Doctors in Unite (DiU) has called on health secretary Jeremy Hunt to pull the plug on GP at Hand, an online video GP consultation service that critics have said is defunding already overstretched…Read more…
Pay takeoff
Almost a thousand easyJet ground staff and baggage handlers at Gatwick airport employed by DHL have negotiated a pay boost worth on average 7.5 per cent over two years. The workers will also…Read more…
Hidden lifelines
In Carer’s Week 2018 we speak to Unite regional officer Joanne Galazka Joanne Galazka had to grow up quick. At nine she became a carer for her mother, Freda, who developed severe post-natal…Read more…
Job cuts: ‘Too deep and too fast’
Unite warned Rolls-Royce against cutting ‘too deep and too fast’ after the engineering firm today (June 14) announced that it was planning to cut several thousand largely managerial and…Read more…
Young workers are in desperate need of a voice at work
Across the country there are a disproportionate number of young people out of work. The average young worker is only £42 a week better off than young workers were 20 years ago. Bath Farhat talks…Read more…
What would Dads like for Fathers’ Day this year? How about proper paternity pay?
TUC analysis published ahead of Fathers’ Day reveals that one in four dads who had a child in the last 12 months didn’t qualify for statutory paternity pay.Read more…
Unions organising the modern workforce
My Twitter timeline has been full of messages of support and praise for Unite’s historic recognition deal with Ryanair this week, from those celebrating that they can finally fly with the low-price…Read more…
Insecure work and low pay pain continue
British workers are set for more wage pain as figures published on Tuesday (June 12) showed earnings growth slowed in the three months to April. The data from the Office of National Statistics…Read more…
The Withdrawal Bill is a chance for the prime minister to show she's serious about protecting workers’ rights
In today’s discussion of the EU Withdrawal Bill, the Commons will debate Lords Amendment No 4, on providing better protections for workers’ rights.Read more…
Seeing the (low inflation) wood for the (mixed message) trees in the latest inflation figures
‘Up in arms’
Unite has called on private companies and the Department of Health to give workers indirectly employed by the NHS the same pay increase as NHS employees. More than 1m health workers are to…Read more…
Managed transition
Unite said it would be pressing Jaguar Land Rover for a managed transition that protects jobs after the car maker confirmed to workers today (June 12) that it would be investing in new production…Read more…
Failure to act
Striking TGI Fridays workers – who’ve downed tools on several successive Fridays over the last month – today (June 12) took their case to the government. The workers, along with their…Read more…
‘Shot in the arm’
Unite has called for urgent government intervention in the construction industry after figures published by the ONS this week (June 11) revealed that the industry contracted by 3.4 per cent in the…Read more…
‘Major blow’
Unite is calling for urgent support for the 5,000 workers at Poundworld who face losing their jobs after the company was forced into administration on Monday (June 11). Unite, which…Read more…
High street under pressure – but employment still growing
How is it that recent news is full of retail redundancies and failing chains, yet employment continues to grow in the sector? How can we be spending more on shopping at a time when real wages are…Read more…
World Cup – employers, it’s the extra 10 per cent that your staff remember
Allowing a bit of flexibility for fans who want to watch the World Cup can give staff morale a big boost.Read more…
‘Historic agreement’
In a major victory, Ryanair has signed an recognition agreement with Unite, which represents nearly 700 cabin crew directly employed by the budget airline. Ryanair’s UK cabin crew will for the…Read more…
Destitution by govt design
More than 1.5m people in Britain are living in destitution, shocking new figures show.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) analysis led to a call from Unite for the government to tackle severe…Read more…
Social Dialogue at the ILO: More than a nice cup of tea and a sit down
By redefining what it means and who should take part, the ILO has helped establish that there’s nothing fluffy about Social Dialogue.Read more…