Unite has appealed to the St Mungo’s board of trustees to ‘help rebuild trust’ by persuading senior management to reconsider its position and join last-ditch talks, ahead of the strike ballot…Read more…
‘If not us, then who?’
“Nothing prepares you for visiting Auschwitz,” Unite young member Aiden Papworth told UniteLive. Part of a Unite delegation which travelled to see the largest Nazi concentration camp in…Read more…
‘Never again!’
The scale of devastation unleashed by the Holocaust can be difficult for many of us to imagine. The sheer numbers of people murdered both before and during the Second World War boggle the mind….Read more…
British Steel rescue deal
The beleaguered British Steel firm, which employs 4,000 people in the UK, is now on the brink of securing a rescue deal with Chinese firm Jingye. The takeover, however, will likely entail job…Read more…
Free parking for Hackney residents?
Hackney residents could have free parking in the borough when 40 parking wardens go on a week-long strike next month in a dispute over pay and their personal safety. Unite said today (January…Read more…
Newham council strike
Newham council faces ‘significant disruption’ to council tax collection and rebates when staff stage a week-long strike in a job evaluation row which has cost them thousands of pounds in lost pay….Read more…
‘Clear conflict of interest’
Unite, which is supporting 65 core participants at the Grenfell Inquiry has written to Benita Mehra, who was appointed as an expert adviser to the inquiry by the prime minister shortly before…Read more…
‘Perfect storm’
In an update on Wednesday’s (January 22) story, politicians and industry experts have weighed in on the latest news that JLR is to axe 500 jobs at its Halewood plant in Merseyside. Labour MP…Read more…
‘We keep fighting’
On Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27) this year, we also mark the 25th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide which is the largest incidence of mass murder in Europe since the Second World War. …Read more…
‘Bad faith’ pay talks
Unite has accused the Ministry of Defence of acting with bad faith during pay negotiations. The MoD had tabled a pay offer of 11.5 per cent over three years to all civilian staff. While the…Read more…
Welcome ‘first step’ for grieving parents
Unite has called on the government to extend bereavement leave to those who have lost a close relative or suffered a miscarriage following the announcement today (January 23) that grieving parents…Read more…
Unity over Division
Unite campaigns to challenge the rise of the far-right
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‘Profits before people’
Members of Unite employed at Gatwick Airport are moving towards industrial action, following the overwhelming rejection of Gatwick Airport Limited’s (GAL) pay offer. Following pay negotiations…Read more…
‘Significantly improved’ offer
Unite shop stewards have agreed to suspend all-out strike action, due to start on Friday (January 24), after the bread and flour firm Hovis made a new pay offer. Ahead of the strike that has…Read more…
‘Fresh blow to car industry’
Unite has described the announcement that there will further job losses at JLR’s Halewood plant in Merseyside as a ‘fresh blow to the car industry’. Unite understands that the redundancies are…Read more…
Joe
An old geezer down our boozer He says his name is Joe. The numbers on his arm explain A life of pain and woe. Someone said he was German – Or he might have been a Pole Who as a child saw the…Read more…
For evil to triumph
*For evil to triumph good men do nothing. First they take your glasses And grind them in the dust You grope. You hope. You must cling on. Too late, you’re swept away by the masses. …Read more…
Standing together
In the run-up to Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday, January 27, Unite will be hosting or supporting dozens of Holocaust Memorial Day events across the UK. On Monday, January 22, Unite assistant…Read more…
‘The time for action is now’
The number of people on zero-hours contracts in Scotland has risen by 10 per cent over the last year: according to the Office for National Statistics, 70,000 people are on a zero-hours contract….Read more…
Why you should be a trade unionist
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey presents the case for joining a trade union in a new book, entitled Why You Should Be A Trade Unionist, published on Tuesday, January 28 Drawing on…Read more…