Millions more people are struggling to balance paid work and caring responsibilities during the pandemic. Paid leave and flexible working could help prevent people sliding into hardship.Read more…
NHS pay justice call
When health secretary Matt Hancock said in May, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, that he would do everything in his power to reward NHS staff for their sacrifices, many health workers gave…Read more…
‘Shame’ on logistics giant DHL Tradeteam
The decisions to close the Tradeteam Ltd depot in Sheffield and downgrade the site at Ebbw Vale, south Wales with the loss of more than 250 jobs has been branded as ‘shameful’ by Unite today (August…Read more…
‘Kick in the teeth’
Major airline easyJet’s confirmation today (August 5) that it intends to close its bases at Newcastle, Southend and Stansted has been described by Unite, the leading aviation union, “as a kick…Read more…
Eat out to help out?
The hospitality industry is among the hardest hit sectors amid the Covid-19 pandemic – a recent report last week found that a shocking one in three furloughed workers’ jobs in the sector are at risk….Read more…
Bristol GKN jobs at risk
Unite is calling on GKN Western Approach to consider all options to eradicate or mitigate proposed job losses at its factory in Bristol as it continues to fight for government support for the…Read more…
Unpaid ‘career break’?
Plans by social enterprise leisure giant Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) for its permanent staff to take an unpaid career break until at least April 2021 has led to renewed calls that its council…Read more…
Liverpool easyJet demo
Campaigners will hold a demonstration tomorrow at Liverpool airport over easyJet’s plans to close operations at 3 regional bases and shed 1,290 cabin crew jobs nationwide. The protest will take…Read more…
Co-op Insurance hypocrisy ‘beyond belief’
Unite has hit back against Manchester-based Co-op Insurance for its decision to sell the business to a known union-busting firm Markerstudy, which will entail the loss of 200 jobs, with the remaining…Read more…
‘If we unite as one, we can move mountains’
Last week, workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast celebrated the first anniversary of one of the most stunning success stories of industrial fightbacks in the history of the trade union…Read more…
‘End this strife now’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has today (August 3) said that the deal offered to British Airways’ pilots would be acceptable to tens of thousands of crew and staff members currently…Read more…
‘Industrial thuggery of the worst kind’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (August 3) accused British Airways of ‘industrial thuggery’ as the airline has vowed to press ahead with redundancies and pay cuts. Justifying…Read more…
Covid-19 ‘smokescreen’ to cut jobs and conditions
About 3,000 workers face losing their jobs as Heathrow catering companies use Covid-19 not only as an excuse to axe jobs, but as ‘a smokescreen’ to undermine employment conditions for those that…Read more…
‘Heartless and reckless’ move
Today (July 29) it was the TUC’s turn to join the ever growing chorus of those highly concerned about pushing extremely vulnerable workers back to the workplace on the completely arbitrary date of…Read more…
‘Drop opportunistic ‘fire and rehire’ plans’ urges Unite
Despite its’ actions and plans to sack 12,000 staff and to cut the wages of a further 30,000 workers being roundly condemned by Unite, the public, the Labour Party, and more besides, British Airways…Read more…
‘Instantly aggressive and confrontational’
Driving a bus has always been a stressful job, but the stresses have only increased amid the pandemic, where instead of just facing the usual challenges of driving a massive vehicle and ensuring…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES NHS staff – fighting for a pay rise NHS…Read more…
Back UK auto-industry – or risk losing it call
According to the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), figures released today (July 30) show UK automotive production during the first half of 2020 is down to its lowest level since…Read more…
NHS pay ‘elephant in the room’
A deserved boost in pay for NHS staff, who have battled through the pandemic, is ‘the elephant in the room’ in the latest plan for the health service in England, Unite said today (July 30). Health…Read more…
‘Workers are holding their breath’
Picking up last weekend’s press, I almost choked on my morning tea when I read that ‘Red Wall Tories’ were working to save UK aerospace. This was news to me – albeit welcome if true – and no doubt a…Read more…