This is the shocking list of injuries and assaults suffered by Mitie security staff at Southampton General Hospital: injured and broken ribs, broken noses, a dislocated knee, a broken finger, black…Read more…
‘Not just a job – it’s a life’
A Unite petition urging Honda, to stay in the UK has attracted over 12,000 signatures in just three days. This strong show of support follows last week’s announcement that Honda will close its…Read more…
Bullying can never be acceptable in the workplace
All workers should have the right to be treated with dignity and respect and any form of bullying must be taken seriously.Read more…
The Stronger Towns Fund: not nearly enough to revive struggling towns
The government’s announcement of a Stronger Towns Fund will do little to dent the damage caused by Brexit.Read more…
Rail franchises are running out of track
Put bluntly, the rail franchise system cannot continue the way it is today.Read more…
‘National tragedy’
The closure of the 164-year-old Appledore shipyard on March 15 is a “national tragedy” and the latest in a “truly shocking” litany of negative business decisions related to the Tory’s handling of…Read more…
‘Disastrous’ no-deal planning
Unite has reiterated its call for transport secretary Chris Grayling to resign after it was revealed today (March 1) that the government has had to pay £33m to Eurotunnel after excluding the company…Read more…
Listen to workforce call
Unite has called on Birmingham city council to respect its own employees and end the bin strike, after the High Court judge rejected the council’s application for an injunction to block the…Read more…
#SaveHondaSwindon
An online petition urging Honda to stay in the UK and rethink plans to close its Swindon factory is being launched today (March 1) as workers crank up their campaign to #SaveHondaSwindon, their union…Read more…
A guilty verdict for privatised probation
Share success with staff call
It’s been a good start to British Airways 2019 – the year in which the airline marks its 100th anniversary. Kicking off the celebrations with a star studded ad campaign featured luminaries of the…Read more…
MoD under pressure
Unite is asking for a meeting with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over its ‘catastrophic failure’ to contact the estimated 1,000 former employees, who could have been exposed to asbestos while…Read more…
‘Totally unacceptable’
Over 400 employees at Delphi Technologies are being balloted for industrial action over the closure of their final salary pension scheme which could cost some workers tens of thousands of pounds….Read more…
‘Shameful’
In the latest chapter of the Birmingham bin strike saga, Unite met Birmingham council yet again at the High Court this morning (February 28) as the council now seeks an injunction – using Tory…Read more…
Work Your Proper Hours Day – let’s get tough on unpaid overtime
UK workers gave their employers £32 billion of free labour last year – a staggering total of two billion unpaid hours.Read more…
‘Staggering findings’
A shocking two-thirds of NHS workers have become ill from stress on the job in the last year, a new staff survey has found. The poll of nearly half a million workers at more than 200 NHS…Read more…
Carney ‘no deal’ warning
There is no way the UK can prepare for a no deal Brexit, and growth is “guaranteed” to fall if the country crashes out of the EU, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE) told MPs yesterday…Read more…
Keeping the wheels on the road
Last week’s announcement from car manufacturer Honda, which said that it was planning to close its only European factory in Swindon sent shock waves throughout the UK. It was the latest in a series…Read more…
‘Lift off’ for strike action
About 400 lift engineers, employed by Otis Ltd, have pressed the button on six weeks of strike action over the next three months after rejecting ‘a paltry pay offer’ of 1.5 per cent. Unite…Read more…
London United
A campaign to tackle the alarming surge in far right extremism in the UK and across Europe will be launched by trade unions and party members at the London Labour regional conference this weekend…Read more…