Unite has called for an end to a loophole that enables employers, mostly in hospitality, to exploit mainly young people on unpaid trial shifts. Media outlets highlighted the issue at the…Read more…
‘People feel insecure’
Social justice will do more to improve people’s mental health than medication and therapy, the UN’s chief health envoy has said. Dr Dainius Pūras, the UN’s special rapporteur on health, spoke…Read more…
How green is your workplace? It's time we all found out
Meeting the challenge of the climate emergency means taking action to reduce our carbon footprint at work.Read more…
‘Heavy-handed’ bosses at Dettol plant slammed
Heavy-handed bosses at Derby’s Reckitt Benckiser plant are blamed for triggering a strike ballot by about 160 workers angry at being asked to work for up to an extra four weeks a year. Unite…Read more…
Mark of respect
About 900 bus drivers in South Yorkshire have postponed their strike over pay on Saturday (June 29) as a mark of respect for veterans wishing to attend events on Armed Forces Day, Unite said today…Read more…
Health visitor cuts ‘grave mistake’
Suffolk residents are being urged to write to their MP by Unite in a bid to stop a proposed 25 per cent cut to the county’s health visitor workforce. Unite, which embraces the Community…Read more…
Celebrating breastfeeding
Unite’s Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) has teamed up with Public Health England (PHE) to promote the benefits of breastfeeding in a new video animation. The…Read more…
Long hours stroke risk threat
Working just one 10 hour day per week can increase the risk of stroke by a third, a new study has found. A French study investigating the impact of excessive working on cardiovascular health…Read more…
Rural fund ‘inadequate’ slam
A £10m government fund to help rural communities become cleaner and more sustainable has been criticised as inadequate. New community projects across England are now being encouraged to apply…Read more…
‘Sense of betrayal’ over 400 jobs outsource plan
A sense of betrayal at plans by supermarket giant Morrisons to outsource nearly 400 drivers and mechanics has triggered a consultative ballot on whether to take strike action to fight this move,…Read more…
Savage cuts could hurt kids’ health
Thousands of families could be ‘badly affected’ by Thousands of Suffolk families could be badly affected by a county council proposal to axe the health visiting workforce by 25 per cent, Unite said…Read more…
Campaign for freedom win
The revelations uncovered about the case against former Brazilian President Lula da Silva, jailed in April last year, vindicate a year of campaigning for his freedom. But this isn’t just about Lula,…Read more…
Unite: Heathrow jobs planned welcomed
Unite has welcomed a “masterplan” to expand Heathrow Airport that will lead to the creation of 77,000 new jobs. According to the plan, published today (18 June), a third runway will be built…Read more…
‘Watergate’ moment for Brazil?
Evidence that a senior Brazilian judge collaborated with prosecutors to unjustly convict former Brazilian President Lula da Silva and others for corruption vindicates a year of campaigning for his…Read more…
Government urged to act on tips
The Wahaca ‘wage theft’ incident reinforces the need for government ministers to stop dragging their feet and introduce the promised new laws to stop management’s abuse of tips, Unite said today…Read more…
End violence at work call
Unite is calling on governments and employers from across the globe to join with workers and agree a ‘historic’ International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention and recommendation on stopping…Read more…
MINI pay deal win
Unite members making the iconic MINI at BMW’s Cowley plant in Oxford have overwhelmingly backed an inflation proofed three year pay deal worth a minimum of 10 per cent. Over 81 per cent of…Read more…
EasyJet ‘check-in chaos’?
Thousands of easyJet passengers could face severe delays at Stansted Airport later this summer, if check-in staff go on strike in a pay dispute, Unite warned today (June 17). Unite represents…Read more…
Successful campaign
Unite Community activists in Leeds have written a pamphlet aimed at helping fellow campaigners, following their victory in forcing the city’s council to continue providing school transport for…Read more…
‘We’re a community’
They say a picture says a thousand words – in the case of a recent homophobic and sexist attack on two women on a London bus, the photo that went viral spoke volumes. The two women, covered in…Read more…