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Picking fights with unions is a waste of valuable time
The article Ministers should fix the country rather than reheat failed anti-union laws first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Picking fights with unions is a waste of valuable time
The article Ministers should fix the country rather than reheat failed anti-union laws first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite has warned that St Mungo’s can no longer rely on agency labour to run a skeleton service while paying dedicated homelessness workers a pittance. Workers at the charity have been on indefinite strike action since June 27. A recent High Court ruling now threatens to plunge the charity into crisis without swift action. From […]
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Council-owned Allerdale Waste Services will not be able to bring in agency staff to cover striking bin workers after August 10. The impact from all-out strikes by workers employed by Allerdale Waste Services, which is 100 per cent owned by Cumberland council, is set to worsen after a High Court ruling banning agency staff. Following […]
The post Workington bin chaos to worsen appeared first on Unite Live.
News that the High Court has quashed the Government’s decision to allow agencies to supply agency workers to employers to undermine legal strike action was today (July 13) hailed by Unite as a “total vindication”. Following the Government’s decision to reverse the ban on employers hiring agency workers during strike action in July 2022, a […]
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Since July 2022, agencies have been permitted to supply temporary workers to replace striking workers – which the union argues, defeats the very purpose of a strike
The article Strike-breaking legislation is unlawful, argues UNISON in High Court first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Since July 2022, agencies have been permitted to supply temporary workers to replace striking workers – which the union argues, defeats the very purpose of a strike
The article Strike-breaking legislation is unlawful, argues UNISON in High Court first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The agency brought in to break a pay strike by Harrods’ security guards and CCTV operators has been named and shamed as Protective Security Group Ltd. Under the new anti-trade union law passed this summer by the government, Harrods has been allowed to replace striking workers with agency staff. The company threatened the workforce with […]
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Ministers are risking everyone’s safety by allowing the use of inexperienced agency workers
The article UNISON takes the government to court over law allowing the use of agency workers to break strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON will challenge the government’s decision in the courts
The article Government plans to use agency workers to break strikes are dangerous and unlawfull first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite officer with responsibility for Rolls-Royce in Derby, Tony Tinley, said, “Both ethically and morally, Giant should be accessing all monies available to ensure employees receive pay. We urge…Read more…
Great news just in (April 21) has seen Unite save hundreds of Adecco agency workers from redundancy at world-renowned luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors.
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Some temporary agency workers have been found to be working for the NHS for more than a decade at a time, in the process wasting limited health service resources, new research has found. A…Read more…
For nearly 100,000 deaf people in the UK, British Sign Language (BSL) is their primary form of communication. Properly trained and qualified BSL interpreters are a lifeline for these…Read more…
During the last few weeks numerous stories about insecure workers – whether those working for agencies, on zero-hour contracts or toiling under bogus self-employment – being ripped off or losing…Read more…
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…
The final straw came when they tried to turn a Rocket into a robot. Rebecca Rocket had put up with the rock bottom wages, authoritarian management and the minimal employment rights. But…Read more…
Unite announced it had launched legal action against the catalogue retailer, Argos and two employment agencies today (August 23) after it emerged the retailer was attempting to break a strike by…Read more…
Sports Direct was named in three separate modern slavery trials within six months this year, all of which related to Polish migrants being sent to work at the firm’s Shirebrook warehouse through…Read more…
Unite today (May 19) called on the new owners of Transline to break with the past by building a new constructive relationship with both its workers and Unite. As a first step, Unite urged…Read more…