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…
What are my rights if my employer goes insolvent?
Your questions answered. (Hint: as an employee you’ll still have employment protections, but if you work through an agency, are on a zero-hours or are categorised as self-employed you might lose out…Read more…
To respond to Carillion’s collapse, we need a dedicated task force and a new debate on outsourcing
The collapse poses a very real threat to the jobs, pensions and livelihoods of thousands of workers in construction and support services across the public and private sector.Read more…
‘We don’t know what’s going on’
The implosion of Carillion sent shockwaves across the country today, as thousands of workers waited anxiously to hear about the future of their jobs. Hundreds of social housing workers in…Read more…
‘Last straw’
Cleaners, caterers, librarians, administrators, exams officers and other low-paid staff at the University of Southampton will lose thousands of pounds in their retirement if proposed pension changes…Read more…
Business as usual?
Construction giant Carillion’s dramatic collapse today (January 15) has raised fears that tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk, while the public services and projects the firm was contracted to…Read more…