The entirely of shoemaker Clarks’ operations in Street, Somerset, including headquarters and warehouse staff, could strike over ‘dramatic’ fire and rehire attacks, Unite warned today…Read more…
Brush Electrical workers face ‘sign or be sacked’ ultimatum
Engineers employed by Brush Electrical Machines (BEM) striking over fire and rehire cuts of up to £15,000 have now been threatened with a ‘sign or be sacked’ ultimatum, Unite said today (July 7). The…Read more…
Weetabix strikes called off
Strikes due to begin tomorrow (June 23) at cereal maker Weetabix have been suspended following talks between Unite the union and management at the company. Engineers employed by Weetabix and who are…Read more…
Fire and rehire ‘disgraceful’
On Wednesday (June 16), Unite joined Labour MPs at a campaign event to support Labour MP Barry Gardiner’s private members bill which, if successful, will outlaw fire and rehire. In the video…Read more…
Back Barry’s Bill!
Labour MPs, including Angela Rayner, Jeremy Corbyn, Andy McDonald, Zarah Sultana, Grahame Morris and dozens more, flocked to a campaign event outside Parliament on Wednesday (June 16) in a strong…Read more…
‘Together we can win’
Unite, has today (June 16) endorsed Barry Gardiner’s parliamentary bill to end fire and rehire. Unite’s general secretary, Len McCluskey, called the practice, in which employers sack…Read more…
Weetabix strikes announced
Engineers employed by Weetabix at its factories in Northamptonshire will begin strike action later this month in a dispute over the company’s plans to fire and rehire them resulting in a huge cut in…Read more…
‘Just not good enough’
Unite and other unions have warned that a new employment rights enforcement agency announced by the government falls far short of what is needed to truly protect workers from exploitation and abuse….Read more…
JDE accused of ‘corporate gangsterism’
The decision by JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury to issue dismissal notices today (June 2) to workers refusing to sign new contracts, which could mean some of them losing up to £12,000 a year,…Read more…
‘Work with us’ plea
The global boss of JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) has been urged to withdraw the ‘fire and rehire’ threat to the Banbury workforce and engage constructively to find a solution which won’t cause social…Read more…
‘All about greed and not need’
Office workers employed by Argos, which is now owned by Sainsbury’s, have been given the stark choice of accepting swingeing cuts to their pay and conditions or losing their jobs, under the company’s…Read more…
More JDE coffee trouble ‘brewing’
More trouble is ‘brewing’ for coffee giant JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) as fire and rehire strikes at its Banbury factory escalate from today (May 26). Around 300 JDE employees are taking strike action…Read more…
Goodlord’s reputation ‘in tatters’
London lettings services firm Goodlord’s reputation is ‘in tatters’ after more than three months of strike action over £6,000 pay cuts, the hostile targeting of striking workers and the loss of its…Read more…
300 million cups of coffee lost
The JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) coffee plant in Banbury, Oxfordshire has lost an estimated six million jars of coffee production – or 300 million cups of coffee – as a result of industrial action over…Read more…
Bosses ‘filmed families’ at JDE protest
Bosses at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire are accused of carrying out covert surveillance of workers and their families protesting at the company’s ‘fire and rehire plans’ in…Read more…
‘Huge victory’ at Manchester Go North West
Bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester have defeated attempts to fire and rehire them, agreeing a deal which will end one of the country’s longest-running industrial disputes. The deal was…Read more…
‘Corporate greed by corporate gangsters’
Unite members sent a loud and clear message at a protest on Wednesday (May 11) calling for the end of fire and rehire contracts. The Unite members, striking workers who face being forced onto…Read more…
‘Nasty side of govt’
“The moves on voter ID that could see millions of young and poor people lose their vote alongside the plan to curtail the right to protest – long and dearly held in this country – should be ringing…Read more…
Fire and rehire protest ahead of Queen’s Speech
Workers under threat from fire and rehire pay cuts of up to £12,000 will join MPs on a boat on the river Thames tomorrow (May 11) to demand pernicious practice is outlawed in the Queen’s Speech….Read more…
Fire and rehire ban call
Trade unions representing millions of UK workers and Labour MPs and Lords from across the country have issued a joint call for the government to ban fire and rehire as pressure builds for ministers…Read more…