Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite member Kofi Opoku This week Unite paid special…Read more…
Heathrow: Don’t cut our pay plea
Last month Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL) issued a section 188 notice beginning a process which could result in over 4,000 workers directly employed by the airport being fired and then rehired on vastly…Read more…
Heathrow’s staff pay cuts ‘owes more to boardroom greed than this virus’
Horrific pay cuts of up to £8,000 a year being imposed on thousands of Heathrow airport workers are the cost of eye-watering levels of debt and excessive payments to directors and shareholders, Unite…Read more…
‘Heathrow is exploiting the pandemic’
At a meeting with Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) yesterday (Monday 5 October), MPs representing constituencies around the airport challenged chief executive officer John Holland-Kaye over the company’s…Read more…
Workers face poverty in Heathrow fire and rehire storm
Heathrow, one of the world’s largest airports, is facing a complete shutdown this autumn, as members of Unite prepare to ballot for strike action, over the company’s attempts to slash the pay of…Read more…
Heathrow has ‘moral duty’ to loyal workers
Following the chancellor’s announcement yesterday (September 24) of the creation of the Job Support Scheme, Unite, the UK’s leading aviation union, is calling on Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to…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…
‘Stop this attack on workers’ call
Unite, the UK’s principal aviation union, has reacted with deep concern following reports that Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is to begin the formal process of firing and rehiring workers on vastly…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. Bakkavor workers This week, Unite highlighted…Read more…
Heathrow workers protest bosses’ greed
As part of Unite’s new aviation campaign, a series of demos were held on Saturday (August 8) and today (August 10) at airports across the country, where workers in the industry, Unite members,…Read more…
Heathrow ‘greed’
The likelihood of industrial action at Heathrow airport is increasing after Unite began consulting members on proposals by the employer to cut pay by nearly a quarter for some workers. The union is…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every week here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. NHS workers continuing their fight for a pay rise Last week, we…Read more…
Covid-19 ‘smokescreen’ to cut jobs and conditions
About 3,000 workers face losing their jobs as Heathrow catering companies use Covid-19 not only as an excuse to axe jobs, but as ‘a smokescreen’ to undermine employment conditions for those that…Read more…
‘Sheer greed’
Unite, the principal aviation union, has accused Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) of using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse to permanently cut the pay and conditions of its workforce, a move Unite…Read more…
Aviation firm told to ‘start playing by the rules’
Unite is warning that aviation company Menizes, which is threatening to make redundancies at Heathrow, must start following the rules or face the legal and industrial consequences. The company, which…Read more…
UK economy in April sees record decline
The UK’s economy shrank by an astonishing 20.4 per cent in April, the steepest monthly drop since records began. The Office for National Statistics (ONS), which published the latest data, called the…Read more…
‘A devastating effect’
Unite London and Eastern regional officer Wayne King speaks out about the need for the government to take urgent action to save the UK’s aviation sector, on BBC London, June 2.
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‘Grim’ times for Heathrow’s workers?
Hounslow council is warning that a third of the 100,000 households in the borough could be affected by job losses – shrinking the local economy and contracting it by a massive 40 per cent.
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Heathrow Easter holiday chaos?
Heathrow airport is braced for ‘Easter holiday chaos’ following the announcement of strikes over a pay dispute and attempts at ‘union-busting’ at ground handling firm Vanderlande, Unite said today…Read more…
Luggage ‘black hole’ looming
Unite is warning passengers who are separated from their luggage at Heathrow next month, that they are unlikely to be reunited with it, as specialist baggage handlers take fresh strike action over…Read more…