Unite is insisting that government must take action if the gloomy start to the new year for UK manufacturing is not to spiral downward further into a gloomy decade.
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‘Stark reminder’
Driven by continued Brexit uncertainty, employment in manufacturing has continued to shrink at record levels as the sector as a whole contracts, according to the latest figures. A snapshot of…Read more…
Manufacturing matters
There’s no doubt that manufacturing in the UK has taken an extra pounding amid Brexit uncertainty. The latest October figures paint a bleak picture – Britain’s manufacturing plants have been…Read more…
‘Milestone’ for British Steel
Unite has cautiously welcomed news that the Chinese company Jingye is set to purchase British Steel. Jingye has said it will invest about £1.2bn over the next decade and pledged to…Read more…
‘Taking back control’
Major new research shows that Unite members are working together to successfully confront the challenges Brexit is presenting in workplaces up and down the country. Despite widespread…Read more…
No answers
The government “does not care” about the damage a no deal Brexit will do, Unite said yesterday after meeting with cabinet member Michael Gove. A delegation of long-serving manufacturing…Read more…
‘Time is running out’
Amid mounting concern the that UK will crash out of the European Union without a Brexit deal, the country’s leading campaigning union, Unite, is to reconvene with cabinet minister Michael Gove…Read more…
Dark day for Northern Ireland’s economy
Yesterday’s (25 September) announcement that bus manufacturer Wrightbus has entered administration was devastating for its 1,300 workers and another dark day for Northern Ireland’s at risk economy….Read more…
Nationalise Wrightbus call
Unite has called on the government to take immediate action and nationalise Wrightbus, the Ballymena-based bus manufacturer which announced today (September 25) that it has entered into…Read more…
Potash mine plans on hold
Unite reacted angrily to the news today (Tuesday September 17) that Sirius Minerals has been forced to halt plans to build a potash mine in North Yorkshire. Once operational the potash mine…Read more…
No deal manufacturing warning
No deal Brexit uncertainty is strangling manufacturing Unite warned today (September 2) as figures showed UK output tumbled at the fastest rate in seven years in August. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK…Read more…
‘Face-to-face’
Manufacturing reps met with Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove today (August 29) to sound the alarm over the catastrophic impact a no-deal Brexit will have on their industries. Unite and GMB…Read more…
‘High noon’ meeting
Workers from some of the UK’s biggest manufacturers will warn the government against a no deal Brexit coup and demand detailed answers over jobs and future investment when they meet Michael Gove…Read more…
‘Scandalous collapse’
If ever a lesson was needed in how the worst of capitalism works, it can be found in the scandalous collapse of Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard into administration. When Newry-based cruise…Read more…
“As long as it takes”
Workers vowed to continue occupying Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard yesterday (August 5) as the company went into administration. Putting the firm into administration risks the end of 160…Read more…
“Manufacturing meltdown”
Unite’s Steve Turner joined Harland and Wolff shipyard workers on August 1 – their fourth day of protests against the site’s closure. The union’s assistant general secretary for…Read more…
‘Take no-deal off table now’ call
Investment in the UK’s car industry faces collapse from the threat of a cliff-edge Brexit new figures show – leading to renewed calls from Unite for prime minister Boris Johnson to take no deal off…Read more…
No deal, no way!
Unite manufacturing reps from up and down the country descended on Parliament today (July 24) to lobby MPs about the threat of a no deal Brexit. Brandishing placards reading ‘No Deal, No Way’,…Read more…
‘Our jobs matter’
‘Our jobs and our communities matter’ will be the message from Unite manufacturing shop stewards from across the UK when they travel to parliament on Wednesday (July 24) to meet MPs and demand that…Read more…
‘Latest victims of bandit capitalism’
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is facing pressure from MPs to handover £12m in promised redundancy payments to staff who worked at its former Avonmouth site. The calls came as Unite called…Read more…