Over 100 MPs from across the political parties, representing constituents in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have already signed up to a pledge calling for a UK government review of…Read more…
Construction site safety procedures ‘inadequate’
Unite has stated that it will not support the latest version of the Construction Leadership Council’s site operating procedures (SOP) unless major safety failings and potentially illegalities are…Read more…
GE announces more than 700 job losses
The government can no longer stand on the side lines as the latest blow to British industry came on Thursday (July 9) when another leading aerospace company GE announced a total of 769 job losses at…Read more…
Blog: Why reform of the Gender Recognition Act is essential
Jenny Harvey is a member of UNISON’s trans network, part of the West Midlands regional LGBT+ group and a member of UNISON’s health service group executive. Here, she explains why reform of the Gender…Read more…
Fighting on so many fronts
While so many people have stayed at home – UNISON members have been on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. And while you’ve been fighting coronavirus to keep communities going, UNISON has…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you a new list of heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite’s Davy Kettyles and actor Adrian…Read more…
SURVEY – COVID-19 and gender-based online violence
“This survey by Glitch and the End Violence Against Women Coalition aims to document the online experiences of women and non-binary people during COVID-19. For safeguarding and ethical purposes, this survey should only be completed by participants…Read more…
Ryanair deal secured
Unite, the principal aviation union, has secured an agreement with Ryanair which will result in no job losses among cabin crew at the airline. The union has hailed the airline’s…Read more…
Britain, we need our steel
Britain’s three steel unions, Unite, GMB and Community, today (July 9) launched a joint campaign for the future of the steel industry in the UK. Through the ‘Britain, We Need Our Steel’ campaign, the…Read more…
More aerospace job losses in Derbyshire
On a grim day for UK workers with thousands of job losses being announced, Unite says that it will fight to minimise job losses at aerospace component manufacturer Trelleborg Sealing Solution. The…Read more…
‘A reckoning will come’
For nearly 150 years the Durham Miners’ Gala has been admired all over the world as a carnival like no other, with beautiful banners, brass bands and voices lifted together in song, we fill the…Read more…
2,000 Rolls-Royce jobs to be shed in August
The number of workers being shed by Rolls-Royce is a stark reminder of the lack of comprehensive financial measures to help British manufacturing through the coronavirus pandemic, Unite said today…Read more…
Urgent investigation call
One woman has died and four others people injured after a crane collapsed in Bow, east London on Wednesday (July 8), a tragic incident that has highlighted the dangers people face in and around…Read more…
My NEC report to the UNISON Community Service Group Executive (SGE) meeting 8 July 2020
(Love this pic. The 1.3 million members of UNISON are split into “Service Groups” according to their occupation and employer. Community comprises of members employed by the Voluntary Sector (Charities and Housing Associations). While we have our moment…Read more…
Vital health staff must feel valued and supported
Government promises to overseas nurses must honoured
The article Vital health staff must feel valued and supported first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Money for public services would mean a quicker recovery
Proper investment would power a return to a more prosperous time
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Prime Minister should take responsibility and not blame others for care home failings
Poor government decision making at the heart of problems
The article Prime Minister should take responsibility and not blame others for care home failings first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Serious questions’ over national security
Serious questions involving national security and corporate motivation need to be answered over plans to close the LeBronze Alloys plant in Ipswich, Suffolk, Unite, said today (July 8). Unite…Read more…
Nissan pensions protest
Nissan workers will attend a socially distanced rally in Sunderland on Saturday (July 11) in response to the firm’s ‘disdain and disregard’ for workers impacted by plans to close its defined benefits…Read more…
‘Instead of a budget we have a slogan’
Before the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his statement there was as usual Prime Minister Question Time with Boris Johnson delivering his, as usual, non-answers. Keir Starmer asked him to…Read more…