Unite Community activists were out in force across the country this Saturday (December 2), demanding the Tories halt Universal Credit before it ruins Christmas for thousands of people. …Read more…
Unite says no to UC Xmas pain
On Saturday (December 2) Unite and Unite Community members took to the streets in towns and cities across the UK, protesting against the inhuman injustice of Universal Credit. Below we have a…Read more…
Blacklisting justice fight
Unite has issued high court proceedings to bring the ‘controlling minds’ behind the systematic blacklisting of workers to justice and force them to give evidence in court for the first time. …Read more…
‘Draconian’ rent rises
Workers in the New Forest face the prospect of losing their homes if the Forestry Commission goes ahead with ‘draconian’ rent rises of 80 per cent over the next two years. About 25 workers,…Read more…
Nuclear benefits
A new report today (December 4) highlighting the economic and employment benefits of the UK’s civil nuclear industry has received support from Unite. The study by Oxford Economics revealed…Read more…
‘We will not stand idly by’
Unions Unite and GMB announced today (December 4) that they are stepping up their campaign to end the exploitation of construction workers on a major project in north Wales. Union members are…Read more…
‘Victory for common sense’
Unite praised the solidarity and determination of Birmingham city council refuse workers after they backed a deal at a mass meeting on November 25 that brought the long running Birmingham bin dispute…Read more…
No rest, no pay
Two out of three workers at Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest budget hotel chain, are regularly missing out on their rest breaks and not getting paid what they are owed, a snap poll by Unite has…Read more…
Spirit of the Five lives on
Forty five years ago, five dockworkers and trade unionists were imprisoned for standing up to a government which, through the new Industrial Relations Act, was inflicting draconian restrictions on…Read more…
‘Scandalous’ waste of NHS funds
Privateer Virgin Care has successfully sued the NHS because it was not awarded a contract to provide children’s health services in Surrey. Unite said the news was further evidence of the…Read more…
Bank jobs slash betrayal
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Unite members were dismayed to learn today (Friday December 1) that the tax-payer backed bank is to cut a quarter of its branches. Unite accused RBS of decimating its…Read more…
‘Robust and credible plan’
Unite’s new Manufacturing Strategy won praise from MPs yesterday (November 29), with the document being hailed as a “robust and credible plan” by shadow ministers. MPs contrasted the…Read more…
‘Small steps’
While it’s essential that trade unions must be involved in any proposed ‘sector deals’, worker voice and collective bargaining were absent from April’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper. So how does…Read more…
‘Rights, rights, rights’
A clarion call to engage members, employers and politicians on the need to secure an EU exit that works for working people was issued at Unite’s East Midlands Brexit conference yesterday (November…Read more…
The truck stops here?
The health of lorry drivers is increasingly at risk because of inadequate truck stop facilities, Unite has warned. The union called on government and local authorities to “stop passing the…Read more…
Stop Xmas pain protest
Today (Wednesday November 29) Labour MPs joined Unite Community members to call on the government to stop and fix the problems with Universal Credit before rolling it out any further across the UK….Read more…
‘Good time’ Chancellor’s ‘bleak’ budget
Philip Hammond attempted to mask the Tories’ dismal economic record and lack of direction with jokes during his outline of the Budget today (November 22), even as he admitted official growth…Read more…
Tory failure continues
Certain phrases enter the political lexicon. Unemployment is a price worth paying – Tory Chancellor Norman Lamont. In office but not in power that too was Norman Lamont following his sacking…Read more…
Not ‘game changer’ we need
Today’s (November 22) budget is far from the ‘game-changer’ the country needs and will do little to ease the biggest squeeze in living standards the country has ever seen, Unite warned. …Read more…
‘Vulture mentality’
Unite is warning members to be aware of dodgy financial advisers targeting Port Talbot steelworkers under rules introduced in 2015 that allow pensions to be taken out as a lump sum. The…Read more…