Unite called on Tory ministers to put the livelihoods of the nation’s car workers and manufacturers ahead of “self-interested political ambition” after warnings from Toyota today (October 2) that a…Read more…
‘Disgraceful’
Unite members are being urged to sign an open letter to the housing minister James Brokenshire demanding combustible cladding like that used on Grenfell Tower be stripped from all buildings. …Read more…
‘Inspiring’ agreement
In a significant step forward for Unite and its relationship with insurance provider Aviva, the union and the firm have together hammered out a learning agreement that will give staff the opportunity…Read more…
Flour mill closure threat
The closure of Hovis’ Southampton mill with the loss of up to 70 jobs could have serious ripple effects that threaten a number of logistics jobs across the UK. Hovis Ltd announced on…Read more…
We need 5,000 extra customs officers to cope with Brexit – but more cuts are coming instead
Front-line workers fear more cuts will leave the customs service unable to cope if the UK crashes out of the EU without a dealRead more…
Work/life balance attack
Strike action is on the cards over increased Saturday working for 18 transport drivers at AB Agriculture in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Unite the union said that its members at the animal feed…Read more…
‘Pay justice’ fight
Low paid cleaners at Luton Airport have rejected a pay offer from their employer Sasse because the offer does not meet their fair demand to be paid a Real Living Wage of £8.75 from this year. …Read more…
Boris’ Brexit slammed as ‘unrealistic’
All-out war over Brexit consumed the Tories as the party began its annual conference yesterday (September 30), with Unite warning that all of the Conservative options for leaving the EU risk living…Read more…
‘Devil’s in the details’
Unite welcomed an announcement from the prime minister Theresa May at the Tory Party conference today (October 1) that the government will introduce legislation barring restaurants from keeping staff…Read more…
The Tory in charge of Brexit has spent his career attacking workers' rights
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has described workers’ rights as “obstacles to British business” and UK workers as “the worst idlers in the world”Read more…
Why a "no-deal" Brexit threatens health and safety standards
The government’s own papers show that crashing out of the EU without a deal would put our health and safety regulations at riskRead more…
No more Carillions
Unite held a highly successful fringe meeting at Labour Party conference.
The meeting titled ‘Ending Bandit Capitalism – No More Carillions’, looked at why Carillion collapsed, examined how…Read more…
RBS closures ‘rubber-stamped’
Unite today (September 28) has criticised the announcement by Johnston Carmichael and RBS that only two branches survive the stay of execution in Scotland. The review, which has been under way…Read more…
Central London bus shake-up
Proposals for the biggest shake-up in over 16 years of London’s central bus network will leave bus drivers worried for their future their union Unite warned today (September 28), as it called on…Read more…
NHS pay gap shock
A shocking pay gap between black and white NHS staff – in some cases one of up to nearly £10,000 — has been revealed by new research. The pay gap problem is even further compounded for…Read more…
‘National scandal’
Unite Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) members working in the north division have moved one step closer to strike action after a consultative ballot in which 75 per cent voted to strike over working…Read more…
‘Worst is yet to come’
In a remarkable mutiny against their own party, Tory council chiefs in England have warned the “worst is yet to come” in brutal local authority spending cuts. The predominately Conservative…Read more…
Poverty pay UK – millions of self-employed earn less than the minimum wage
Two million out of the UK’s four million self-employed workers are now stuck on poverty payRead more…
Ten years after the crash, the UK economy is going nowhere
After eight years of austerity, today’s revisions to the second quarter GDP figures suggest there’s no light at the end of the tunnel for workers feeling the squeezeRead more…
Pirelli Tyres fined
Pirelli Tyres has been slapped with a £512,000 fine after two workers were injured in almost exactly the same way in accidents that occurred two years apart at the firm’s Carlisle site. The…Read more…