Workers at Gatwick Airport have begun balloting for strike action in a dispute over a below inflation pay increase. If workers support industrial action then strikes could begin by the end April….Read more…
Where it’s hard to be hostile
Unilever’s decision to locate its new headquarters in Rotterdam, not London, is a damning indictment of the UK’s toothless takeover laws, which do little to prevent hostile bids and asset-stripping…Read more…
‘Toothless takeover laws’
Unilever’s decision to pick the Netherlands over Britain for its headquarters was based in part on the UK’s “toothless takeover laws”, Unite has learned. The consumer goods giant, which has…Read more…
‘Named and shamed’ again
Ahead of today’s (March 16) private members’ bill to outlaw unpaid trial shifts, members of Unite, working for the American dining chain TGI Fridays, have revealed that the company uses unpaid…Read more…
‘They did it all for us’
In the second of our ‘Nae Pasaran!’ stories tortured Chilean trade unionist Sergio Requena-Rueda tells of how news of the East Kilbride boycott gave him the will to live Sergio…Read more…
Nae Pasaran!
In the first of two stories we meet the incredible Scottish trade unionists who stood up to brutal Chilean dictator, Pinochet It’s often said that the past has a habit of catching up with you….Read more…
Brenda Dean – an inspirational union woman
Brenda Dean (pictured below) who has died aged 74 was one of the most prominent women trade unionists of her generation. Born in Salford, she rose through the ranks of her trade union which…Read more…
End unpaid shifts call
MPs are joining Unite’s call to put an end to unpaid trial work once and for all as a private member’s bill to ban the practice is up for debate in Parliament tomorrow (March 16). Asking…Read more…
Collective pensions are moving rapidly from Marmite to mainstream
Power surge
Unite’s new electric vehicle strategy was launched in Parliament today (March 14) and urges the UK government to emulate Germany and put the UK’s car industry in the fast lane of electric vehicle…Read more…
Is Mental Health First Aid the answer? Depends on the question.
A lot of employers are introducing “Mental Health First Aid” (MHFA) training in the workplace. This involves trained Mental Health First Aiders, operating in a similar way to standard First Aiders.Read more…
‘Nothing has changed’
Chancellor Philip Hammond used his first Spring Statement to confirm the Tories will continue to reign down devastating austerity on the nation for the foreseeable future. Ignoring calls from…Read more…
Strike for ’21st century pensions’
A 1,000 workers employed by United Utilities in the north west of England will strike for two days in a pensions’ dispute which could see them thousands of pounds worse off in retirement. The…Read more…
Amey Liverpool Prison scandal
Unite is calling for a radical overhaul in the manner prison maintenance work is undertaken following revelations that two workers at Liverpool Prison were wrongly dismissed for raising safety…Read more…
The Chancellor offered no light at the end of the tunnel for working people
Today we are asked to celebrate almost non-existent improvements in the public budget.Read more…
“Shameful wealth raid”
At a time when years of austerity have slammed households who are struggling to make ends meet, a new analysis has shown large multinational companies are paying substantially less tax since the…Read more…
Reject bid call
Unite today (March 12) urged shareholders to reject Melrose’s latest bid for GKN and repeated calls for the business secretary Greg Clark to intervene in the debt-fuelled takeover bid on grounds of…Read more…
Q. If the books are balanced, why are the government cutting public services for five more years?
A. Because austerity has failed.Read more…
Introducing the new ISO45001 safety standards
Over the past few years, the TUC, along with the European and International Trade Union Confederations, has campaigned against a proposed new standards for health and safety management systems.Read more…
Minimum wage ‘name and shame’
The usual suspects in retail and hospitality topped the government’s latest list of bosses ‘named and shamed’ for failing to pay the minimum wage to its workers. Household names such as…Read more…