Unite signed a union recognition agreement with Hitachi Rail Europe at it’s cutting edge train manufacturing facility in County Durham today (30 January).
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Unite signed a union recognition agreement with Hitachi Rail Europe at it’s cutting edge train manufacturing facility in County Durham today (30 January).
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Britain’s rail manufacturing renaissance could be shunted into the sidings Unite warned today (January 30), as it urged the government to support UK manufacturing, jobs and skills by investing in…Read more…
Baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by Azzurra Ground Handling at Luton Airport will begin voting for industrial action today (January 30) over the company’s decision to impose a pay freeze…Read more…
Unite is strongly backing a consultation by the Scottish government which would make the term electrician a protected title. If the Scottish government grants electricians protected title…Read more…
Long-term wage stagnation and skyrocketing housing and transport costs are continuing to take their toll as the number of people claiming financial insolvency reaches a seven-year high. New…Read more…
This extraordinary book, published in 1949, tells the stories of the trials of a number of British subjects who betrayed their country during the Second World War. The bulk of the book is a long…Read more…
Thousands of care workers across England and Wales are being paid less than the national minimum wage because councils aren’t insisting that homecare companies pay for travel time, says UNISON today…Read more…
Warm words about improving rights post-Brexit won’t cut it – to guarantee their rights working people need substantial changes to Mrs May’s entire dealRead more…
Planning issues usually make my head hurt but thanks to @NewhamLondon officers for today helping Cllrs and local residents understand better the #LocalPlan #localcentre #towncentre #contiguous #ribboneffect.
The idea of calling the left hand loca…Read more…
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis is due to show his support this evening (Tuesday) for homecare workers in Birmingham who have been involved in a year-long dispute over their pay and working…Read more…
Some of Britain’s biggest retailers have warned of food shortages and rocketing prices in the event of a no deal Brexit, as Unite called on Theresa May to take the disastrous option off the table….Read more…
Unite is passionate about ensuring that all its members regardless of race or gender throughout all its sectors are not discriminated in the workplace. This commitment is demonstrated by the…Read more…
Unite is calling on the contractors preparing to restart work on the troubled Royal Liverpool hospital to ensure first class employment rights, in order to avoid further problems and delays on the…Read more…
Unite has reiterated its call for a full public inquiry into aerotoxic syndrome after a British Airways pilot declared an emergency last week (January 21) and was forced to turn back to the flight’s…Read more…
Employers should use common sense during this week’s cold snap and not force staff to make dangerous journeys into workRead more…
Off message but great walk two Sundays ago in Kent even though we got hopelessly lost. We drove to and parked at the National trust owned moated Manor House at Ightham Mote. Which dates from the 13th century and is justifiably described as “the m…Read more…
About 3,500 bus workers, employed by First Group across Yorkshire, are gearing up to be balloted for strike action over the management’s ‘systematic campaign of anti-trade union activities’. …Read more…
Northern cities have borne the brunt of the massive cuts to local authority spending since 2010, with Liverpool and Barnsley among the hardest hit. According to a new report from the Centre…Read more…
This is great news for staff in Southend
The article Last UK hospital outside Agenda for Change joins national agreement first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Austerity has undermined many of the local institutions that bind our communities together. Cuts to our libraries, community learning, youth work, day centres and grants to voluntary organisations…Read more…