The JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) coffee plant in Banbury, Oxfordshire has lost an estimated six million jars of coffee production – or 300 million cups of coffee – as a result of industrial action over…Read more…
Bosses ‘filmed families’ at JDE protest
Bosses at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire are accused of carrying out covert surveillance of workers and their families protesting at the company’s ‘fire and rehire plans’ in…Read more…
‘Huge victory’ at Manchester Go North West
Bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester have defeated attempts to fire and rehire them, agreeing a deal which will end one of the country’s longest-running industrial disputes. The deal was…Read more…
‘Paltry offer’
Unions representing 750,000 council and school support staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland criticised a recent 1.5 per cent pay offer made by the Local Government Association. GMB, Unite…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists to strike
Biomedical scientists in the frontline of Covid-19 testing at a Lancashire NHS trust are ramping up their industrial action with a further three weeks of strikes in June, after bosses reneged on an…Read more…
‘No room for complacency’
The public is warned to keep up their guard when eating and drinking inside restaurants, pubs and fast food outlets are allowed from Monday (May 17), as a Unite the union survey reveals hospitality…Read more…
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Too many LGBT+ workers have experienced harassment and unwanted behaviours which are offensive, intimidatory or humiliating. Here are links to guidance that can help you be a better LGBT+ ally.Read more…
Forgetting ‘the stuff swirling round your head’
During lockdown many of us have found how much being in nature can do to restore our sense of connectedness and lift our spirits. This feeling of wellbeing is of course nothing new to many of us –…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – nature and mental health
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at a feature from Mental Health Awareness Week back in…Read more…
Thurrock Council waste and recycling strikes go on
Unite members who provided essential services during the height of the pandemic have resolved to continue their strike in a battle to defend their pay from a brutal attack by Thurrock Council bosses….Read more…
NI bread shortages warning
Unite has warned of bread shortages in Northern Ireland this weekend as Hovis workers have confirmed all-out strike action. Management’s offer of a three percent pay increase was rejected by…Read more…
Mental Health Matters
A look at our Mental Health Matters series and the personal testimony of our TUC North West executive member Karen Kendrick.Read more…
‘Really significant victory’
Following revelations from unions including Unite, that logistics giant XPO boosted executive pay around the same time that UK government furlough payments were made to the firm, shareholders…Read more…
Loneliness and mental strain has to stop
Senior figures from across the road haulage, warehousing and logistics sector will join a roundtable event tomorrow (Thursday 13 May) with Unite, to discuss how to tackle the growing mental health…Read more…
‘Corporate greed by corporate gangsters’
Unite members sent a loud and clear message at a protest on Wednesday (May 11) calling for the end of fire and rehire contracts. The Unite members, striking workers who face being forced onto…Read more…
‘Nasty side of govt’
“The moves on voter ID that could see millions of young and poor people lose their vote alongside the plan to curtail the right to protest – long and dearly held in this country – should be ringing…Read more…
‘Classic example of bandit capitalism’
Unite which represents thousands of members at transport company First Group, is demanding that venture capitalists Coast Capital Management are thwarted in attempting to block a planned move to plug…Read more…
Fire and rehire protest ahead of Queen’s Speech
Workers under threat from fire and rehire pay cuts of up to £12,000 will join MPs on a boat on the river Thames tomorrow (May 11) to demand pernicious practice is outlawed in the Queen’s Speech….Read more…
‘Excellent alternative business plan’
Members of Unite employed at GKN Birmingham have today (May 6), along with the joint consultative committee, presented an alternative business plan to the company’s senior management, as part of…Read more…
Fire and rehire ban call
Trade unions representing millions of UK workers and Labour MPs and Lords from across the country have issued a joint call for the government to ban fire and rehire as pressure builds for ministers…Read more…