Unite has accused the management of Vivark, which provides housing maintenance services for thousands of tenants in Knowsley, Merseyside of being ‘pig headed’ for their blinkered approach to an…Read more…
‘Fantastic boost’
Unite hailed the skills and hard work of Airbus workers today (January 18) after the airline Emirates signed an agreement to order up to 36 additional A380 aircraft. Describing the news as a…Read more…
Tracking row
EDF Energy bosses have been accused of hypocrisy over the introduction of a vehicle tracker system for workers installing smart meters, but ruling them out in their own company cars. Unite,…Read more…
Turning point
Workers gathered for mass union meetings at the gates of all five Bombardier sites in Northern Ireland today (January 18), on the eve of a critical US International Trade Commission (USITC) decision…Read more…
Crossrail strike
The multi-billion pound Crossrail development is set for further delays as Unite, the UK’s construction union, has announced further strikes on the Woolwich section of the project, in an escalating…Read more…
Outsourcing scandal
Controversial outsourcing Bromley council faces strike action by workers at two of its contractors that could hit libraries and care services in the borough. The ballots for strike action by…Read more…
True cost of recklessness and greed
Where does Carillion’s collapse leave our country? The failure of the services giant couldn’t have come at a worse moment. A stagnant economy, uncertainty over Brexit and arguments…Read more…
Unite call to help firms result
The business minister Greg Clark has pressured banks into extending credit to firms left at risk by Carillion’s collapse, following an intervention from Unite. The union is also calling on the…Read more…
‘Predatory’ bid
An investment firm is still aiming for a “predatory” takeover of engineering company GKN despite having two bids rejected in recent days. In response, Unite held an emergency meeting of GKN…Read more…
Hull parking row
Hull city council employees, such as social workers, who need their cars to carry out their duties, will be staging a demo tomorrow (January 18) over the withdrawal of their free parking passes….Read more…
‘Lifeblood of London’
Unite members, bus drivers at Merton bus garage, today (January 17) met Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to celebrate the new ‘Licence for London’…Read more…
Landmark deal
Unite member Neil Muhammad would never have imagined that he would be earning £150 a week less than he did two decades ago for doing the same exact job. And this figure doesn’t take into…Read more…
‘Fantastic result’
Over a hundred construction workers at three high profile projects across London have collectively secured an estimated £250,000 pounds worth of holiday pay after a Unite organising campaign forced…Read more…
Preventing suicide – the work connection
There can be few more tragic issues that a union representative has to deal with than the suicide of a fellow worker.Read more…
Sorry tale of fat cat greed
Greedy Carillion fat cats are still creaming exorbitant amounts of taxpayers’ cash handed to them by the Tories, even as tens of thousands face losing their jobs following the construction firm’s…Read more…
‘Carillion-style Pandora’s Box’?
The NHS faces a ‘Pandora’s Box of Carillion-type meltdowns’, if trusts continue to set up subsidiaries to avoid paying tax, Unite warned today (January 16). Unite has written to the health and…Read more…
‘A watershed moment’
As construction and outsourcing firm Carillion collapsed into liquidation yesterday (January 15), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for an end to privatisation of public services. In a video…Read more…
‘Concrete guarantees’ call
Unite the union representing staff working in Prudential and across Capita has today (January 16) expressed concern following the announcement of the end of the life and pensions contract between the…Read more…
Work, voice, pay
Unite has armed its members with a powerful online weapon in the fight for increased pay and a fair share of company profits amid the worst pay stagnation since the Napoleonic Wars. The Retail…Read more…
Redistribution, social insurance and fairness
Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, wishes politicians would stop talking about ‘fairness’.Read more…