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Woolwich Ferry dispute latest

Jun 16, 2021By UNITElive

London mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to intervene as new strike dates were announced in the Woolwich Ferry ‘different bosses, same victimisation’ dispute. The nine days of 24 hour strikes during…Read more…

Jun 16, 2021UNITElive

Farm worker shortage can be solved with better pay

Jun 16, 2021By UNITElive

Difficulties finding seasonal agricultural workers could solved by improving notoriously bad pay and conditions in the sector, Unite has said in response to complaints by UK fruit farmers.

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Jun 16, 2021UNITElive

‘Give us a social security package’

Jun 16, 2021By UNITElive

As the furlough scheme is about to end, so will the £20 Universal Credit ‘uplift’. With double the number of claimants since onset of Covid, Unite demands the UC rise becomes permanent

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Jun 16, 2021UNITElive

‘Workers and businesses still need more help’

Jun 15, 2021By UNITElive

New figures published today (June 15) have shown signs that the labour market is recovering after lockdown restrictions eased earlier this year, with unemployment falling for the fourth month in a…Read more…

Jun 15, 2021UNITElive

‘Metro misery’

Jun 15, 2021By UNITElive

Tyne and Wear residents are being warned to brace for ‘Metro misery’ during train maintenance strikes that will impact rail travel across the region. Unite issued the warning after its members…Read more…

Jun 15, 2021UNITElive

Unite lorry driver manifesto launched

Jun 15, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has launched a radical manifesto to tackle the chronic driver shortage affecting the UK’s lorry driving sector. The manifesto has been drawn up to coincide with a ministerial roundtable to be…Read more…

Jun 15, 2021UNITElive

‘Passengers and bus drivers at renewed risk’

Jun 15, 2021By UNITElive

Unite, which represents tens of thousands of bus drivers, is calling on the government to ensure that the current rules on mask wearing and reduced capacity on public transport are properly enforced…Read more…

Jun 15, 2021UNITElive

Extend furlough call

Jun 14, 2021By UNITElive

As the government prepares to delay lockdown easing for another four weeks, Unite has reiterated its call for continued financial support for workers and their beleaguered industries. Government…Read more…

Jun 14, 2021UNITElive

Thousands of Stoke families at risk

Jun 14, 2021By UNITElive

Thousands of families in Stoke-on-Trent, which has high levels of child poverty, could be badly hit by city council plans to slash £1 million from the children and young people services’ budget,…Read more…

Jun 14, 2021UNITElive

Dozens of Loganair jobs saved

Jun 14, 2021By UNITElive

Unite Scotland has today (June 14) welcomed the news that up to 35 cabin crew jobs at risk of redundancy across Scottish airports have now been saved thanks to innovative training courses supported…Read more…

Jun 14, 2021UNITElive

Why we shouldn’t be worried about inflation right now

Jun 13, 2021By TUC blogs

Trade unions care about inflation – nobody wants pay increases written off by higher prices. But we care about other things too.Read more…

Jun 13, 2021TUC blogs

The government is failing to tackle Britain’s insecure work and enforcement crisis

Jun 13, 2021By TUC blogs

For workers hoping for a step-change in the enforcement of workers’ rights, the government’s announcement that there will be a further delay to planned reforms is a kick in the teeth.Read more…

Jun 13, 2021TUC blogs

Bromley library win

Jun 11, 2021By UNITElive

Unite the union has hailed victory in the dispute at Bromley Central Library over late night openings with fewer staff. Talks this week with the employer social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited…Read more…

Jun 11, 2021UNITElive

Lancashire biomedical scientists strikes continue

Jun 11, 2021By UNITElive

Hardline NHS bosses at a Lancashire NHS trust have, so far, spurned the offer of any talks, including under the auspices of conciliation service Acas, to resolve the biomedical scientists’ upgrading…Read more…

Jun 11, 2021UNITElive

Make your voice heard

Jun 10, 2021By UNITElive

Unite’s current general secretary Len McCluskey is standing down – and the race to be his successor has already started. Who will be the next leader of Unite? Unite is urging members to make sure…Read more…

Jun 10, 2021UNITElive

Scrapping of electrician deskilling plans welcomed

Jun 9, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has welcomed the announcement by contractors Balfour Beatty and NG Bailey that they remain committed to the Joint Industry Board (JIB) agreement and the training of fully qualified…Read more…

Jun 9, 2021UNITElive

‘Counterproductive’ redundancies

Jun 9, 2021By UNITElive

Members of Unite will hold a socially distanced protest tomorrow outside the Leeds debt support charity StepChange from 12.30pm over ‘counterproductive’ plans to slash up to 170 jobs. The ending of…Read more…

Jun 9, 2021UNITElive

Weetabix strikes announced

Jun 9, 2021By UNITElive

Engineers employed by Weetabix at its factories in Northamptonshire will begin strike action later this month in a dispute over the company’s plans to fire and rehire them resulting in a huge cut in…Read more…

Jun 9, 2021UNITElive

Outsourced hospital catering staff to strike

Jun 8, 2021By UNITElive

Patients at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, East London, are facing the prospect of ‘food chaos’ later this month, after workers employed by troubled outsourcing giant Serco voted for…Read more…

Jun 8, 2021UNITElive

‘Totally unacceptable’

Jun 8, 2021By UNITElive

North West ambulance staff are to hold a consultative ballot over whether to proceed to an industrial action ballot about a new system that is leaving them exhausted because of excessive mileage….Read more…

Jun 8, 2021UNITElive
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