Hopes of a light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel were running high after a new breakthrough on a coronavirus vaccine was announced this week, but Unite has urged caution. US pharmaceutical giant…Read more…
NHS pay rise before Christmas call
As the UK enters a deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, NHS staff are again working flat out – as they have since March – to treat and care for their patients. And while prime minister…Read more…
Unite supports ‘no confidence’ vote in Jersey’s chief minister
Unite is supporting a vote of ‘no confidence’ in Jersey’s chief minister John Le Fondré tomorrow (November 10) over allegations that the government’s CEO Charlie Parker had failed to secure the…Read more…
‘We’ve been left with no alternative’
Workers at Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick took their first day of strike action on Friday (November 6). The Unite members are protesting plans by the company, announced in August, to cut 350 jobs at the…Read more…
‘Using Covid-19 as a cloak to justify jobs’ cull’
The closure of the Alexander Dennis (ADL) plant in Guildford this week after 125 years of vehicle building with the loss of 200 jobs was ‘cynically fast tracked’ using the global pandemic as an…Read more…
Spycops latest
In his opening statements, made today (November 6) on behalf of trade unions represented at the Undercover Policing Inquiry chaired by Judge Mittings, Lord John Hendy QC has revealed that undercover…Read more…
‘Bringing both sides of the community together’
Covid is a cruel virus scarring us mentally as well as physically – raising anxiety, fears. Keeping families apart, making those happily living alone, lonely. But outside of the unreal TV-land…Read more…
Fat cats cashing in on Covid
While the pandemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives and destroyed the livelihoods of many thousands more, some large companies have cashed in on a Covid-19 business bonanza. Still, these fat…Read more…
‘A deep and damaging recession looms’
Today Friday November 6, alongside our Scottish regional secretary Pat Rafferty, I am co-hosting the latest in a series of regional meetings to discuss Unite’s Manufacturing Matters industrial…Read more…
Halt Rolls-Royce job losses call
Rolls-Royce was urged this evening (November 5) to make full use of the chancellor’s extension of the furlough scheme until the end of March to safeguard jobs at what is one of the jewels of British…Read more…
Caterpillar job losses ‘devastating blow’
Caterpillar’s announcement of plans for up to 700 job losses is a devastating blow to Northern Ireland manufacturing and Larne area economy, Unite has said. The union has blasted the decision as a…Read more…
‘Misery’ for deaf communities
‘Opportunistic’ attacks on sign language services during the coronavirus pandemic will cause ‘long term misery’ for the UK’s deaf communities struggling during the crisis, the National Union of…Read more…
Doncaster braced for Christmas bin strikes
Thousands of Doncaster residents could be affected by Christmas bin strikes in a dispute over bullying and harassment of workers by management. The Doncaster refuse and recycling contract is…Read more…
‘Well be fighting tooth and nail for our members’
Even those considered the safest jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic are not immune to being cut, after major supermarket retailer Sainbury’s today (November 5) announced an astonishing 3,500 job…Read more…
‘People need more than short-term sticking plasters’
Commenting in response to the Chancellor’s latest announcement (today, Thursday November 5) of additional financial support for business and workers in lockdown, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey…Read more…
The dark underbelly of the food industry
Recently, a number of celebrity chefs and restauranteurs, including Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, signed a letter calling on Boris Johnson to bar substandard food entering the UK…Read more…
Major job losses announced at LBG
Unite, a recognised trade union in LBG, has branded the decision by the bank to cut over 1,000 staff in the profit-making bank, a shameful decision. Despite posting strong Quarter Three profits…Read more…
Heathrow catering firm named and shamed
A Heathrow Airport catering company, whose biggest customer is British Airways, has snubbed the government’s extension of furlough until December as it makes more than 1,000 workers redundant. Unite…Read more…
Covid-19 Firebreak in Wales: what it means for you
Firebreak lockdown regulations will be introduced in Wales from 23 October. Find out everything you need to know about the lockdown and what your rights are as a worker.Read more…
Key workers keep the country running through the night – they deserve better pay and conditions
Night workers keep our services running at great personal cost. It’s time the government recognises the sacrifices they make and levels up their working conditions.Read more…