For years, unions have called the Swedish derogation and “Undercutters’ Charter”Read more…
Solidarity with jailed Korean trade unionists
As the eyes of the world focus on South Korea for the opening day of the Winter Olympics, trade unions in the UK will be joining with those around the world to raise awareness of the systematic abuse…Read more…
Prioritise help for workers plea
Nearly 1,000 workers have lost their jobs so far as a result of the Carillion disaster – with more feared to be on the way. A further 101 redundancies announced today (February 8) by the…Read more…
Living wage pledge win
Hundreds of staff working for the University of Cambridge are set to receive a boost to their pay packets after the university signed up to the living wage thanks to Unite. The union hailed…Read more…
‘Living in a parallel universe’
Carillion’s greedy bosses caused outrage yesterday after shamelessly refusing to return the massive bonuses they received while the company sank. Unite branded their refusal “a slap in the…Read more…
EDF smart meter strike
Strike action by EDF Energy smart meter installers in London is set to escalate in the row over the imposition of tracker devices in vehicles, and also random drug and alcohol testing. Unite, …Read more…
Unite: End worker abuse now call
Courier driver Don Lane was, according to the company DPD for which he worked, self-employed. But he was a far cry from being his own boss – he did have to answer to a supervisor. He…Read more…
‘Jackpot payday’
Bankers, financiers, lawyers and public relations executives stand to rake in millions as part of a massive payday totalling around £140m if Melrose succeeds in its ‘debt fuelled’ bid for the…Read more…
Insecure workers need change – ministers must up their game
The situation facing insecure workers in this country is still incredibly grim. Government must do more to shift the balance of power.Read more…
Which of the government's Taylor Review proposals will benefit insecure workers?
It’s disappointing that the government’s response to the Taylor Report, published today, watered down what were already weak proposals on enforcing employment rights. But there are still some…Read more…
Taylor Review: Government should take the opportunity to make work truly transparent
The government’s response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices heralds a chance to do something to help working people. Will they be bold enough to grasp this opportunity? Read more…
Where ‘guardians’ dwell
Walk past a boarded up or disused building in London and you may spot a sign informing passers-by that the property is “protected by live-in guardians”. Used primarily to deter squatters and…Read more…
Privatisation plans scrapped
Unite and other health unions celebrated a victory against NHS privatisation at the weekend after a Bristol Trust said it would scrap plans to transfer about 850 non-medical staff to a private…Read more…
Skills crisis
Unite has renewed its demands for radical action to be taken to tackle the deepening skills crisis facing the construction industry. Unite made its call following the publication of this…Read more…
Nationalising water is affordable, keeping it private might not be
Better to invest in bringing assets into public ownership when we can, rather than have to pay more to bail them out when we must.Read more…
End ‘race to the bottom’ call
Unite has warned that a rogue construction project in Wales is undermining pay, conditions and safety and ‘creating a race to the bottom’ in the industry. Unite’s concern relates to the…Read more…
Right to picket win
Unite has won a key legal victory overturning attempts to restrict the right to picket during strike action. The legal case arose as a result of a dispute involving Sutton Tanker workers based…Read more…
Pension age victory
Pension changes, affecting approximately 4,500 employees of the States of Guernsey that would have seen the pension age for some workers rising from 65 to 70, have been scrapped after Unite members…Read more…
Block the bid call
Unite has called on the House of Commons business, energy and industrial strategy committee to insist business secretary Greg Clark reviews Melrose’s debt fuelled takeover bid of GKN, which has…Read more…
GKN: a takeover too far
When Theresa May first promised a new industrial strategy for UK manufacturing, she claimed to be following in the footsteps of her political hero Joseph Chamberlain. It’s ironic then that this…Read more…