Members of Unite, employed by DHL on easyJet’s ground handling contract at Gatwick Airport, are moving towards industrial action this spring in a dispute over low pay. The 500 plus strong workforce…Read more…
‘Crying out for support’
Low cost airline easyJet’s warning to the government that it is likely to need “bespoke financial assistance”, is echoed across the entire aviation industry, Unite said today (October 8). Unite…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES easyJet and Dnata Catering members fighting for their…Read more…
Govt failure to support industry is ‘green light’ to sack workers says Unite
Aviation workers from two companies which have made brutal cuts on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic are bringing their call for the government to provide long-promised support to the sector to…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeros amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. Unite PHE members This week, UniteLIVE spoke to some of…Read more…
easyJet passengers and staff treated ‘with complete disregard’
easyJet’s boundless appetite for shareholder profits over the interests of their loyal workforce and passengers knows no bounds. On Monday (August 18), the airliner confirmed plans to close regional…Read more…
‘Kick in the teeth’
Major airline easyJet’s confirmation today (August 5) that it intends to close its bases at Newcastle, Southend and Stansted has been described by Unite, the leading aviation union, “as a kick…Read more…
Liverpool easyJet demo
Campaigners will hold a demonstration tomorrow at Liverpool airport over easyJet’s plans to close operations at 3 regional bases and shed 1,290 cabin crew jobs nationwide. The protest will take…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you a new list of heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite hospitality members People working in the…Read more…
easyJet staff ‘losing faith’ in airline
easyJet staff will hold socially distanced demonstrations this week at Newcastle, Southend and Stansted airports over the firm’s plans to close its operations at those locations and shed 1,290 cabin…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you the latest heroes – those who are keeping the country going through a devastating time – and the zeroes, those who are failing the just when we…Read more…
Vote of no confidence in easyJet executive
Unite , which represents thousands of workers at easyJet, has begun a ballot of no confidence in the company’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Bellew. The ballot of Unite’s membership at easyJet is in…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Each Friday on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the devastating crisis we’ve been thrust into, countless people have managed to…Read more…
Summer airport chaos?
Management intransigence is fuelling the potential for continued airport chaos over the summer holiday period as workers fight back to protect their pay and conditions. In the latest instance,…Read more…
Toxic cabin air inquiry call
Unite repeated its call for a public inquiry into toxic cabin air on board aircraft today (September 19) as an international two day conference into aircraft cabin air got underway at Imperial…Read more…
easyJet: Staff breast feeding victory
Expectant mothers and mothers of young children have never had it worse in the workplace – a wide-ranging Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) study published earlier this year found that the…Read more…
Wake-up call
The revised pay deal that 2,000 easyJet cabin crew, members of Unite, accepted today (August 3) is also a wake-up call for the company’s bosses regarding future pay talks. The UK cabin crew…Read more…