Unite celebrated as Vauxhall owner PSA Group announced today (April 4) that the firm plans to continue production of its Vivaro vans at its plant in Luton until at least 2029. The move, which…Read more…
With a year until Brexit, the Government needs to get a grip, say voters
With all the stories produced a year ahead of the Brexit date on 29 March, you might have missed the GMB union’s opinion poll assessing how ordinary people think the Government is handling the issue….Read more…
Passport deal appeal?
UK printing firm De La Rue, which last month lost a public contract to a French-Dutch company to produce British passports, announced last night (April 2) that it would challenge the government’s…Read more…
Gatwick pay offer
Workers at Gatwick airport are to be balloted on an improved pay offer following eleventh hour negotiations. Members of Unite employed as security guards, engineers, firefighters and admin…Read more…
Clark is out of his depth
Business secretary Greg Clark gave a remarkably deficient interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme last week on GKN and takeover policy. He was inaccurate on many of the points he made. Here’s why….Read more…
‘Feet to the fire’
Engineering giant GKN’s shareholders have approved a hostile takeover bid from ‘turnaround specialist’ Melrose this afternoon (March 29). Investors approved the takeover by a slim margin –…Read more…
Kind hearts and Easter eggs
Here’s some Easter cheer – pictured are Unite Community members today (March 29) delivered a trolley full of Easter eggs to Warminster food bank which were gratefully received by the…Read more…
‘Address this unfairness’ call
Sharon McGeough-Adams worked for nearly four decades at HSBC and hardly had a day off. Despite having to live with Crohn’s disease when she left the bank in 2012, she looked forward to a…Read more…
‘Rubbish management’
Workers employed in Thurrock council’s waste collection service are set to begin strike action on April 12 in a dispute caused by the organisation’s ‘rubbish management’. The 65 workers who…Read more…
Passport protest
Dozens of Labour MPs gathered today (March 28) to show solidarity with De La Rue workers who face an uncertain future as the government prepares to award a £490m contract to produce the UK’s blue…Read more…
‘No business case’
Coca Cola has not made the business case for the closure of its sites at Milton Keynes and Northampton and should have an urgent rethink, Unite said today (March 28). The drinks giant has…Read more…
Keeping it in-house
The decision by British Airways to keep its two call centres at Manchester and Newcastle in-house, rather than outsource them, has been welcomed by Unite. Today’s (March 28) announcement by BA…Read more…
Bromley library strike
Staff at all 14 of Bromley’s libraries will start an indefinite strike tomorrow (March 28) over a ‘paltry and insulting’ pay offer, Unite said today (March 27). The strike by the 36 workers…Read more…
Delphi taskforce: include Unite call
The taskforce that has been to set up to safeguard manufacturing and employment at Suffolk-based Delphi Diesel Systems has been urged to include Unite in its planning process. Unite has raised…Read more…
Dial-a-ride workers to strike
Unite members employed by Dial-a-ride will begin a 48-hour stoppage from just past midnight tomorrow (March 28) in a dispute over the withdrawal of rest days and the imposition of new rosters. …Read more…
EHRC plans welcomed
Recommendations by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) including outlawing non-disclosure agreements being implemented to prevent workers complaining of sexual harassment unless initiated…Read more…
‘Inadequate assurances’ for GKN slammed
Business secretary Greg Clark today (March 27) stepped in over the GKN takeover bid from Melrose, just 48 hours before investors are to vote on the iconic engineering firm’s future. Investors…Read more…
Blow to gig economy
Another blow was struck against the gig economy yesterday (March 26) when delivery firm DPD announced it will be offering its 5,000 self-employed drivers holiday and sick pay after one of its…Read more…
Standing up for jobs
Unite’s campaign to keep production of British passports in Britain was ramped up today as Labour MP Liz Twist presented an urgent question in the House of Commons this afternoon (March 26) on the…Read more…
Reject the bid plea
As GKN investors face a vote on Thursday (March 29) on whether to accept a predatory takeover bid from ‘turnaround specialist’ Melrose, Unite has again urged shareholders to reject the bid and…Read more…