Leeds’ rail depot cancers and ‘toxic fog’ footage highlight dangers of diesel emissions.
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Bath Night
Two up two down. Back to back. The tin bath hanging on a nail next to the privy. Sheets strung from gate to gate flapping in the alley. Shoulders hunched against wind and rain. Heads down…Read more…
Legal assistance ‘lifeline’
A former Unite member has praised the union for offering a “lifeline” of vital legal assistance after he was made ill from being exposed to diesel fumes at work. The assistance was part of…Read more…
Planned approach call
Unite, the UK’s largest union for car workers, cautioned that a call to bring forward the government’s target to ban new sales of petrol and diesel vehicles to 2032 could be undeliverable because of…Read more…
Jobs ‘car crash’?
The environment secretary Michael Gove’s ambition to phase out the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 risks being a ‘car crash’ for jobs and skills, unless it is part of an industrial strategy…Read more…
Road to nowhere?
Drip feeding the media on plans to ban internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2040 is no way to tackle an issue that will affect thousands of Unite members in the UKs automotive manufacturers, the auto…Read more…
‘Pull every lever we can’
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed today (April 16) that it would be axing 1,000 contract jobs at the carmaker’s plant in Solihull, where the Range Rover and the Land Rover Discover SUV are produced….Read more…
Car figures down
The latest car figures out today are a cause for deepening anxiety with the government’s confusion over diesel cars compounding faltering consumer confidence and Brexit uncertainty, Unite warned…Read more…
‘Alarm bells’
Unite has expressed concern over the latest car industry figures published today (January 31) which show that auto manufacturing in the UK fell for the first time since 2009. About…Read more…