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Around 18,000 lowest paid bank workers will get payment in August to help with rising living costs. Unite, the union representing bank workers at HSBC has today won a £1,500 cost of living payment for the lowest paid staff. Dominic Hook, Unite national officer said, “Unite has worked tirelessly to demonstrate to HSBC the need […]
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Urgent talks have been called for with HSBC bosses to discuss the ‘serious implications’ for UK staff after the bank announced it will axe 35,000 jobs globally, Unite said today (February 18). …Read more…
Unite has demanded a “comprehensive response” from HSBC following reports that it is planning to cut up to 10,000 jobs across its global operations. According to a report in the Financial…Read more…
Former Midland Bank workers, activists and their supporters descended on HSBC’s AGM today (April 12) in Birmingham to demand justice in their fight against a practice that will slash pension pots for…Read more…
Sharon McGeough-Adams worked for nearly four decades at HSBC and hardly had a day off. Despite having to live with Crohn’s disease when she left the bank in 2012, she looked forward to a…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…
More than 800 HSBC workers will lose their jobs today (May 25) to cheap labour abroad, in a move which Unite said “was as reckless as it is ruthless.” The banking giant announced 840 IT jobs…Read more…
The massive jobs cull announced by HSBC on Tuesday (June 9), in which 8,000 posts will be axed over the next two years, is only the latest instance of the bank’s blatant disregard for its most…Read more…
Union says it sees “great benefits” to bank remaining in UKRead more…