Two 24-hour strikes are planned at Luton Airport on August 11 and August 30 by over 30 Unite members working for Sasse Ltd on an outsourced contract
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Ford cleaners pay win
Cleaners at Ford Dagenham and the Ford Dunton Technical Centre in Essex have accepted a 5.1 per cent pay rise for 2022, Unite the union announced today (January 31). Over 150 cleaners, employed by…Read more…
Outsourced Serco workers at Barts begin two-week strike
Hundreds of key NHS workers, employed by the giant outsourcing company Serco, began a two week strike across Barts Health NHS Trust today (January 31). Meanwhile, a rally coinciding with the…Read more…
Mitie ‘targeting low-paid cleaners’ at Heathrow
Low paid cleaners, employed by multi-million pound outsourcing company Mitie, have been left fearing for their jobs after the company reneged on a previous agreement regarding training. The workers,…Read more…
‘The forgotten key workers’
This week, on the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, UNITElive is featuring some of the top stories we have covered on the pandemic and our members’ contributions, concerns and…Read more…
Calling members who are cleaners, housekeepers and domestics
UNISON survey will help inform its response to a government consultation on low-paid workers
The article Calling members who are cleaners, housekeepers and domestics first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
ESS ‘UK’s most heartless employer’
ESS, part of the multi-million pound Compass Group, has been branded the UK’s most “heartless employer”, due to the manner in which it is treating staff working on Ministry of Defence bases, who are…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we honour the heroes of the coronavirus crisis and ‘name and shame’ the zeroes. Here are this week’s latest: HEROES Ricky Gervais Celebrated comedian…Read more…
‘Together we can do everything’
One June 15 it will be 30 years since the first celebration of International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security workers. Ahead of the day, Unite speaks to Unite member and cleaner Adriana Barragan…Read more…
Macclesfield hospital pay protest
Low paid staff, contracted by outsourcing firm ISS, at Macclesfield District General Hospital are staging a second protest on Friday (April 26) against ISS’ plans to withhold up to a week of their…Read more…
Unpaid wages demo
Low paid staff, contracted by outsourcing firm ISS, at Macclesfield District General Hospital are staging a protest tomorrow (April 18) against ISS’ plans to withhold up to a week of their pay after…Read more…
‘Unspeakably immoral’
Hospital workers contracted by outsourcing firm ISS, among the lowest paid people in the country, face the threat of a week’s pay being withheld – a move that’s prompted a backlash of protests from…Read more…
Interserve contracts must be bought back in-house, says UNISON
Firm’s collapse another example of catastrophic failures of privatisation
The article Interserve contracts must be bought back in-house, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Significant victory’
Cleaners at Ford in Dagenham are being recommended to accept an inflation-busting pay rise of three per cent for 2019, Unite has announced. The 150 cleaners, employed by Hamton Environmental…Read more…
Hospital workers celebrate as iFM Bolton agrees to pay NHS rates in full
The victory in Bolton should send a strong signal to any NHS trusts who think creating a wholly owned subsidiary will allow them to short-change their staff over pay
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‘Pay justice’ fight
Low paid cleaners at Luton Airport have rejected a pay offer from their employer Sasse because the offer does not meet their fair demand to be paid a Real Living Wage of £8.75 from this year. …Read more…
‘Battle for fair pay’
Over 100 low paid cleaners at Luton Airport employed by Sasse Group are calling for their pay to be brought in line with the real living wage of £8.75. The workers who are responsible…Read more…
‘Wage robbery’
Unite has accused Caroline Dinenage MP and the Ministry of Defence of ‘washing their hands’ of low paid workers who have had their working week’s stolen by their employer ESS, part of the…Read more…
‘Pay justice’
Low paid NHS workers employed by Serco at Barts NHS Trust staged a protest at the Trust’s board meeting today (May 9) to demand that Barts and Serco fund a pay rise which mirrors the pay deal being…Read more…
Holiday pay win
Hackney school cleaners today (January 26) hailed victory in a dispute over the failure to pay proper holiday rates. The settlement of the dispute at the six schools in the borough came after…Read more…