Women in their 50s face the largest gender pay gap, a shock new report has found, with women in of that age earning on average £12,508 less than men in the same group – a gap of 28 per cent. …Read more…
Building trust
Building trust is the key to engaging with Black and Asian ethnic minority (BAEM) communities — who face serious health inequalities such as higher rates of infant mortality. This was an…Read more…
Payday ‘vultures’ on brink of collapse
Payday lender QuickQuid is the latest loan shark to shut down after a wave of compensation claims from victims of predatory practices. US-based Enova, which owns QuickQuid, announced on…Read more…
‘Sorely disappointed’
The vital role health visitors play at a time when their numbers are dangerously plummeting was highlighted at a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday (October 24). That a child’s first months…Read more…
Health visiting ‘in crisis’
MPs will shine a spotlight on the massive drop in health visitor numbers in a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday (October 24). The Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association…Read more…
Leading from the front
Unite is escalating its fight against racism and division on Wear Red Day today (October 18), with two of the union’s regions holding Unity Over Division conferences aimed at tackling the far right’s…Read more…
‘Together we are one London’
London’s buses are vibrant microcosm for one of the most diverse cities on earth – but they’re also sadly the scene of hundreds of hate crimes each year. Earlier this year, hate crime on…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…
On the frontlines
On World Mental Health Day today (October 10), UniteLive investigates the university mental health crisis – and the security staff in higher education who are tackling it on the frontlines. It’s…Read more…
The long walk to protest
Former Thomas Cook cabin crew manager Rachel Murrell wanted desperately to be at last week’s demonstration in Parliament on Wednesday (October 2) — to stand with her colleagues and demand answers…Read more…
‘New future’
Triumphant Harland and Wolff staff on Thursday (October 3) walked back into work at Belfast’s historic shipyard after a nine week occupation that saved the firm. The workers, who garnered…Read more…
‘You are not alone’
Hundreds of Thomas Cook workers descended on Parliament to demand answers from the government and from the company to whom they’ve loyally dedicated years of their working lives. The workers,…Read more…
‘Pay us now’
Thomas Cook staff demand financial support at Tory conference after gov let firm go under.
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‘Panicking about money’
There were tearful scenes today as hundreds of former Thomas Cook employees, reeling from the shock at the firm’s sudden collapse, gathered for an emergency Unite meeting in Manchester. Cabin…Read more…
Together at work
The giant European trade union federation IndustriAll Europe, which covers 7m manufacturing, mining and energy workers has launched a campaign which aims to demonstrate the positive impact of…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…
‘I’ve thought about killing myself’
When Unite Community member Pat’s* husband Peter* died, she refused to leave his side for 17 hours as she held his hand for the last time. As his full-time carer for over four years – she was…Read more…
When hungry children cry themselves to sleep
When a Unite Community holiday hunger project in Norwich also started a pop-up food bank this summer, branch secretary Brian Green said the desperation was unmistakeable. “They simply charged…Read more…
Universal Discredit
On one day in May, the free paper, Metro, gave readers a surprise. ‘Universal Credit Uncovered’ announced the headline in all caps, the ‘o’ in ‘Uncovered’ designed as detective’s spy glass. …Read more…