“SPS must not exploit the lockdown to force through these unnecessary redundancies and brutal attacks on terms and conditions,” commented Unite regional officer Garry Guye said.
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“SPS must not exploit the lockdown to force through these unnecessary redundancies and brutal attacks on terms and conditions,” commented Unite regional officer Garry Guye said.
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Bentley currently employs 4,200 workers at its factory in Crewe, Cheshire. The proposed 1,000 redundancies, which will be on a voluntary basis, account for almost one quarter of the workforce.
The…Read more…
Migrant key workers are on the pandemic frontline but their fight to remain in the country is even harder. UNISON is asking the government to grant them indefinite leave to remain. We hear what that…Read more…
As Unite had long suspected class and race are the biggest factors in determining those that have died or been taken ill by the Covid-19 pandemic – now an undeniable fact borne out the government’s…Read more…
Unite has proclaimed victory for bus drivers and the travelling public after the government announced on Thursday (June 4) that all people traveling on public transport in England will be required to…Read more…
Despite the government claiming that 90 per cent of all rough sleepers had been found a bed that was never the case at all. Some, with no recourse to public funds have been refused access. This…Read more…
Lawrence Douglas teaches law at Amherst College. If what he says in this short book is right, America is in for a very rocky ride in the next few months. His basic argument is that…Read more…
Lawrence Douglas teaches law at Amherst College. If what he says in this short book is right, America is in for a very rocky ride in the next few months. His basic argument is that…Read more…
The National elected lay committee of UNISON’s political fund, which is affiliated to the Labour Party, met up yesterday in a virtual meeting with Angela Rayner MP.
Angela is a life long UNISON member and former member of this Committee before she was…Read more…
Register here Facebook RSVP, share & invite here – retweet here to spread the word! With guests from Venezuela, investigative journalist John McEvoy, Dr. Francisco Dominguez, Susan Grey…Read more…
“The announcement by Rolls-Royce is another warning sign that the UK is in serious danger of losing its leading position in aerospace, in addition to losing thousands of skilled jobs,” commented…Read more…
In April I wrote about the longer-term lessons to be learned from the pandemic and the importance of thinking about these now, rather than allowing others to capture the narrative – as they did after…Read more…
In his message to BA he said, “We are not just going to lie down and leave our members to be trodden all over. Step back and see sense and I promise you we will meet you continually and we will sort…Read more…
More than 200 jobs at Oxfam’s headquarters in Oxford could be under threat after the charity’s fundraising nosedived amid the coronavirus pandemic. Oxfam was due to start the 45-day consultation…Read more…
Aston Martin was urged today (June 4) to reconsider the scale and number of the proposed 500 job losses at its luxury sports car plant in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Aston Martin announced 500 job losses…Read more…
UNISON reports Horizon Care to the Care Quality Commission after residents die in Sheffield
The article Care home company under investigation following multiple COVID deaths, says UNISON first…Read more…
UNISON group says the killing in the US – and its aftermath – shows that the fight against racism must be redoubled
The article Police and justice committee adds voice to George Floyd protests first…Read more…
The coronavirus itself may not discriminate along race or class lines, but because we live in a deeply unequal society, the end result is the same – Black and Asian ethnic minority (BAEM) communities…Read more…
Unite, representing staff working in call and contact centres across the financial services sector, has today (June 4) called for urgent action following the publication of a report into Covid-19…Read more…
First remote national executive council hears tributes to UNISON members who have lost their lives during the coronavirus crisis
The article NEC told: ‘We will hold government to account on…Read more…