The University of Cambridge, one of the wealthiest and most illustrious institutions in the country, has been accused of ‘salami slicing’ over its plans to outsource up to 50 maintenance and estates’…Read more…
Portsmouth council ‘recklessly putting workers and tenants at risk’
Portsmouth council has been accused of needlessly exposing its council housing tenants and outsourced workers to potential exposure to Covid-19. Unite has become increasingly alarmed that workers at…Read more…
Amey pay offer slammed
Unite has branded a pay offer, made to its 500 members employed by Amey undertaking prison maintenance work, as a farce and a ‘lucky dip’. The problems relate to last year’s pay increase which…Read more…
‘It happens all the time’
Road workers face nearly 300 incidents of dangerous driving and abuse a week, according to new data from Highways England. Unite health and safety rep for Highways England, Lee Hughes, said…Read more…
‘Unnecessary’ housing misery
Unite has accused the management of Vivark, which provides housing maintenance services for thousands of tenants in Knowsley, Merseyside of being ‘pig headed’ for their blinkered approach to an…Read more…
Address injustices call
Members of Unite employed by Mears in Manchester are set to renew strike action in a longstanding dispute over pay after overwhelmingly voting for fresh strike action, the union announced today…Read more…