Over 80 bus drivers employed by Stagecoach West in Swindon have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action, joining their colleagues in Gloucestershire in a dispute over low pay. The drivers…Read more…
Riverside Bakery workers in strike vote
A pay cut disguised as a rise offered to staff earning just above the minimum wage at Nottingham’s Riverside Bakery has resulted in a strike ballot, Unite said today (February 21). More than 150…Read more…
Heart Unions week: ‘Being in a union made the difference’
In the last part of our Heart Unions week series, we look at why being part of a trade union has never been more important than now amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. While working people’s…Read more…
Weymouth bus drivers celebrate pay win
Bus drivers and mechanics at the First Wessex depot in Weymouth, Dorset have won a significant pay victory which will see an extra 8.2 per cent in pay packets by November 2022. Unite the union said…Read more…
‘A crisis not of our making’
Unite members will continue to fight for substantial pay increases to protect their already squeezed living standards as inflation continues to soar, according to the latest figures published today…Read more…
Inflation figures a nightmare for families and public services, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says extra cash needed for inflation-busting wage rises
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‘Full and solid support’
A rally in support of striking workers at pallet suppliers Chep UK will be held at the Trafford Park site tomorrow (February 16) as bosses agree to hold pay talks in the three month-old dispute….Read more…
Blog: Governments would do well to listen to unions
As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, UNISON will be working with the TUC to campaign in every part of the UK to build our power. You can help
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‘It’s time to build union power’
Energy bills are rising, and the cost of basic goods and services are increasing at a rate not seen in many years. In response, another wealthy individual felt the need to lecture working people….Read more…
‘More questions than answers’
OVO owner, Stephen Fitzpatrick, was quizzed by MPs on the business select committee on Tuesday (February 8) about £17m furlough money paid to OVO, and payments and loans topping £40m, made from OVO…Read more…
Ofgem blasted as ‘useless’
Unite has blasted the energy regulator Ofgem as ‘useless’ after it admitted allowing the energy market to be flooded with financially precarious companies, 30 of which have since collapsed due to the…Read more…
Let’s extend collective solidarity to all
As a cost of living crisis engulfs the UK, with food and energy prices soaring and the government failing to take any meaningful action, public anger is building. On Saturday (February 12),…Read more…
‘We should not be made to pay for the cost of living crisis’
Households across the UK are facing an unprecedented cost of living crisis that has left virtually no family unscathed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that one in five people in…Read more…
‘Inflation has not been caused by working people’
Unite has condemned comments by Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, who has said workers should not ask for pay rises to avoid a so-called ‘wage-price spiral’ – a theoretical scenario dismissed…Read more…
Inadequate energy support does nothing to ease misery, says UNISON
It’s likely consumers will be paying back their £200 loans when energy bills are still sky-high.
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‘Catastrophe for millions of people’
The cost of living crisis facing households across the UK is set to intensify drastically after the energy regulator Ofgem today (February 3) confirmed a unprecedented 54 per cent increase in the…Read more…
Construction workers pursue pay rise
Unions, led by Unite, the UK’s leading construction union, have submitted a pay claim to the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) seeking a 10 per cent pay increase in a bid to redress pay cuts…Read more…
Government must ensure pay in key services is high enough to halt staff exodus, says UNISON
Frontline services, already struggling with a crushing number of vacancies, are losing employees at alarming rates.
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‘Cost of living catastrophe’
As the CPI measure of inflation today was revealed to have climbed to an astonishing 5.4 per cent, Unite says real scale of crisis is revealed in RPI rise to 7.5 per cent – a more accurate…Read more…
Inflation rise terrible news for families and public services, says UNISON
The soaring cost of living means growing anxiety for low-income families.
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