Bentley Motor workers at the luxury car maker’s Crewe headquarters have massively backed industrial action in a consultative ballot over plans to close the defined benefit pension scheme, Unite…Read more…
Power surge
Unite’s new electric vehicle strategy was launched in Parliament today (March 14) and urges the UK government to emulate Germany and put the UK’s car industry in the fast lane of electric vehicle…Read more…
Invest in UK call
The boss of Vauxhall has said Brexit uncertainty is threatening the future of its Ellesmere Port plant. Unite agreed that the government’s shambolic handling of the Brexit process is…Read more…
Car figures down
The latest car figures out today are a cause for deepening anxiety with the government’s confusion over diesel cars compounding faltering consumer confidence and Brexit uncertainty, Unite warned…Read more…
‘Alarm bells’
Unite has expressed concern over the latest car industry figures published today (January 31) which show that auto manufacturing in the UK fell for the first time since 2009. About…Read more…
Uncertainty stalls carmaker
Britain’s largest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover announced today (January 23) that it would be temporarily cutting production of two of its models as it fights flat-lining demand in the UK amid Brexit…Read more…
‘Helpful’ meeting
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey held talks in Paris over the future of the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port this morning (January 22) with the car maker’s French owner PSA group. …Read more…
New cars guarantee call
Unite called on PSA Group to provide investment guarantees on new models for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant today (January 8) as workers were informed the carmaker was seeking 250 additional…Read more…
Govt chaos causes car slump
Brexit uncertainty and confusion over the government’s diesel policies were among the main reasons to blame for the latest figures showing car sales fell by 5.7 per cent in 2017. Last month…Read more…
In the slow lane?
The jewel in Britain’s manufacturing crown is at risk because of Brexit uncertainty and falling wages, Unite warned today (December 21), as production figures showed the number of cars made in…Read more…
Happy new Leaf
Unite signed a landmark deal on behalf of its Nissan members in Sunderland this week, as production began on the firm’s latest electric car. Unite general secretary Len McCluskey travelled to…Read more…
Ford pay deal win
About 9,000 Ford production workers have been offered an inflation-busting pay deal which guarantees at least a 6.5 per cent rise in a two-year package. Unite, which represents the vast…Read more…
‘Alarm bells ringing’
With alarm bells ringing over consumer confidence and falling car sales, Theresa May and her Conservative government’s continuing uncertainty on Brexit is harming jobs and investment, Unite warned…Read more…
Brexit deal ‘vital’
Toyota reportedly plans to build the next generation Auris at its Burnaston site in Derbyshire – but only if the UK secures a transitional deal in Brexit negotiations. Two sources familiar…Read more…
Get into gear
More than a third of car-buyers are open to purchasing an electric vehicle a new survey has revealed, as the automotive industry prepares to switch to battery operated motors. With the…Read more…
Battery plant sale
Unite said it would be seeking guarantees over the pay, terms and conditions of its members at Nissan’s Sunderland battery manufacturing business after the carmaker announced its sale as part of…Read more…
Friction-free access plea
In a major intervention, former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown this week warned that Britain’s world class automotive industry is under dire threat from a hard Brexit pledged by the Tories,…Read more…
Where do you stand?
A new film by Unite is highlighting the need to protect the United Kingdom’s crucial automotive sector from the uncertainty of a hard Brexit during the run up to the general election on June…Read more…
BMW: Get ‘heads out of sand’ plea
Unite members at BMW’s Swindon Mini plant assembled in droves outside the carmaker’s site this afternoon (April 5) to protest the threatened closure of their final salary pension scheme, which could…Read more…
PM: change Brexit tack call
With UK manufacturers warning today (March 27) that a ‘no deal’ Brexit would be ‘simply unacceptable to an industry accounting for 45 percent of all UK exports’, Unite has…Read more…