Piano simulator app for smartphone and tablet PC users launched in North Korea Kim Il Sung University also released e-book app enabling users to read books published in 2017 A piano simulator…Read more…
Profits at what cost?
The return to profitability by the Post Office has been underpinned by ‘slash and burn’ polices which have diminished the organisation, Unite said today (Wednesday December 20). Unite, which…Read more…
‘Homelessness is a national crisis’
Homelessness is a “national crisis” and the Tories are “unacceptably complacent” about tackling it, a cross-party committee of MPs said today (December 20). A public accounts committee (PAC)…Read more…
Where another world is possible
It’s not very often that a suit and tie from management speaks of his indebtedness to the union. But that’s exactly what happened when in October Rolls-Royce celebrated the contribution of…Read more…
‘Try your best to enjoy Christmas Day’
In part 3 of our series on working over Christmas, we speak to Paul McQuade, a dedicated ambulance worker who’s worked for the ambulance service for nearly three decades, and as a paramedic for the…Read more…
Workers’ rights and Brexit
After failing miserably on Monday to reassure millions of workers that their basic rights at work won’t be scrapped, Theresa May has another opportunity when she stands up at the last PMQs of the…Read more…
Cliff Williams – we have lost one of our union’s best
Everyone who worked closely with Cliff will miss his counsel, his support and his commitment – and I know his words “leave it with me, I’ll sort it”, will echo around our union for years to come. All…Read more…
In 2016, London growth was nearly double the UK average
The story of London moving further away from the rest of the UK continues.Read more…
Working in a winter wonderland?
Christmas workers are poorer today than they were a decade ago.Read more…
Respect
There’s an unmistakable look that night workers have after a long shift – pink-eyed and delirious. As the rest of the world starts their day, they carry on just a bit longer, maybe to grab a…Read more…
‘Let’s stick together’
When we think of workers who must give up time with their families over Christmas, we often think of public sector workers such as ambulance crew, nurses and police. But there are many other…Read more…
Kind-hearted cabbies shell out for kids
‘Tis the season for giving – and Nottingham’s big-hearted hackney cab drivers are donating £2,750 to the children’s ward at the city’s Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) tomorrow (Wednesday December 20)….Read more…
Shaming of the fat cats?
Britain’s fat cat bosses have been named and shamed on a government-ordered list representing the “unacceptable face of capitalism”. However Unite warned the list will have little effect on…Read more…
Local housing companies: Good, bad or ugly?
This is a fair and balanced post on Local Housing Companies reposted below and here on Redbrick blog.
While I understand that Councils have to make up somehow the reduction in Central Government grant by making money my concerns are :-…Read more…
Pension reform cliff-edge will hit low earners in retirement
The government’s mixed bag of pension reforms risks leaving some low-paid workers hundreds of pounds worse off than their colleagues.Read more…
Just not taking it
Paramedic Debbie Wilkinson (pictured) is facing a heart-breaking decision. After dedicating 26 years of her life to responding to accidents and emergencies in Leeds, she can barely afford to get by…Read more…
‘Accidents don’t stop for Christmas’
More than a million workers in the UK each year must forgo time with their families over the holiday season because of work. In our series on working over Christmas, UNITElive pays tribute to…Read more…
Then and now
Preparing a speech to mark the 45 years since the release of the Pentonville Five, I was struck by what the case of the dockers imprisoned in the cause of trade union freedom then tells us about…Read more…
Turning it round
Nothing remains of the old Shirebrook colliery in north-east Derbyshire. The coal mine closed in 1993 and 12 years later the site became the central hub of leisurewear retailer Sports Direct. …Read more…
When not even dignity remains
Bob Evans* wasn’t the only one feeling frustrated with the staff at his local Jobcentre. A fellow claimant wrenched a computer screen off a desk, hurled it across the office smashing a window….Read more…