Today (October 25) Unite BAe reps from all over the country came to Parliament to urge MPs to spend UK tax payers’ money on UK defence work. View and share our film below …Read more…
‘Woefully inadequate’
Unite has called on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to investigate the lack of welfare facilities being provided to housing maintenance workers in Birmingham, who are directed by their employer…Read more…
‘Five miles and £5,000 apart’
Bus drivers, working for First Manchester Ltd, are being paid nearly £5,000 a year less than colleagues at a depot just five miles away, Unite has revealed. The drivers, based at the Rusholme…Read more…
Ban unpaid internships call
Three quarters of people want to see unpaid internships that last for more than four weeks banned, a new Social Mobility Commission survey reveals. Unite said the survey’s results…Read more…
Pay snatch outrage
Greedy outsourcing firm ESS is attempting to force Unite cleaners and housekeepers at a Ministry of Defence (MoD) facility in Gosport to take two weeks unpaid holiday a year in a cynical bid to save…Read more…
‘Back UK defence’
Under threat defence workers from BAE Systems will be travelling from across England to the Houses of Parliament tomorrow (October 25) to lobby MPs and demand that the government takes back control…Read more…
The insanity of a no deal Brexit
Gavin Robinson, the DUP MP for East Belfast, didn’t go as far as was trailed by his local media when he asked in parliament whether business secretary Greg Clark had made any approach on the…Read more…
‘Fit for the future’
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will address the conference of Unite, Scotland’s biggest union as delegates debate motions on the big issues facing Scotland’s working people, from the rising…Read more…
‘Unprecedented’
Wages have fallen for the sixth month in a row even as unemployment has dropped to its lowest level in more than 40 years, the latest figures from this week have shown. Wages dropped 0.4 per…Read more…
A bitter sweet Brexit?
A radical new vision for food and farming was warmly welcomed by the guest speakers and audience who attended the launch this week of a new book that has been published by Unite Education and Pluto…Read more…
‘Scrooge boss of the year’
Unite has accused 3M of being a Scrooge employer after the company’s management decided that workers will have to work between Christmas and New Year for the first time in decades. The…Read more…
Firework fight on bus
Unite has renewed its calls for better protection of bus drivers after Youtube footage emerged of a driver being attacked with a firework. The attack occurred last weekend on the 390 route in…Read more…
Credit where it’s due
In a symbolic victory against the government’s cruel and botched rollout of Universal Credit (UC) – which has seen thousands of families fall through the cracks, facing eviction and hunger as their…Read more…
Wake up call
Unite is urging Heathrow bosses to recognise the sizeable discontent that remains among security staff, engineers and firefighters at the UK’s largest airport over holiday pay and imposed cuts to…Read more…
Address injustices call
Members of Unite employed by Mears in Manchester are set to renew strike action in a longstanding dispute over pay after overwhelmingly voting for fresh strike action, the union announced today…Read more…
‘Bucks not burgers’ strike
Widespread disruption is expected at Gatwick airport later this month after over 200 workers employed on the Norwegian airline baggage handling contract voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a…Read more…
Capita pensions strike
Unite, the union representing staff at Capita, has announced the breakdown of last minute talks at ACAS in the pensions dispute. Staff will now be taking part in nine days of industrial action…Read more…
Empty promises
Unite accused the government of making empty promises over increasing the number of health visitors after shock figures released by the Labour party on Tuesday (October 17) showed a major fall in…Read more…
‘Jobs first Brexit’
Members of Unite (pictured) lobbied MPs yesterday (October 17) for a ‘jobs first Brexit’ and certainty so that long-term investment decisions can be made. The Unite members are employed in the…Read more…
Cautious welcome
Airbus’ decision to take a majority stake in Bombardier’s C-Series jet after the US imposed “crushing” tariffs on the aircraft has been given a cautious welcome by Unite, which warned there is still…Read more…