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…
Clarion Housing faces ‘grave reputational damage’ over Covid crisis handling
Clarion Housing Group, one of the UK’s largest social landlords, has been pushing ahead with routine repairs at its properties, despite some residents being Covid-19 positive, Unite claimed today…Read more…
BA Heathrow cargo workers in fresh strikes
British Airways’ (BA) freight services at Heathrow airport are set for ‘continued significant disruption’ following the announcement of further strikes over the airline’s decision to fire and rehire…Read more…
NHS mental health crisis
Data from NHS Digital has shown that more people are contacting mental health services than ever before – 10m people, including 1.5m children now need mental health support as a direct result of the…Read more…
‘Wheels fall off Wagon Wheel talks’
Hopes that further strike action by workers on the DHL Supply Chain contract in Liverpool could be avoided have been dashed as negotiations have collapsed. The 120 strong workforce undertake the…Read more…
‘Fire and rehire’ attack
Nearly 500 Manchester bus drivers employed by Go North West are facing the threat of being fired and rehired, which will see a 10 per cent reduction in the number of drivers employed, an increase in…Read more…
‘Give families certainty’
The Labour party will force a vote today (January 18) on keeping the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit to help millions of struggling families from falling into further…Read more…
Speed up NHS pay rise call
NHS workers who’ve risked their lives throughout the Covid-19 pandemic deserve a significant pay rise that should be brought forward as soon as possible, Unite and other health unions have said. The…Read more…
‘We’re having nightmares’
As Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths surge across the UK, hospital staff are struggling to cope, with hospitals being overwhelmed by patients. Unite rep and ICU nurse Ameera Sheik told…Read more…
Request denied
An overwhelming majority of working mums who have requested furlough to homeschool their children have been denied, a shocking new survey has revealed. The poll, published this week by the TUC, has…Read more…
Norwegian Air job losses
More than 1,000 redundancies of Norwegian Air staff based at Gatwick are ‘another devastating blow’ for the airport’s workers, the local community and the aviation industry, Unite, said today…Read more…
The community built on kindness and compassion
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…
‘Incredibly frightening’
As Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths now soar to record levels – exceeding even the height of the first wave of the pandemic — Unite senior shop steward and ICU nurse at St….Read more…
London bus drivers ‘once again in eye of Covid storm’
Since the start of the pandemic, bus drivers have seen among the highest Covid death rates of any profession, with London bus drivers in particular affected. Now, new figures from the Transport for…Read more…
Latest free school meals scandal
A company with Tory links contracted to supply free school meals has outrageously short-changed struggling families, with food parcels that are meant to be worth £30 only containing food worth little…Read more…
Hello, Goodbye
Platforms abuzz. For pole position passengers jostle. Eyes reveal a mix of nervousness and hesitation. An eruption of joy. Hands grasped. Fingers entwined. Clinging tightly. A ready caress on…Read more…
Restrictions tough but necessary for the sake of the NHS
Government should have acted sooner but we must all do our bit
The article Restrictions tough but necessary for the sake of the NHS first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Govt must ‘get a grip’ says Unite
Hard-pressed, heroic NHS staff continuing to battle the covid-19 crisis are being badly let down by a government which, 10 months into this crisis, is still failing to ensure that the workforce is…Read more…
‘Now I can open the curtains’
Sometimes it take a full-blown crisis to reveal just how badly our institutions are failing those who need them most. First introduced in 2013, Universal Credit, the Tory government’s flagship…Read more…
Video of the year – Who are the real heroes?
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a film from May, when Unite first began its campaign to ensure a decent pay rise for…Read more…