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If you’re a member and worried about your status after the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union, we can help
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Unite has reiterated its call for transport secretary Chris Grayling to resign after it was revealed today (March 1) that the government has had to pay £33m to Eurotunnel after excluding the company…Read more…
There is no way the UK can prepare for a no deal Brexit, and growth is “guaranteed” to fall if the country crashes out of the EU, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE) told MPs yesterday…Read more…
Last week’s announcement from car manufacturer Honda, which said that it was planning to close its only European factory in Swindon sent shock waves throughout the UK. It was the latest in a series…Read more…
‘Simply put, Parliament needs more time to avoid chaos,’ writes UNISON general secretary
The article Dave Prentis urges MPs to extend Article 50 notice period first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Tory Brexit tactics are destroying the UK’s world-class manufacturing base, workers’ representatives from leading companies have warned. Unite workplace representatives from factories…Read more…
The impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland cannot be reduced to simplistic quotes about borders or considered only as an afterthought. For Unison – and for Parliament – it must be integral.
The…Read more…
Plans to shut the Honda plant in Swindon in 2022, threatening 3,500 jobs, sent shock waves throughout the nation as the country weighed up what it would all mean for a post-Brexit economy. …Read more…
Following media speculation yesterday (February 18), Japanese car maker Honda this morning (February 19) confirmed that it would be closing its Swindon plant in 2022, putting 3,500 jobs at risk….Read more…
The reasons offered by the Independent Group for their departure from Labour at their launch press conference simply do not stand up to scrutiny. First, Brexit. Labour has opposed the Tories…Read more…
As a rudderless Theresa May drifts the country ever closer to the Brexit deadline of 29 March – risking economic disaster by crashing out of the EU – those Tories cheering calamity on have been…Read more…
Another Brexit-fuelled blow to the embattled UK car industry came today (February 18) after reports emerged that automotive manufacturer Honda may be planning to close its plant in Swindon by 2022,…Read more…
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (February 18) spoke out against the group of Labour MPs who have now split from the party. Speaking to the BBC this afternoon, he said that there was a…Read more…
We all know that Brexit is a divisive and emotive issue for many people. It now appears to be causing some, journalists included, to take leave of their senses. You can see that in the…Read more…
Brexit warnings from the car giant Ford underline the catastrophic consequences of a no deal Brexit, Unite said today (February 13) as it called on ministers and MPs to take a no deal, hard Brexit…Read more…
Dozens of rich parliamentarians – many of them Tories – own or control farms that brought in millions of pounds in EU subsidies last year, raising conflict of interest issues that could influence the…Read more…
The shipbuilding industry suffered another setback today (February 7) after Babcock announced 150 redundancies at its Rosyth shipyard. Unite said the losses, which follow on from the decision…Read more…
The government must not pull promised financial support for skills and innovation from Nissan following the firm’s decision to scrap plans to build X-Trail cars in the UK because of Brexit…Read more…
Car production in the UK fell by close to 10 per cent last year and automotive industry investment by nearly 50 per cent according to new figures, with Unite blaming a “toxic cocktail” of economic…Read more…
UNISON started the new year in January as we mean to go on
The article Defying the cold and looking to the future first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…