Unite is redoubling its efforts to fight off a hostile takeover of engineering giant GKN by private equity firm Melrose as the union launched a new campaign page yesterday (January 30) and continues…Read more…
3M pay strike off
Strike action due to begin next month at dust mask and respirator makers 3M, based in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, has been called off after a vastly improved pay offer was accepted by the…Read more…
‘Alarm bells’
Unite has expressed concern over the latest car industry figures published today (January 31) which show that auto manufacturing in the UK fell for the first time since 2009. About…Read more…
The Inflation game – RPI wins in court but pensions still in danger after Carney comments
The courts have effectively sided with members of the public in a long-running dispute over how companies and governments account for price increases.Read more…
Workers’ Brexit
Len McCluskey has reaffirmed his support for Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit strategy and said he hopes parliament opposes Theresa May’s deal with the EU and sparks an early general election. Speaking…Read more…
Major reforms call
Unite has called for the urgent reform of company and pension laws, after the true scale of the fundamental flaws that allowed Carillion to collapse earlier this month, began to be revealed. …Read more…
The big questions
As the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday this year, the challenges facing it are unprecedented – provision is drowning under the weight of chronic underfunding just when the health service needs it…Read more…
Unite fights for future of work
Nearly a third of jobs in some northern towns and cities could be replaced by technology by 2030, new research has found. The analysis, which predicts up to a fifth of jobs in urban areas are…Read more…
‘Support forces for peace’ plea
Unite is outraged at the Turkish military attacks on the Kurdish population and security forces of Afrin, Syria – as yesterday (January 29) Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, told foreign…Read more…
3M pay strike
Workers at dust mask and respirator maker 3M, based in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, will begin strike action next month in a pay dispute. The workers, who are members of Unite, will…Read more…
Carillion pensions scandal
Carillion’s pensions blackhole is at least £990m, the firm’s former chair of trustees has revealed – nearly twice previously thought. Following the revelation, Unite called for all possible…Read more…
‘Elated’
Tireless union campaigning has paid off, as Unite and its Bombardier members celebrated a massive victory at the weekend after US trade authorities ruled against crippling tariffs on imports of the…Read more…
The Iranian regime is playing cat and mouse with trade unionists – take action
The struggle for trade union rights in Iran is being pursued not only by the workers of Iran themselves, but trade unionists around the world.Read more…
Babes below the breadline
More than half of all children in the UK’s poorest areas are living in poverty because of government cuts, according to a new report. Figures analysed by the End Child Poverty charity show…Read more…
Not on the menu
When Financial Times journalist Madison Marriage blew the lid off the President’s Club men-only charity gala where hostesses were repeatedly sexually harassed by wealthy and powerful men, Britons…Read more…
Cash boost for NHS plea
Nearly 2,000 campaigners including health staff, patients, trade union activists and others joined the Labour party last night (January 25) at a rally demanding a significant cash boost for the…Read more…
Holiday pay win
Hackney school cleaners today (January 26) hailed victory in a dispute over the failure to pay proper holiday rates. The settlement of the dispute at the six schools in the borough came after…Read more…
‘Not a luxury’
A survey of over 3,500 Unite members working in the construction sector has found that many are forced to endure entirely inadequate toilets and washing facilities. The survey found that on…Read more…
Nearly there
The dispute at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford has moved closer to a resolution after workers have accepted ‘in principle’ a revised offer, Unite said today (January 26). Unite,…Read more…
Carillion: ‘National scandal’
Carillion dished out at least £500m to shareholders over the seven years prior to its collapse, even as its pension fund deficit grew to nearly £600m. The analysis of Carillion’s books,…Read more…