It might not be business as usual for the Labour Party conference this year – but at lunch-time (September 21) Labour Connected treated online viewers to a full debate about the future of employment…Read more…
‘No more excuses’
Unite’s manufacturing members sent a loud and clear message today (September 9) that the government must step in and extend the furlough scheme or else risk a tsunami of job losses. Dozens of workers…Read more…
Unite plea to PM: ‘Don’t abandon us’
With Spain becoming the latest country to extend its pay protection scheme “for as long as it takes” – following Germany, the Netherlands and France – the UK government continues to look on aimlessly…Read more…
‘Do not abandon us’
Employers in the UK planned an astonishing 300,000 job cuts in June and July, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from the BBC has found. More than 1,700 firms planned to make 150,000 job losses…Read more…
Apprenticeship 999
The future of the UK’s world class base of highly skilled workers is now at great risk, Unite, other unions and employers warned yesterday (August 31).
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Save our world class workers
“Labour believes in our incredible workforce so why can’t the government? It’s simple – building our Royal Naval Fleet Support Ships here in UK shipyards is essential to maintain both jobs and…Read more…
Unite fears for RAF Valley jobs
Unite is deeply concerned that proposals recently presented to Unite reps could see 180 jobs cut from the Hawk contract at RAF Valley by 2033. The fears stem from the contract negotiation between BAE…Read more…
Unite fears for RAF Valley jobs
Unite is deeply concerned that proposals recently presented to Unite reps could see 180 jobs cut from the Hawk contract at RAF Valley by 2033. The fears stem from the contract negotiation between BAE…Read more…
A ‘horrible blow for staff’
Rolls-Royce’s announcement today (Wednesday August 26) that it is planning to close aerospace sites in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, and Annesley, Nottinghamshire, and move work abroad has been condemned…Read more…
Bristol GKN jobs at risk
Unite is calling on GKN Western Approach to consider all options to eradicate or mitigate proposed job losses at its factory in Bristol as it continues to fight for government support for the…Read more…
UK govt ‘not doing enough’
Unite has commented on business secretary Alok Sharma’s new announcement today (July 20) of £200m worth of grants for the aerospace industry – saying that despite these grants bringing some support –…Read more…
Scrap ‘queen of the skies’ call
Unite believes that while the 747 jet is held in high regard, it is now time for the ‘queen of the skies’ to relinquish her throne. The entire aviation industry’s stock of older, more polluting…Read more…
Take action govt before ‘it’s too late for West Mids’ call
Unite is demanding political support for businesses and workers striving to stem the West Midlands jobs loss tsunami, that has seen at least 8,000 jobs vanish from the region in the past week…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…
Supply chain job losses pushes aerospace to the edge
With less than 24 hours to go before the Chancellor delivers his financial statement, Unite is warning that companies in the aerospace supply chain have announced 5,030 redundancies in recent days –…Read more…
‘Not a moment more to be lost’
As Unite launches its campaign to save UK aerospace today (July 2), the union highlights the existential threat the sector faces amid the coronavirus crisis and is calling on the government to step…Read more…
‘The scale of this is devastating’
Aerospace giant Airbus announced last night (June 30) a massive raft of UK job losses, with more than 1,700 jobs expected to go. Speaking on BBC 1 News on Wednesday (July 1), Unite assistant general…Read more…
‘Act of industrial vandalism’
Unite has branded aerospace giant Airbus’ announcement on Tuesday night (June 30) to slash nearly 2,000 jobs in the UK ‘another act of industrial vandalism’. Calling on the government to…Read more…
Continue govt support call
Industry bodies and cross-party politicians joined Unite in calling for an extension of the Job Retention Scheme (JRS), during a Manufacturing Matters webinar debate yesterday (June 25).
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Unite brands job cuts news as ‘premature’
The union says that with the government’s furlough programme continuing in some form until October, and with the union fighting for a sector support package, the move to lay-offs is premature.
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