Today (Monday May 4) Unite has launched a social media campaign with a powerful video highlighting just how vital our council worker members have been in keeping our communities working during the…Read more…
Template for furlough deals?
An agreement which will see over 100 workers at 12 Greenwich libraries furloughed on 100 per cent of pay during the coronavirus pandemic, could become a nationwide model.
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Pay deal ‘backsliding’
About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council will strike for two days later this month after bosses reneged on a settlement over a new pay structure, Unite said today (March 10). Last…Read more…
Second strike vote for Newham council
Beleaguered Newham council is facing a second strike ballot over the way it treats a key group of workers, Unite said today (April 15). Unite said that 75 employees working in housing repairs…Read more…
Unpaid leave plan slammed
Cash-strapped Somerset county council’s plan to ask its workforce to take two days unpaid leave in each of the next two years is a result of its own financial incompetence, Unite said today (August…Read more…
Backing construction workers
Crawley Council is giving its backing to a Unite Construction Charter that seeks to ensure that conditions for workers on construction projects under local authority control in Crawley meet the…Read more…
‘Without parallel’
Years of mismanagement and cuts to local authority funding have placed the Tory-run Northamptonshire county council in a near-untenable position as it scrambles to provide services to vulnerable…Read more…
‘Lost wages’
London living wage (LLW) accredited councils have outsourced work to a leisure services provider that is “short changing” up to a 1,000 young people by not paying them the living wage. A Unite…Read more…
‘Hidden agenda’
The redundancy payments’ dispute at Dacorum borough council in Hertfordshire, which has seen delays in the collection of dustbins, is set to escalate with more industrial action. Unite said…Read more…
‘Dirty loos’ strike
Six schools in Hackney will be left dirty and with rubbish piling up as cleaners gear up for five days of strike action in a dispute over the ‘outrageous’ failure to pay proper holiday rates. …Read more…
‘Pay justice’ now call
Trade unions Unite and GMB have tabled a pay claim on behalf of local government craftworkers, which is seeking a downpayment on ‘pay justice’ for members. The workers who are covered by the…Read more…
‘Pay pinch’ Grinch demo
Members of Unite working in local government will be joined by the Christmas pay pinch Grinch tomorrow (December 8) to hand in a giant Christmas card to HM Treasury urging the chancellor Philip…Read more…
‘Victory for common sense’
Unite praised the solidarity and determination of Birmingham city council refuse workers after they backed a deal at a mass meeting on November 25 that brought the long running Birmingham bin dispute…Read more…
‘Dirty Donny’?
Unite has warned that Doncaster residents are facing sustained periods without rubbish collections, as a dispute with private contractor Suez over pay and job losses deepens. The dispute…Read more…
Suez ‘crisis’?
Unite warned today (July 26) that Doncaster residents face the prospect of dirty streets, increased litter and fly tipping, after refuse contractor Suez announced huge cuts of seismic proportion to…Read more…
‘No stone left unturned’
Striking workers at Mears in Manchester are widening their campaign activity to pressurise shareholders and win the hearts and minds of tenants affected by the dispute over pay differentials. …Read more…
‘Stepping up’ action
Unite announced today (July 3) a dramatic escalation in strike action as part of a long running dispute with private contractor Mears and joint venture company Manchester Working (operated by Mears)…Read more…
Bin strike over jobs slash
Refuse workers at Birmingham city council are set to strike as the council swings the axe on 122 waste collection jobs amid claims of ‘a bullying culture’ and financial incompetence. The…Read more…
Unions call for long overdue pay rise for council employees
Unite and two other unions representing more than 1.6m local government employees in schools and councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have today (Wednesday 14 June) submitted a…Read more…
Strike vote over cuts
Refuse collection workers at Birmingham city council have started voting in an industrial action ballot today (May 31) amid accusations of financial mismanagement and an overspend by council bosses…Read more…