Nearly 6,000 car industry jobs have been lost since 2016 according to new figures revealing the challenges now facing the UK automotive sector, which has seen another year of declining sales. …Read more…
Fat Cat Friday
“Today’s #FatCatFriday – when the typical FTSE100 CEO has already earned the average wage for a whole year.
While greedy execs sit on piles of cash, thousands of families struggle to make ends meet due to rising insecure work and draconian condit…Read more…
Brexit helpline
Unite has launched a specialist helpline to assist migrant workers concerned about immigration issues as the UK leaves the European Union. The helpline, which is operated by Unite legal…Read more…
Tories’ NHS ‘cynical ploy’
The head of the NHS is kicking back at government attempts to make it seem as if the £20.5bn of extra funding announced in the budget will improve the health service more than it will, according to…Read more…
UK deserves a better deal
As Parliament prepares to consider the Brexit deal Unite, has launched an appeal to its members and to workers across the UK to unite for a better deal. A new Unite film outlining the perils…Read more…
“Blindfold Brexit”
Unite has branded Theresa May’s Brexit promises as “worthless” following the publication of a joint document on Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union.
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‘Vote down May’s plan’
Last week, the Brexit drama became a full-blown crisis. Anxiety is growing throughout industry over the continuing confusion and uncertainty over the terms of Brexit, and the possibility that…Read more…
UNISON reacts to Brexit draft deal between the UK and the EU
Any deal that fails to protect public services, defend rights at work and avoid a hard border in Ireland is a deal that’s bad for all of us
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Employers encouraged to pay EU workers’ ‘settled status’ fees
UNISON publishes new guidance for branches, and a model letter to public-service employers, as pilot scheme is rolled out across the UK in November, based on employment
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‘Fragile’ economy
Any hopes of an economic boost were dashed today (November 13) as new figures revealed an unexpected rise in unemployment, while earnings barely rose against a backdrop of languishing productivity….Read more…
The workers return
Workers at home and abroad gave so much during WW1 – what could they expect after the Armistice?
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‘Body blow’ for car workers
Brexit-related plans by car parts manufacturer Schaeffler to close its factories in Llanelli and Plymouth have been described as a “body blow” for autoworkers by Unite. The union vowed to…Read more…
‘We can’t sleepwalk into another Windrush’
MPs voice cross-party support for protecting the rights of all five million EU and UK citizens threatened by Brexit
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Stem exodus call
Major hospitals in England rely on the EU for more than a fifth of doctors or nurses new analysis reveals, leading Unite to warn that a Brexit deal needs to stem the exodus of European NHS medical…Read more…
Boleyn By Election canvass: Brexit demo dodgers, Daily Worker, ASB, West Ham FC, The Boleyn Pub….having a Labour Doorstep laugh
Picture collage from yesterday’s campaigning in Boleyn Ward by-election, Newham. There had been 3 teams out in the morning and I joined our truly exceptional candidate, Moniba Khan, for the 3pm session with as it happens, all West Ham CLP comrades.
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Investment freeze threat
Theresa May should stand up to the warring factions in her party to avoid a job destroying hard Brexit, Unite said this week (October 16). The call came ahead of a crunch 48 hours for Theresa…Read more…
‘Severe staff shortages’
Falling numbers of EU nationals working in the NHS have sparked fears that already worrying staff shortages in the health service will only be further exacerbated post-Brexit. The latest…Read more…
UNISON members set for final lobby over their Brexit future
Union calls for citizens’ rights to be ‘written in stone’ – whatever happens to Brexit negotiations
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Solihull shut down
News that Jaguar Land Rover will shut its Solihull plant for two weeks is a sign of the pressure being faced by the UK’s leading car producer. The two week shut down from 22nd October will…Read more…
‘Race to the bottom’
A shocking report on the slave like conditions of non-EU lorry drivers in Europe has raised concerns about the potential consequences if Britain’s driving regulations are attacked post-Brexit. …Read more…