No “end to austerity” was in sight yesterday (October 29), as Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget handed rich families giveaways worth 14 times more than those afforded to the poor. Analysis…Read more…
Budget 2018 – Why austerity is here to stay
The Chancellor wants you to think that yesterday’s Budget was good for working people. It wasn’t.Read more…
‘Austerity is not over’
Responding to today’s (October 29) budget delivered by the chancellor Philip Hammond, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “Austerity is not over. Despite the chancellor’s desperate efforts at…Read more…
Real alternative
Today’s (October 29) ‘trick or treat’ Autumn Budget has failed to give hope to ordinary people struggling to make ends meet in an economy dominated by low wages and insecure work. Against this…Read more…
‘Wee problem’
Global logistics giant UPS could face industrial action in the new year in the escalating row over denying their drivers night-time toilet facilities at its own depots. Unite the union said…Read more…
‘Save this historic shipyard’
A petition signed by more than 8,000 people calling on the government to secure future shipbuilding work at the threatened Appledore shipyard will be handed in at the House of Commons tomorrow…Read more…
Five reasons why austerity is going nowhere
Last week we set five tests for the government to prove that austerity was “over”. Today’s Budget failed them all.Read more…
Spare a thought for the millions of night workers who won't get a lie-in when the clocks go back
We all depend on Britain’s night workforce, so let’s ensure they have good rights and protections at workRead more…
‘Slap in the face’
Unite members at Cammell Laird will be balloted for industrial action over the bosses’ plans to slash the workforce by 40 per cent – despite having work for the next decade on the order books. …Read more…
Fair treatment call
Unite, the UK construction union, has warned that the announcement today (October 26) that Laing O’Rourke has been appointed as the managing contractor to complete the troubled Royal Liverpool…Read more…
‘Missed opportunity’
When the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) in England was first abolished in 2013, the government at the time said scrapping it would cut ‘red tape’. But five years on, all that’s been cut is the…Read more…
End austerity now call
Labour has called on the chancellor Philip Hammond to use next week’s budget to make good on the prime minister’s pledge to end austerity. In a speech to trade union and business…Read more…
‘New way of working’
Newham Council and the Unite trade union are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached that ends the threat of industrial action over concerns at how a job evaluation process was carried…Read more…
All in a day’s work
As an ex-military captain who witnessed the horrors of the Bosnian War, Katie Watson, now a chaplain at one of the largest trusts in the UK, has seen humanity at its worst. It was this…Read more…
Five takeaways from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
The most authoritative assessment of pay in the UK confirms Britain’s pay squeeze isn’t over yetRead more…
Austerity won’t be over until…our public services get the funding they need
The Chancellor has his work cut out to show that there’s “light at the end of the tunnel” for our cash-strapped public servicesRead more…
Diesel exhaust is a major workplace killer – we need action now
Diesel exhaust is one of the biggest workplace killers, yet British health and safety regulations don’t recognise it as a carcinogen.Read more…
Split shift pay row
Strike action is on cards over the lack of split shift payments for Hackney drivers and escorts who take disabled children to and from school, Unite the union has warned. Unite members,…Read more…
‘Welcome commitment’
Unite, which represents workers throughout the charity sector, has welcomed a commitment by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ (RSPCA) new chief executive Chris Sherwood to…Read more…
‘Abrupt and brutal’
The ‘abrupt and brutal’ termination of Tesco’s contract with Kerry Foods has put hundreds of jobs at risk at the Burton-on-Trent site, Unite warned today (October 24). The Tesco ready-made…Read more…