused of needlessly exposing its council housing tenants and outsourced workers to potential exposure to Covid-19. Unite has become increasingly alarmed that workers at…Read more…
GE’s ‘financial torpedo’ on workers’ pensions
Nearly 3,000 workers at industrial conglomerate GE will be taking ‘a huge financial hit’ under proposals to close the defined benefit final salary pension scheme, Unite warned today (February 1)….Read more…
Pay promise broken
Merseyside glassmakers employed by Pilkington are being balloted for strike action over the company’s failure to deliver a promised 2.5 per cent pay rise, Unite said today (January 29). More than 100…Read more…
Security guards in ‘David and Goliath’ pay battle
Security staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, locked in a ‘David and Goliath’ pay battle with their employer, will be staging a third wave of strikes into early March. The 20 security…Read more…
‘Recipe for tragedy’
Unite has warned that forcing construction workers in London onto bikes is potentially dangerous. Unite issued its warning after Transport for London (TfL) issued travel advice for construction…Read more…
Latest UK car production figures ‘worst in a generation’
UK car production last year plummeted by almost a third to fewer than one million cars, the biggest slump since 1984. New car industry figures highlight the massive toll the coronavirus pandemic has…Read more…
Quarantine hotels must be Covid-secure
Unite, which represents thousands of workers in the hospitality and hotel sector, is warning that the government’s plans to introduce quarantine hotels must not risk the health of the workers in…Read more…
Fresh Babcock strikes at RAF Leeming
Strike action by Babcock Aerospace workers at RAF Leeming, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, over a £5,000 pay disparity will continue until the end of February, Unite said today (January 28)….Read more…
Government ditches workers’ rights review
Following pressure from Labour and trade unions, the government has taken yet another screeching U-turn after axing a review of EU-derived workers’ rights. Earlier this month, the Financial Times…Read more…
‘Incredible achievement’
Unite announced today (January 27) that British Airways cargo strikes had been called off after a deal had been struck, pending members’ vote. Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett…Read more…
‘Further blow to aviation sector’
Unite has reiterated its call for the government to support the aviation sector as home secretary Priti Patel announced a new hotel quarantine system for arrivals from high-risk countries. Patel…Read more…
‘We have a duty as trade unionists to remember’
On Holocaust Memorial Day today (January 27) Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner has a special message for members. Watch in the video below: Film by Martin Scanlon
The post ‘We…Read more…
‘Tremendous result’
Unite has secured a deal, subject to a members’ ballot, to end the long running dispute over British Airways’ plans to fire and rehire the workforce in its cargo division. Members of Unite…Read more…
‘Be the light in the darkness’
Every year on January 27, people across the world join in solidarity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), on the anniversary of the day Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death…Read more…
‘Fix furlough and extend it now’
Urging the government to extend the job retention scheme, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (January 26) said, “The government mustn’t repeat the mistake of the last time round when it…Read more…
‘Please follow the guidelines’
Yet more frontline bus driver heroes have died in this current wave of the Covid pandemic.
Earlier today (January 25) Unite paid tribute to ‘well-loved and respected’ Brighton bus driver Christopher…Read more…
Manchester bus drivers fight fire and rehire plans
Unite will begin balloting its members at bus company Go North West in Manchester for strike action this week, in a dispute over the company’s decision to impose new contracts of employment by firing…Read more…
Labour forces vote on workers’ rights
Labour will today (January 25) force a vote on workers’ rights after reports last week that the government was mulling over plans to rip up employment protections now that the Brexit transition…Read more…