This week, Unite is celebrating the TUC’s Heart Unions week. Each day this week on UniteLive, we’ll hear from Unite members how being in our union has made a huge difference in their lives. Today, we…Read more…
‘Tremendous achievement’
The long-running campaign to secure the future of the historic Rolls-Royce factory of Barnoldswick in Lancashire has finally ended. Following a ballot the workers at the factory, who are members of…Read more…
Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick demo
A protest at the historic Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick plant will be held on Monday (August 9) at noon as strikes resume over the company’s lack of concrete commitments to the site’s future. A group of…Read more…
Barnoldswick Rolls-Royce plant again under threat
A group of specialist engineers employed at the Rolls-Royce plant in Barnoldswick, Lancashire began strike action today (July 19) after fears for the long term future of the site resurfaced. Members…Read more…
‘We took a stand when we needed to’
Talk to anyone who’s taken strike action, and they’ll tell you that it’s always a last resort. After all, strikes aren’t just disruptive for employers – they often take a heavy emotional and…Read more…
Never give up
Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick workers, Unite members, celebrated victory today (January 14) after they voted to accept a deal struck by Unite that secures jobs at risk as well as a bright future for the…Read more…
Groundbreaking deal
The Rolls-Royce factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, has been saved and with it 350 jobs and a community protected from ruin, thanks to a groundbreaking deal struck by Unite and the company’s…Read more…
‘Beacon of hope’
When workers at Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick first set out in September to save their jobs and their historic site then under threat, they knew the road would be a long and hard one. And there would be…Read more…
Hope on the horizon
Nine weeks of strike action was suspended on Friday (January 8) at the Rolls-Royce factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, as the members of Unite consider a landmark deal that would save 350 jobs and…Read more…
Video of the year – ‘They’ve left us with no choice’
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a film from the first day of strike action at the Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick site in November….Read more…
Battle for Barnoldswick
The announcement in August that Rolls-Royce was shipping 350 jobs at its Barnoldswick Trent engine blade factory to Singapore was a gut punch to both its workers and the town. With a population of…Read more…
‘Rolls-Royce is at the heart of Barnoldswick’
Striking workers and the local community will come together on Saturday (December 5) to hold a car rally in support of the Rolls-Royce workers at Barnoldswick who have been on strike since last month…Read more…
‘Act of industrial self-mutilation’
Rolls Royce’s announcement that it will close its factory in Barnoldswick from this Friday (November 25) until after Christmas, while offshoring work around the globe, has been described as an act of…Read more…
Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick strikes continue
Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick in Lancashire will be hit with a second and third wave of targeted strikes over plans to offshore the production of Trent jet engine blades to Singapore with the loss of 350…Read more…
Solidarity for Barnoldswick
Rolls-Royce workers in Barnoldswick continue their strike action, fighting for their jobs, communities and the legacy of an historic plant that is the birthplace of the jet engine. Unite assistant…Read more…
MPs support embattled Barnoldswick workers
The government must put conditions on support for Rolls-Royce or risk jobs, says Grahame Morris MP
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‘We’ve been left with no alternative’
Workers at Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick took their first day of strike action on Friday (November 6). The Unite members are protesting plans by the company, announced in August, to cut 350 jobs at the…Read more…