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Unite last month celebrated news that a major new order will preserve jobs at the Derby train maker Alstom. The order includes 12 new trains for the Elizabeth Line in London in an agreement between the Department for Transport, Transport for London and Alstom that was finalised in June. Unite members at the train manufacturer […]
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The threat of strike action at Gatwick Airport this weekend has ended after workers accepted dramatically improved pay offers. Unite had called strike action this weekend on behalf of members employed by ground handlers Red Handling and Wilson James who undertake the passenger mobility contract at the airport. However, following improved pay offers both strikes […]
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Unite delegates agreed a motion on the second day of conference on Wednesday (July 12) to promote the idea of ‘sourcing, buying, and manufacturing locally’. The motion was moved by Unite delegate Mick Joyce (pictured main) and delegate Steve Phillips seconded the motion (pictured below). They highlighted that if companies, organisations and governments at all […]
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Unite delegate Paul Maullin moved a motion on the future of manufacturing, which included a debate on Brexit, new technology and collective bargaining on the second day of policy conference on Wednesday (July 12). Conference agreed that manufacturing is facing parallel crises, from the ongoing disruption of Brexit to the transition to low carbon industries. […]
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Production at Basildon’s biggest employer, the CNH Industrial tractor factory, will come to a standstill as workers take action for better pay, Unite said today (June 22). More than 500 workers,…Read more…
Pay strikes at the UK’s only ink manufacturer, Sun Chemical, will impact the printing of the Daily Mail as well as production for Amcor, Scheizwer and Multi-Colour Corp. Nearly 200 Sun Chemical…Read more…
Workers at the Crown Bevcan soft and alcoholic drinks can factory in Carlisle will strike over an ‘unacceptable’ pay offer from the company. Around 200 workers, members of Unite will stage two 24…Read more…
Aerospace and shipbuilding – two high skilled UK engineering industries, have long been synonymous with quality and excellence. Nations across the globe have, for many years, sought out our…Read more…
Unite has strongly welcomed the announcement on October 18 that Ford will build its new electric drive units at its factory in Halewood, Merseyside.
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Members of Unite employed at the GKN Drivelines factory in Erdington Birmingham, have announced that they will begin an all-out continuous strike action later this month, as part of their ongoing…Read more…
Workers at the GKN Automotive factory in Birmingham will begin receiving ballot papers from today (August 16) in the dispute over the decision by parent company GKN Melrose to close the site next…Read more…
Workers at the GKN Automotive factory on Chester Road in Birmingham, owned by venture capitalists Melrose, are being balloted for strike action after the company confirmed its intention to close the…Read more…
Unite hailed the news that a wind turbine manufacturing in the Humber region will see significant expansion as the government commits to financial support. Wind manufacturers Siemens Gamesa and GRI…Read more…
Unite welcomed the recent news that defence-critical steel engineering firm Sheffield Forgemasters would be brought into the public hands after the MoD bought out the firm in a £2.6m deal. The deal…Read more…
On the eve of the government’s contribution to the furlough scheme reducing to 60 per cent of wage costs, (Saturday 31 July), Unite called for the government to rethink its plans to end the scheme…Read more…
This week, it was announced that the beleaguered steel engineering firm Sheffield Forgemasters would be taken into public hands, after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) bought out the firm in a £2.6m…Read more…
Unite has criticised the mixed messages coming from government about self-isolation rules, after business minister Paul Scully told the Times Radio that if people are ‘pinged’ by the Test and Trace…Read more…
Workers at electric wheelchair maker Sunrise Medical based in Dudley have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay. Four separate days of strike action have been called, which will cause…Read more…
Unite has hailed the vote of confidence in Heinz factory workers in Wigan after the American-owned food manufacturing giant announced that it would be bringing ketchup, mayonnaise and salad cream…Read more…
Commenting on reports of texts between Boris Johnson and James Dyson in March 2020, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said, “It is no surprise that Dyson’s ultimately aborted efforts to…Read more…