A series of freedom of information requests by Unite has revealed huge cuts in independent roadside inspections of lorries, potentially putting all road users in danger. Unite has discovered…Read more…
‘Devastating’ job losses
Barclays will force through the cuts with compulsory redundancies, a move the union said was “deeply irresponsible”. The bank announced yesterday that 288 people had been told their jobs will…Read more…
Theresa May promised to defeat modern slavery – so why is she letting employers off the hook?
If the government is serious about tackling modern slavery, it must close the loophole that allows businesses to ignore the risk within supply chainsRead more…
‘Totally unacceptable’ pay offer
Workers at leading pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing company, Recipharm HC Limited in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire are staging a series of three 49-hour strikes in February in a row…Read more…
‘Deeply irresponsible’
Unite, which represents staff at Barclays has vowed to fight job cut plans announced by Barclays today (January 22). The bank has informed some 300 staff at its Millshaw site in Leeds that they will…Read more…
Manufacturing jobs threat
With thousands of skilled jobs losses across manufacturing yet to feed through to official data, Unite warned government ministers against crowing too loudly about the latest jobs figures out today…Read more…
Royal Mail ‘Monopoly’
Unite has slammed the Royal Mail for feathering the nests of shareholders at the expense of staff and consumers after the firm, privatised in 2013, announced this week (January 17) a property deal…Read more…
‘Chicken run’ Christmas workers to strike?
We all know that turkeys don’t vote for Christmas – but now Unite ‘poultry workers’ will be voting to spend their Christmas at home with their families. Feathers could…Read more…
‘Staggeringly unfair’
The 26 richest people on earth have the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, a sickening new report has found. The Oxfam report, published before the annual…Read more…
‘Uncertain future’
Well-founded fears are being expressed about the possible privatisation of cervical screening services used by thousands of women in England every year – which we say is the latest manifestation of…Read more…
Not only one ‘blue’ day
On Blue Monday today (January 21) – popularly viewed as the ‘most depressing’ day of the year – Unite is highlighting the importance of improving mental health at work and the challenges faced by…Read more…
Another Windrush?
Unite members from the EU have been urged to contact the union’s immigration helpline if they have concerns about living and working in the UK after Brexit, following the opening of the government’s…Read more…
Does a review signal a change of direction for the HSE?
A new review of the HSE has called on the body to up their game on inspection and prosecution and challenges many of the changes that were forced on the organisation by the coalition and Conservative…Read more…
What do Bangladeshi garment workers really really want? A real living wage
The Spice Girls’ commitment to “people power” would be better directed at supporting the Bangladeshi garment workers fired for displaying it earlier this monthRead more…
‘Cheap Chinese imports’ threat
The loss of 300 jobs at Cooper Tires at Melksham, Wiltshire has been blamed on ‘cheap Chinese tyre imports’ by Unite today (January 18). “We are blaming the continued dumping of…Read more…
Treated with contempt
Both NHS staff and patients are being treated with contempt, as the lurch toward privatisation continues unabated, and NHS bosses mismanage what little funding the health service has in the midst of…Read more…
A year after Carillion, it's time to shine a light on public service outsourcing
Outsourcing giant Carillion’s collapse symbolised the bankruptcy of the privatisation dogma – we need a new Domesday Book to make public service contracts transparentRead more…
No deal lorry ‘chaos’
Ministers are ignoring the needs of lorry drivers in their planning for a potential no deal Brexit, Unite said today (January 17).
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Energy policy lights out
Unite has said Hitachi’s announcement today (17 January) that work is being suspended on a £20bn nuclear power station is proof the “lights are going out on a coherent UK energy policy”. …Read more…
Lords committee slams rip-off in inflation management
A parliamentary enquiry has agreed with the TUC and unions, and rejected UKSA’s claim that RPI is ‘fundamentally flawed’.Read more…