London’s Crossrail project will experience major disruption this week as strike action is set to go ahead because of a refusal by Balfour Beatty to pay industry standard project completion payments….Read more…
‘Furious and determined’
Workers at a fork lift truck engineering company in Bolton are on strike today (January 8) in protest over a paltry pay offer which amounts to a real terms pay cut. 82 per cent of workers at…Read more…
New cars guarantee call
Unite called on PSA Group to provide investment guarantees on new models for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant today (January 8) as workers were informed the carmaker was seeking 250 additional…Read more…
Read all about it!
As we begin a new year, UNITElive takes a look back at what you were reading last year. Below are the 10 most popular UNITElive stories of 2017 in reverse order. Thanks for reading! 10….Read more…
‘We won this’
McDonald’s workers who went on strike for the first time in the firm’s UK history celebrated last Thursday (January 4) after winning their biggest pay rise in more than a decade. The victory…Read more…
‘We’ll never be thrown off course’
In his 2018 address to the members of Unite, general secretary Len McCluskey has vowed that the union will stay strong and growing despite the challenges ahead. The address is released today…Read more…
Why the NUJ is backing Carrie Gracie and other women at the BBC
Equal pay in the BBC should not be just an aspiration, it’s something that the NUJ is determined to help our members secure.Read more…
The Customs Bill threatens UK industry and jobs
Leaving the Customs Union would mean businesses faced VAT and other tariffs on imported components and goods, and customs checks that will add to their costs and risk job losses.Read more…
Govt chaos causes car slump
Brexit uncertainty and confusion over the government’s diesel policies were among the main reasons to blame for the latest figures showing car sales fell by 5.7 per cent in 2017. Last month…Read more…
‘Dirty loos’ strike
Six schools in Hackney will be left dirty and with rubbish piling up as cleaners gear up for five days of strike action in a dispute over the ‘outrageous’ failure to pay proper holiday rates. …Read more…
Good work is good for you
In 2017 TUC Northern trained a huge 555 Health Advocates, creating a total network of well over 2000 in the northern region.Read more…
Rebalancing the Economy
As we move into 2018, rebalancing the economy and reducing regional inequality must be the number one priority for all in the region, business leaders, politicians and trade unionists.Read more…
Winter crisis
Both prime minister Theresa May and health secretary Jeremy Hunt apologised this week after announcing that all non-urgent operations – more than 50,000 – would be cancelled till the end of the month…Read more…
Colman’s to close
Unite urged Unilever to look again at its business case, following today’s (January 4) announcement that two centuries of Colman’s Mustard production in Norwich will end in 2019. The union…Read more…
Fat Cat Thursday
On the third working day of the year, spare a moment to think of Britain’s fat cats, who have now earned more than the annual salary of an average UK worker. Today (January 4) is “Fat Cat…Read more…
‘Shameful’ decision
The bosses at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford have been accused of ‘ducking and diving’ over a request for an impact assessment on the Lincolnshire economy if the company sheds 300 jobs….Read more…
NHS cash boost call
The continual failure of ministers to address the proper funding of the NHS is plunging the health service into a deep crisis – in the year that the NHS celebrates its 70th anniversary. …Read more…
‘Held to ransom’
As the biggest fare increase in half a decade came into force this week, the TUC has found that UK commuters spend up to 5 times as much of their salary on rail fares as other Europeans. Fares…Read more…
It’s odd what Liam Fox thinks should and shouldn’t be ruled out…
Yesterday, on a trip to China, the UK’s trade minister, Liam Fox, was asked about he possibility of Britain joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).Read more…
What's behind the protests in Iran and what can you do?
Over the New Year, a wave of protests has erupted in Iran, as people in towns all over the country took to the streets to air their grievances.Read more…