Unite hospitality workers took to Belfast’s streets today (December 12) to “lift the lid” on widespread exploitation and sexual harassment of young staff in bars, restaurants and hotels. The…Read more…
Fair share call
A majority of workers in the UK’s hotel industry are barely scraping together a living earning less than the real Living Wage. A new TUC report has found that a shocking six in 10 workers are…Read more…
‘Finding their voice’
Some of the UK’s most popular food and drink chains – TGI Fridays, McDonald’s and Wetherspoons – faced coordinated strike action today (October 4) from a young and defiant workforce that congregated…Read more…
Mass show of solidarity
Unite members from TGI Fridays in Milton Keynes, Covent Garden and Stratford City will mark their eighth 24-hour walkout tomorrow (October 4) by joining with striking workers from McDonald’s and…Read more…
‘Don’t put up with exploitiation’
A group of Unite members have won “a David and Goliath” battle against a hospitality company which unfairly dismissed them.
As part of a wider struggle against exploitation in the hospitality…Read more…
Zero-hours contracts down
The government on Tuesday (August 14) hailed the latest labour market figures as it highlighted the fall in unemployment and the first significant drop in zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) in several…Read more…
‘We won’t back down’
TGI Fridays workers at two restaurants in Milton Keynes and Covent Garden took part in their first ever strike today (May 18) over a new tipping policy that sees waiters lose £250 a month. …Read more…
Adapt or die?
It was their horrific workplace conditions that brought them together – and now the three nightshift workers at a London hotel are the best of friends. Within a few months of starting,…Read more…
End unpaid shifts call
MPs are joining Unite’s call to put an end to unpaid trial work once and for all as a private member’s bill to ban the practice is up for debate in Parliament tomorrow (March 16). Asking…Read more…
Not on the menu
When Financial Times journalist Madison Marriage blew the lid off the President’s Club men-only charity gala where hostesses were repeatedly sexually harassed by wealthy and powerful men, Britons…Read more…
Paying to work
In the latest example of shocking tipping practices at UK restaurants, it has been revealed that a chain of Italian restaurants operating in Bristol, Bath, Milton Keynes, Portishead, Worthing, and…Read more…
‘Spare a thought’
It’s Christmastime and with it comes presents, time with family and friends, work parties and very often having a meal out. In fact, this evening (Friday December 15) marks the night that is…Read more…
‘I felt humiliated’
It’s an open secret – most recently brought to public attention after allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein – that sexual harassment is common in workplaces around the world. …Read more…
‘Wage theft’
Macdonald Hotels stand accused of ‘wage theft’ today (October 31) in explosive evidence to the House of Commons Scottish Affairs select committee’s inquiry into sustainable employment by Unite….Read more…
‘It can be done’
Unite has today (October 10) hailed the decision by WGC, the UK’s leading supplier of outsourced hospitality and housekeeping services, to abolish zero hours contracts as a major step forward for…Read more…
‘Snub to the workforce’
News that UK hospitality giant Whitbread, owners of Premier Inn and Costa Coffee, has pulled out of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), 18 months after it was granted foundation stage membership,…Read more…
End precarious employment
Unite will ask MSPs to pledge their support for a worker’s charter that seeks to improve the pay and conditions for workers in the hospitality sector. Unite will launch the Fair Hospitality…Read more…
Wake up and smell the coffee
Low paid hospitality workers today (Tuesday June 6) protested outside the Grand Connaught rooms in relation to the low pay and exploitative practices in their sectors and told hospitality bosses to…Read more…
Honour commitments call
Unite is taking its grievances over the anti-union tactics of a top global hotel chain directly to shareholders attending the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) tomorrow (May 5). Hotel…Read more…
‘Respect my union’ demo
Hotel workers, members of Unite, will stage a ‘respect my rights, respect my union’ protest outside the flagship Premier Inn in London’s Leicester Square tomorrow (Thursday, May 4) over attempts to…Read more…