Nearly 6,000 car industry jobs have been lost since 2016 according to new figures revealing the challenges now facing the UK automotive sector, which has seen another year of declining sales. …Read more…
Unsecured borrowing hits another record high
As the longest pay squeeze for two centuries continues, households are increasingly relying on borrowing to keep afloat.Read more…
‘Shameful’ pay freeze
Print workers at Suffolk firm, CPI William Clowes, who have been given just two pay rises in the last 14 years, will take a third day of strike action on Thursday, January 17. The workers at…Read more…
‘Terrible blow’
Unite said it would be offering its members maximum support and pursing legal action for compensation over a failure to consult after Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) collapsed into…Read more…
‘Fat Cat’ Friday
For most of us, it takes an entire year to earn enough to pay our bills, feed ourselves and keep a roof over heads– and even then, for those in insecure, minimum wage jobs, full-time work does not…Read more…
Iran: stop oppressing trade unionists
The TUC strongly condemns the arrests of the striking steel workers and calls for their immediate and unconditional releaseRead more…
Patient safety threat
A New Year campaign has been launched by Unite to stop the pathology services in Kent being outsourced to a ‘profit hungry’ private company. Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health…Read more…
‘Around and around in circles’
Intransigent bus bosses are being blamed for the impending week-long strike on Sunday (January 6) by 650 bus drivers in the north east in a pay dispute, which will cause ‘severe disruption’ for…Read more…
‘National scandal’
As passengers are slammed with year-on-year rail fare rises, the service they receive in return has continued to deteriorate to unsustainable levels, according to a new research. An analysis…Read more…
Rail fare hike “insult”
Greedy rail bosses have increased fares by 3.1 per cent today, despite having paid out more than £1bn in dividends to shareholders over the last six years. The TUC revealed the shock findings…Read more…
Brexit helpline
Unite has launched a specialist helpline to assist migrant workers concerned about immigration issues as the UK leaves the European Union. The helpline, which is operated by Unite legal…Read more…
‘Hidden’ deaths
Unite has called for urgent reforms into how the deaths of workers and members of the public killed and injured in road accidents involving lorries are recorded, after research found a 50 per cent…Read more…
Theresa May must stop playing games with people’s livelihoods
In her New Year’s message, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady calls on people to have the final say on BrexitRead more…
Not just for Christmas
In the run-up to Christmas, Unite and its members have celebrated many victories – in the last two weeks alone, workers at poultry producer Two Sisters, Gatwick Airport and housing charity Shelter…Read more…
“Penny-pinching Scrooge”
Penny-pinching outsourcing giant Serco has been declared the winner of Unite’s Scrooge Employer of the Year award. Serco received the unwanted award, despite facing stiff competition, due to…Read more…
“Perfect storm”
The NHS is facing “a perfect storm” winter crisis, as ministers’ energies are diverted by Brexit, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, warned today (Thursday 20 December). Unite, which…Read more…
Theresa May's post-Brexit immigration plans – a disaster for every worker
The government’s proposed post-Brexit immigration system risks increased exploitation, undercutting and discrimination at workRead more…
Stop the Brexit clock
Frances O’Grady’s message to the Government – The Brexit deal threatens our jobs and rights at work. It FAILS working people. If the government can’t find an alternative it needs to step…Read more…
Construction charter win
A £40m construction project in Plymouth was Monday’s (December 17) venue for the signing of a new charter that will ensure that working conditions and building standards on construction…Read more…
Just transition plan
Four unions with 200,000 members in the energy sector have produced a blueprint so workers and communities can be helped to adapt to the advent of the low carbon economy. Today (December 18),…Read more…