News that the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has confirmed it will end all directing training by 2020, will create a skills black hole and strip the industry of the capability to…Read more…
‘Shamelessly bamboozled’
“Parasitic” financial advisors have “shamelessly bamboozled” British Steel pension scheme members, according to MPs who have warned of “another major mis-selling scandal” conducted under the noses of…Read more…
Reject takeover call
The bid for ownership of long-standing British engineering firm GKN will be paid for through hefty debts and damaging restructuring that will make the company unstable and unsustainable, according to…Read more…
Learning from Europe; the case for a National Investment Bank
If British business’ don’t invest, they don’t grow, and won’t pay their workers more.Read more…
How The Simpsons ignited my love of trade unions
What do we want?
More equitable treatment at the hands of management!
When do we want it?
Soon!Read more…
Is self-employment compatible with Universal Credit?
The complexity and hardship with which Universal Credit (UC) threatens to engulf self-employed workers is one of the underreported stories of the design of UC.Read more…
As Britain's billionaire count rises, our public servants are being forced into poverty
New analysis released today shows that 18,000 children in the North East with a parent working in the public sector are now living in poverty.Read more…
Steel – still challenges ahead
The last couple of years have been very rocky for Britain’s steel industry, as the UK’s major players – including Tata, SSI and Caparo – announced sell offs, shut downs and redundancies. There…Read more…
‘Alice in Brexit-land’
Unite members from the Ireland region gathered in Belfast on Monday (February 13) to discuss the growing danger of a hard Brexit to the peace and prosperity of the pivotal region and formulate plans…Read more…
Workplace organising – how to start changing work for the better
NHS staff don’t want special privileges. All we want is fair pay.
Emma, Midwife – shares why public sector workers deserve a pay rise.Read more…
Hotel chain must ‘clean up’ its act
Shocked Channel 4 Dispatches viewers have been contacting Unite today (February 13) following the investigative documentary report last night (February 12) after Dispatches lifted the lid on worker…Read more…
Six reasons why today’s inflation figures shouldn’t lead to an interest rate hike
New fears for Melrose bid
The national security of the United States could be jeopardised if the takeover of UK defence contractor GKN by investment company Melrose goes ahead, Unite has warned. Unite has written to…Read more…
Dispatches investigation will lay bare Premier Inn's appalling working conditions
HeartUnions: Why we're backing the McStrikers and showing some love for public servants
HeartUnions week, which kicks off today, is a chance to celebrate the great work of unions and reps and to show how unions offer everyone a voice at work. Read more…
Press giants merger fears
Urgent consultations on the job implications of Trinity Mirror’s purchase of Northern & Shell, publisher of the Daily Express, are a priority, Unite said today (Friday February 9). Unite…Read more…
‘Sense of betrayal’
Unite said it would leave no stone unturned in the fight to save jobs and avert the closure of three poultry plants after 2 Sisters Food Group announced plans to close its Cambuslang site in Scotland…Read more…
‘Job limbo’
The boss at the Royal Liverpool Hospital has refused to meet Unite over the future of maintenance staff now in employment limbo because of the controversial Carillion collapse. Unite said that…Read more…
‘Stop bleeding councils dry’ plea
Nearly all of England’s local authorities are planning council tax hikes this year, as they battle desperately to stay afloat after years of brutal funding cuts. Unite warned the moves will do…Read more…