Matthew Taylor’s independent review of working practices launches today. We’re looking forward to working with him. Here are the things we think his review has the potential to change for working people: Making sure everyone can access decent rights at work Access to key workplace rights…Read more…
‘Exceptional’ deal
Workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have overwhelmingly backed an ‘exceptional pay deal for an exceptional workforce’ in a consultative ballot, Unite announced today (November 29). Over three…Read more…
‘Empty proposals’
The collapse of retailer British Home Stores (BHS) earlier this year will go down in history as one of the biggest business scandals of all time, with tens of thousands of people losing their jobs…Read more…
‘Unacceptable’ cuts
A campaign to safeguard the pay and terms and conditions of Newham council’s workforce and, ultimately, the council services for the more than 300,000 residents in the east London borough is being…Read more…
Post office strike
Overseas Christmas mail and parcels are set to be disrupted on Saturday (December 3) – the peak day for such international post – when about 720 managers stage a third 24-hour strike in their…Read more…
The pensions triple lock is for youngsters
One of the myths about the State Pension triple lock is that it is somehow a subsidy of the wealthy old by the impecunious young. A report released this afternoon by the studiously neutral, Pensions Policy Institute shows two key things: The triple lock has done the vast bulk of the work in…Read more…
‘Unity not division’
Last week the right-wing terrorist who murdered Labour MP Jo Cox was given a whole life sentence. White supremacist Thomas Mair stabbed and shot Cox in Birstall, a town in West Yorkshire that…Read more…
Canadian & European civil society oppose EU-Canada trade agreement
Over 450 public interest groups from across Europe and Canada – including the TUC – today published an open letter urging legislators to vote against the EU-Canada ‘trade’ deal known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). They joined forces to defend…Read more…
Worker board representation must mean what it says on the tin
The government’s Green Paper on corporate governance is expected today (Tuesday 29th November) and should include the government’s proposals for putting into practice the Prime Minister’s repeated commitment to have workers represented on company boards. As I blogged last week, there are three key…Read more…
Tata sell-off audit call
Job security and the future of the pension scheme are key priorities for Unite following today’s (November 28) announcement that Tata Steel UK is to sell its speciality steel business to Liberty…Read more…
Family nurses fight back
Unite will hold a demonstration on Wednesday (November 30) against council cuts to the family nurse partnership (FNP) in Manchester which will affect over 150 families. Family nurses, members…Read more…
Korean unions fight back
As I noted in my blog in July South Korea’s trade unions have been subject to a sustained attack . Under President Park, trade unionists are being sent to prison for carrying out normal trade…Read more…
Care for the NHS
Just days after chancellor Phillip Hammond hardly bothered to mention the NHS in his Autumn Statement, the Labour party launched a major campaign on Saturday (November 26) in support of the…Read more…
Young worker’s Challenge #9: Pressure on working parents
This month we’re counting down the ten most significant challenges faced by young workers. Being in low paid, insecure work with limited opportunities for progression is pretty tough. Having a child…Read more…
This is still austerity, but not as we knew it
There were welcome signs in the 2016 Autumn Statement that the Chancellor has learned from his predecessor’s mistakes. The OBR forecast greatly increased borrowing (around £120bn more over 5 years) because they see uncertainties around the referendum meaning a weaker economy especially over the…Read more…
There is no place for any form of racist or religious prejudice in modern Scotland- Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister
I am very pleased to support the “No Racism: Protecting Rights, Defending Communities” Anti-Racism March and Rally 2016.
Scotland is a diverse country, and cultural attitudes have…Read more…
No bones about it: the worst real earnings decline in at least 162 years
Frances O’ Grady’s immediate reaction to the Autumn Statement was that Today’s OBR forecast shows that the average annual wage will be £1,000 lower in 2020 than predicted at the Budget. And this is on top of wages still having not recovered to their 2007 levels. This is yet another blow to ordinary…Read more…
YOUNG WORKER’S CHALLENGE #8: BULLYING AND HARASSMENT
This month we’re counting down the ten most significant challenges faced by young workers. Today’s is bullying and harassment. There’s no concept I hate more than ’banter’. For me, ‘banter’…Read more…
‘Big-hearted’ hospice project
Big-hearted Unite members are making a donation of nearly £1m to the launch of the Compton Hospice Community hub project extension in Wolverhampton. The money will come from the former 5/344…Read more…
In this most turbulent of years, we must stand firmly against racism- Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Labour Party
Last year, the annual St Andrew’s Day March sent a powerful message that refugees are welcome in Scotland.
A humanitarian tragedy was unfolding across the globe, and the STUC led the charge for those…Read more…