A series of broken promises and a proposed pay freeze by management at haulier Eddie Stobart Ltd, could result in a festive crisp famine, Unite has warned. The dispute is a result of Eddie Stobart…Read more…
Workers must have a collective say over economic recovery
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spending Review, let us cast our minds back to Boris Johnson’s infamous promise to “level up” Britain. As with all of Johnson’s slogans, it is a promise of great…Read more…
Chancellor has ‘the power and the responsibility to renew our country’
Unite has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to reject a return to austerity ahead of his comprehensive spending review on Wednesday (November 25) amid reports that the latest announcements will hit the…Read more…
Unite GS to chancellor: ‘In this time like no other we need action like no other’
Ahead of the comprehensive spending review (CSR) on Wednesday (November 25), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak calling on him to use the power of his office…Read more…
Who will remember them?
On sea beds
of the Aegean.
Of the Mediterranean.
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PPE logjam scandal
The government’s incompetence in securing adequate levels of protective kit for health and care workers made big headlines during the first wave of the virus. But little seems to have changed months…Read more…
The self-isolation payment isn’t working. The government must raise statutory sick pay now
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the government has repeatedly refused to do what’s clearly needed: raise statutory sick pay and make it available for all.Read more…
The pay freeze for key workers is a bitter pill to swallow
The government’s plans are deeply unfair to key workers who’ve put themselves on the line throughout the pandemic. People we rely on everyday have been told to pay for a crisis they did not cause and…Read more…
Stricter measures needed to combat Covid on construction sites
Unite is calling for the creation of separate site operating procedures to cover both indoor and outdoor construction work following revelations by Professor Calum Semple that confirm Unite’s belief…Read more…
‘Why is it that we pick the pockets of the least well paid?’
Unite has lambasted reports that the government is mulling over a public sector pay freeze in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s upcoming spending review on Wednesday (November 25). Listen to Unite…Read more…
‘Kick in the teeth’
Unite has slammed the government for considering a public sector pay freeze for 5.5m workers, after reports today (November 20) suggested that public sector workers excluding frontline NHS staff may…Read more…
‘Devastating news for E.ON workers’
The news that energy giant E.ON is to axe about 700 jobs over the next two years is ‘more grim news’ for the UK economy already battered by Covid-19, Unite said on Thursday (November 19). Unite has…Read more…
Unite statement on Saudi Arabian human rights abuses
Unite the Union, TSSA, NEU, NASUWT and the SOR trade unions are calling on the UK government to raise serious concerns at the upcoming G20 summit in Riyadh concerning the continued human rights…Read more…
‘Cast iron guarantees’ on UK defence spending call
Unite has cautiously welcomed this week’s defence spending announcement – but warned that it must be used to create and support jobs and communities in the UK amid a national employment crisis. On…Read more…
Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’
Public sector employees, many of whom are essential Covid-19 workers, should not be subject to a continuing pay freeze from a government that has not learnt the lessons of austerity, Unite said today…Read more…
Union leaders call for RPI to be renewed, not scrapped
The general secretaries of Britain’s largest unions have issued a joint statement calling on the government not to scrap the RPI measure of inflation. Read more…
What’s life like for young health and safety reps?
The role of union health and safety rep has often been considered one that only members with decades of experience can fulfil. Now, more young trade union members are seeing the benefit of taking on…Read more…
‘Open the toilets to frontline workers’
On World Toilet Day today (November 19), Unite continued to push its long-running toilet dignity campaign, calling for all workers to have access to sanitation facilities. A new Unite survey…Read more…
‘Everybody should have access to a toilet’
On World Toilet Day today (November 19), Unite has highlighted its long-running campaign to ensure every worker – from bus drivers to lorry drivers, couriers and more – has access to…Read more…
‘Rights and fights that can and must be won’
It’s night time in Wroclaw, south west Poland. It’s dark. The streets are filled with people in face masks holding placards and chanting ‘I think, I feel, I decide’. Police vans and officers – some…Read more…