All the union news that's fit to blog...
Four groups of Unite members are currently engaged in pretty serious industrial action at the moment. They deserve our support.
I’d previously posted about the outsourced Manchester housing maintenance workers. They are now escalating their action wit…Read more…
Staff at the Bank of England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a ballot calling on their employer to give them a decent pay deal. In the industrial action ballot 95 per cent…Read more…
Barclays is not considering moving British jobs to Europe because of Brexit, the bank’s chief executive has said. Jes Staley also said that any internal restructuring that would be needed…Read more…
Unite, which represents staff at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has expressed opposition to the announcement today (May 9) that the bank has decided to cut another 334 jobs and offshore more jobs to…Read more…
Unite the union, representing staff across Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has expressed anger about the banks’ decision to close a further 100 branches, resulting in over 200 job losses. The UK…Read more…
Unite has expressed anger over plans by RBS Group to cut even more branches across the UK as it renewed calls for a moritorium on branch closures. The bank, majority owned by the UK…Read more…
The UK Budget does little for hard pressed households in the short-term, and even less for the long-term health of the economy.
Let’s look at the issues that matter to UNISON members.
Austerity is…Read more…
Unite has today (March 8) condemned Barclays Bank for the announcement of the closure of their mortgage centre in Llanishen, Cardiff with the loss of over 180 jobs. The centre will close by the end…Read more…
The 72 per cent taxpayer-owned bank RBS – which benefited from a £45bn bailout after the financial crisis – today (February 24) reported its ninth consecutive year of losses, as it struggles to pay…Read more…
This year’s local government budget allocation has been subjected to even more political spin than usual. So here is my attempt at a bit of clarity.
The war of words in the Scottish Parliament…Read more…
Unite said yesterday (January 24) was a ‘dark day’ for the workforce of HSBC after the bank announced its decision to close 117 bank branches and cut a further 204 IT staff. 380 job…Read more…
Bank branches once played a central part in many local communities, but each successive year after the financial crisis has seen more and more of their doors close as banks attempt to cut costs….Read more…
If you are struggling with the different interpretations of the Scottish Government’s draft budget, don’t panic, it is confusing!
My briefing for UNISON branches attempts to cut through the spin and…Read more…
The scale and destination of the cuts to the Scottish Budget will become apparent with the publication of the Scottish government’s spending plans on Thursday. This is not the time to cut taxes such…Read more…
Unite the union has urged MSPs to back a motion calling on RBS and other banks to think again about ‘slash and burn’ branch closures. Last week, RBS announced plans to close a further 86…Read more…
Unite warned that the Co-operative Bank’s industry leading customer service could be hit as the bank announced today (November 17) it was cutting 200 roles across the organisation. Expressing…Read more…
Unite has described the decision by Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd (iPSL) to close seven sites across the county resulting in approximately 600 job losses as “tragic”. Staff across the…Read more…
We understand that the Council Tax is a difficult issue for politicians, but this latest sticking plaster isn’t the solution.
I was giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government…Read more…
Prudential employees, based in Reading, will stage two 24-hour strikes over plans to offshore an estimated 82 jobs dealing with annuities to India. Staff, members of Unite, will strike for 24…Read more…
Snobbish investment banks are barring nearly all but the very wealthiest from entering the industry thanks to unforgivable infractions – like wearing brown shoes, speaking with the wrong accent and…Read more…