Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a Unite film from August about the aviation industry and what the union is calling on the…Read more…
BA cargo workers vote to strike
Cargo workers at British Airways have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in the bitter dispute over the company’s plans to fire and rehire its entire workforce and re-employ them on…Read more…
Heathrow: Don’t cut our pay plea
Last month Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL) issued a section 188 notice beginning a process which could result in over 4,000 workers directly employed by the airport being fired and then rehired on vastly…Read more…
‘A bitter blow’
Responding to the announcement today (October 7) that Manchester Airport is intending to make dramatic job cuts Unite, the principal aviation union, has said it is a direct consequence of the…Read more…
‘Grim news’
The news that 140 jobs at Magellan Aerospace’s operation in Bournemouth will be lost when the site closes next February is ‘a devastating blow’ to the Dorset economy, Unite said today (Tuesday 6…Read more…
‘Join a union – a force for good’
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…
Gatwick job losses mount
A latest analysis of job losses at Gatwick Airport, by Unite demonstrates the devastation being wrought across the entire sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights the failure of the…Read more…
Virgin Atlantic job cuts ‘serious blow’
The announcement that Virgin Atlantic is to cut a further 1,150 jobs is more concrete evidence that the government has comprehensively failed to support the UK’s key aviation sector during the…Read more…
‘Stop this attack on workers’ call
Unite, the UK’s principal aviation union, has reacted with deep concern following reports that Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is to begin the formal process of firing and rehiring workers on vastly…Read more…
Govt failure to support industry is ‘green light’ to sack workers says Unite
Aviation workers from two companies which have made brutal cuts on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic are bringing their call for the government to provide long-promised support to the sector to…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…
“Truly shocking”
Unite has today (August 27) revealed evidence of potential widespread jobs discrimination among British Airways cabin crew based at London Gatwick.
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Staff ‘left reeling’
The announcement today (Wednesday August 26) that Gatwick Airport is to make 600 workers redundant is another bitter blow to the south east and highlights the government’s chronic failure to support…Read more…
easyJet passengers and staff treated ‘with complete disregard’
easyJet’s boundless appetite for shareholder profits over the interests of their loyal workforce and passengers knows no bounds. On Monday (August 18), the airliner confirmed plans to close regional…Read more…
Luton Airport demo
Workers based at Luton airport will stage a protest tomorrow Friday (August 14) to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents devastation throughout the industry by fulfilling his promise to provide…Read more…
Heathrow ‘greed’
The likelihood of industrial action at Heathrow airport is increasing after Unite began consulting members on proposals by the employer to cut pay by nearly a quarter for some workers. The union is…Read more…
‘Forced out by company greed’
On the day that more than 4,000 staff are being forced to leave British Airways and the remaining workforce will discover their intended fate, Unite has warned the airline that this ‘gross injustice’…Read more…
‘We need everyone to come together’
From tomorrow (August 8), Unite will stage a series of UK-wide protests to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents the UK’s aviation industry from being devastated by fulfilling his promise to provide…Read more…
‘Wish you were here – to save aviation jobs’
UK-wide protests will be held between Saturday 8 August and Monday 10 August to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents the UK’s aviation industry from being ‘devastated’ by fulfilling his promise to…Read more…