Workers at aerospace parts firm SPS Technologies are being balloted for strike action over the company’s ‘opportunistic’ attempt to attack pay rates by as much as £3,000 a year, Unite said today…Read more…
‘Cast iron’ assurances call
Luxury car maker Aston Martin is being urged to provide cast iron guarantees that its factory at Gaydon in Warwickshire will remain the centre for the UK and world-wide manufacturing and production…Read more…
‘All about greed and not need’
Unite members employed at Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) will be on picket lines tomorrow (December 1) in the dispute over the savage wage cuts imposed on the workforce through a brutal fire and…Read more…
Heathrow boss clinches corona rogue crown
It’s been a bumper year for bad bosses but the corona rogue crown has to go to the CEO of Heathrow airport. John Holland-Kaye enjoys an eye-wateringly huge salary and benefits. …Read more…
‘Pay injustice row’
Deliveries to about 100 Sainsbury’s stores in London and the south east will be severely hit over the Christmas period as 12 drivers working for an outsourced firm stage six days of strikes over a…Read more…
Solidarity with Palestine
The Israeli government continues to press ahead with its gross violations of international law and Palestinian human rights, accelerating the ongoing colonisation of yet more Palestinian land. These…Read more…
‘Scrooge is alive and well’
Unite has discovered that workers operating on the flagship HS2 project at the Old Oak Common site, are being systematically denied the correct pay rates, resulting in them losing hundreds of pounds…Read more…
Airbus Filton first responders strike postponed for talks
Securitas first responders working at Airbus’ Filton site have postponed strikes on Monday, November 30 and Tuesday, December 1 over contract changes that would result in wage losses of up to £6,000,…Read more…
‘We really don’t know how we survived’
Like many freelancer workers during the first national lockdown in March, professional photographer Slater King’s work suddenly dried up. No phone calls, no shoots, just an unending expanse of time…Read more…
Fair pay for key workers isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s essential
The Chancellor has threatened a freeze of public sector wages in Wednesday’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).Read more…
Kickstart, the job creation scheme for young people, has to be a success
Young workers suffer most in recessions – youth unemployment has long-term ‘scarring’ impacts and spells of unemployment as a young worker can lead to lower pay and more unemployment decades later….Read more…
Ten steps for a Spending Review to create decent jobs
The spending review is a big chance for the Chancellor to think about how we get our economy back on track. With redundancies in the latest quarter at the highest on record, attention must be shifted…Read more…
The campaign to promote workers’ rights in trade deals must be global
Multinational business is lobbying for trade deals which will increase their profits at the expense of workers’ rights. But trade unions across the world are fighting back.Read more…
The government must not postpone a raise in the minimum wage
Today, the Chancellor is expected to announce plans to cut a scheduled raise in the minimum wage. This decision could cost low paid workers more than £640 a year and will disproportionately hurt…Read more…
A spending review to level down Britain
For all ministers’ talk of levelling up, this spending review will level down Britain, hit key workers’ pay and break the government’s promises to the lowest paid.Read more…
‘Dereliction of duty’
Responding to the latest Covid-19 tier restrictions, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “There’s not just a health and economic crisis engulfing this country. Job insecurity and low…Read more…
‘Preparing to battle’
Workers at Heineken’s cider brewery in Hereford, Herefordshire, are ‘preparing to battle’ a ‘sack and sign’ (SAS) ultimatum by the company that will see staff lose thousands of pounds in pay and…Read more…
‘We won’t be treated this way any longer’
Residents of Doncaster are set to be severely affected by a series of bin strikes over Christmas and New Year, as a result of the constant bullying and harassment of the workforce by outsourcers Suez…Read more…
Government’s ‘levelling up agenda in tatters’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak yet again failed to offer the level of ambition necessary to rebuild a shattered economy, while also targeting the lowest paid to bear the brunt of the crisis despite their…Read more…
‘Act of industrial self-mutilation’
Rolls Royce’s announcement that it will close its factory in Barnoldswick from this Friday (November 25) until after Christmas, while offshoring work around the globe, has been described as an act of…Read more…