The sky’s the limit for skills

Unite has strongly welcomed the government’s announcement that it has awarded the contract for the new medium lift helicopter (MLH) contract to the Leonardo factory in Yeovil.  The government’s decision to award the contract follows a year plus campaign by Unite and its defence members to ensure that the contract was awarded. The awarding of […]

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National security at risk

Unite representatives from across the UK’s defence sector walked up Downing Street today (25 February) to deliver a petition to the Prime Minister demanding that the government protect jobs and skills in the sector and invest in British manufacturing. Just yards away hundreds of defence and aerospace workers had descended on Westminster to protest at […]

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