Oxford Bus Company is set to become the UK’s meanest bus company this Christmas, after ‘Scrooge’ bosses refused to pay drivers extra for working on two bank holidays over the festive season. …Read more…
Loos are human rights
The government is falling short when half a million lorry drivers are ‘caught short’ looking for toilet facilities, Unite said. The union said that it is calling for a statutory,…Read more…
‘Great news for London’
Unite today (Wednesday December 21) welcomed the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s first step towards fulfilling his election manifesto promise to provide a new fairer deal for the capital’s 25,000 bus…Read more…
Last Christmas
Unite members are part of the backbone of society. Never more so than in the festive period when thousands will help maintain the essential gas, electricity, water, social care and health sectors. It…Read more…
Hidden horrors of gang working
Two gangmasters have agreed to pay more than £1m to trafficked Lithuanian poultry farm workers, in the first case involving modern slavery to be brought against a British company. The payment…Read more…
Swissport strike called off
A breakthrough on the pay and conditions of baggage handlers, check-in staff and ground crew employed by Swissport has seen Unite, the workers’ union, announce today (Tuesday) that a pre-Christmas…Read more…
The only connection between winter strikes is employers who won’t negotiate
Following industrial action in Southern Rail, Post Offices and other companies over the last week, the usual suspects have been coming out to denounce strikes. Some Conservative backbenchers have…Read more…
Scared off safety warnings
Nearly 60 per cent of offshore workers say that health and safety standards have dropped in the last six months – and Unite is demanding action. In a survey carried out by Unite the union,…Read more…
Businesses and unions across the country call for right to remain for EU citizens
Today chambers of commerce representing businesses and TUC offices across the country put out joint statements calling for the government to stop stalling and give EU citizens the right to remain in the UK after Brexit. These joint statements back the …Read more…
Not exactly ship-shape
A culture of bullying at the Woolwich Ferry could lead to significant disruption for thousands of passengers, if workers vote for strike action, Unite warned today (Tuesday December 20). Unite…Read more…
Back to the 80s?
Penguin Random House – the publisher of top selling books such as Girl on the Train, Fifty Shades of Grey and Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks – has decided to terminate collective agreements and recognition…Read more…
Genuine talks plea
Unite has warned British Airways against making misleading statements while talks at the conciliation service Acas were ongoing today (Monday December 19). The warning came after the airline…Read more…
Penguin goes ‘over the top’
The world’s biggest publisher, Penguin Random House, has announced it is to end its collective agreement with the unions and intends to push through changes which will erode staff members’ redundancy…Read more…
Theresa May should stop playing politics with people’s futures
This weekend the TUC and the British Chambers of Commerce issued a call to the Prime Minister to break the logjam on the #right2remain for EU citizens living and working in the UK, and take the bold,…Read more…
All to play for on #Brexit
It’s not clear that the British public really cares that much yet about whether Britain should be seeking a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ Brexit, because the options haven’t been clearly set out, and the Government hasn’t yet set out what it favours. The TUC wants a…Read more…
#InternationalMigrantsDay 2016: Solidarity with undocumented workers
The TUC has joined other unions around Europe to mark International Migrants Day (18 December) by calling for undocumented migrants to have their rights respected. All too often undocumented workers suffer the humiliating and degrading experience of be…Read more…
‘Organising after the Brexit vote’ event calls for solidarity to fight insecurity at work
Building solidarity between workers, no matter what passport or contract they hold, is a trade union priority after the Brexit vote. That was the message of the TUC event on ‘Organising migrant and…Read more…
Cold comfort
Worried about heating costs this winter? Looks like it will be worse for pensioners in Northern Ireland – the UK’s only region where older persons are unable to access the £140 discount towards home…Read more…
Tap pump and your pint is ready…
To most people the phase “pay at the pump” is associated with the necessary evil of petrol stations, where motorists use their bank cards at the pump to pay for their fuel. But now the phrase…Read more…
In perilous times
It’s short. It’s sharp. Fits a hashtag. A headline. It’s genius. And the remainers don’t have an equivalent to a single word that sums up the biggest decision we’ve undertaken – Brexit….Read more…