The aerospace industry is the flag carrier of UK manufacturing. From Yeovil to Broughton, Unite members are vital to the success of an international network which results in world class aircraft….Read more…
Christmas chaos coming to airports?
Christmas travel disruption could be on the cards at four UK airports, unless baggage carrier Aviator manages to transfer about 1,700 staff to other handlers. Unite understands that Scandinavian…Read more…
Bound for nowhere: Fascist band calls off gig
An American neo-nazi band who were planning to hold one of the “largest white power concerts ever held in Scotland” have cancelled their trip, after a public outcry. On Sunday (October 16),…Read more…
For Generation Y, trade unions will need to be a springboard not a safety net
Unions exist to represent everyone at work. But the people who are currently engaging with the union movement are aging and not being replaced by a younger cohort. Just 9.3% of low and middle earning…Read more…
Belgium must vote no tomorrow to stop CETA
Tomorrow trade ministers from EU countries will meet in Luxembourg at the Foreign Affairs Council where they are due to decide whether to approve the EU-Canada trade deal known as CETA. The TUC and unions across the EU and Canada are calling for governments to oppose the deal. A ‘joint…Read more…
Give Heathrow the greenlight
Today (Monday October 17) representatives from Unite delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street calling on the prime minister, Theresa May, to give the greenlight to Heathrow’s expansion. The…Read more…
Workers’ rights with your order?
Become a Deliveroo rider and “pick up a ton of perks to sweeten the deal, like discounts with Apple and Vue Cinema on top of your self-employed sixteen pound an hour depending on…Read more…
Undercover cop inquiry call
A review into undercover policing in Scotland is too narrow and needs to be broadened into an inquiry that will include the use of police spies during the historic 1980s print workers strike, Unite’s…Read more…
Strike take off
Business flyers using London’s City airport face severe disruption when award winning cabin crew working for CityJet strike for five days in a dispute over proposed pay cuts of up to 50 per cent….Read more…
Wall of silence
The wall of managerial silence since last week’s announcement of large scale redundancies at the GKN plant in Yeovil has been branded ‘a disgrace’ by Unite, the country’s largest union. The…Read more…
Brexit: Safeguard research call
The only way the impact of Brexit on our manufacturing sectors can be mitigated is through a proactive industrial strategy with scientific research at its centre. This is the conclusion of a new…Read more…
Enter talks
Unite is warning that a 48 hour strike involving London bus workers at the bus operator Tower Transit will go ahead on Wednesday 19 October unless the firm re-enters meaningful talks. Plans…Read more…
Unite call: ‘Seize the day, May’
It’s a decision which has been dogged by delays and political procrastination, put off by David Cameron to avoid a political row, and now sits in Theresa May’s in tray. For years it’s been kicked and…Read more…
Lloyds review is “counter-productive”
Lloyds Bank workers are suffering under a “counter-productive” cuts agenda Unite said, after the bank announced 1,340 more job losses this week (October 14). The redundancies will effect…Read more…
Held to account
Unite has welcomed as ‘fitting’ Labour’s creation of a brand new post of shadow steel minister. In a move designed to turn up the heat on the government Gill Furniss has been appointed to the…Read more…
We are stronger together: Union reps connecting by app
One of the things I liked most about going on trade union education courses was meeting union representatives from different unions and different workplaces. Even when I did the online TUC diploma…Read more…
What’s up with self-employment?
Last week I was perusing the latest Business; activity, size and location statistics on the ONS website (which counts as a good time in your 30s) when I noticed an interesting quirk: the number of private sector businesses continues to grow but the num…Read more…
Women earn £8,500 less a year by the time they reach their 50s
Today the TUC has published figures which show how the gender pay gap widens as you get older. The most dramatic widening happens between the 30s and 40s. The gap in annual earnings has more than doubles, increasing from £3,034 a year to £7,234 a year. By the age of 50, a woman working…Read more…
Despite Brexit worries and business lobbying, the PM must hold her nerve on minimum wage raises
In order to continue to take a place in the centre ground, the Prime Minister must stick to the government’s National Living Wage target for 2020, as this is now under some threat. When Greg Clark became business secretary, he immediately came under pressure to water down or delay the National…Read more…
Q. How did George Osborne end up borrowing FOUR TIMES more than he said he would?
A. His spending cuts crushed economic growth, meaning that in 2015-16 tax revenue fell short of expectations by £85bn. New analysis from the Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) carefully details exactly how Osborne managed to end up with this colossal failure to stick to his original plans:…Read more…