The government’s attack on trade unions faced a triple defeat last night (March 16), as the House of Lords moved to block key measures in the controversial trade union Bill. Peers voted in…Read more…
Spare us the cutter
Unite has slammed Chancellor George Osborne’s budget as a failed opportunity from a “one trick Chancellor” – that trick being to cut – because he refuses to take action that would grow our economy….Read more…
The great pretender
Chancellor George Osborne will boast that he will preside over the “largest programme of rail investment since the Victorian age”, during today’s Budget (March 16). His misleading and…Read more…
Rise of the robo-bankers?
Investment advisers at the 73 per cent taxpayer-owned RBS bank are set to be replaced by so-called “robo advisers” to cut costs, which will entail the loss of 250 jobs. The bank, which…Read more…
Austerity: it’s not working
In 2010, Chancellor George Osborne first laid out one of the central aims of the then coalition government in his first budget – to eliminate the deficit by 2015. Having failed to meet…Read more…
‘A credible alternative’
Labour’s announcement of a fiscal responsibility rule to drive investment and tackle the deficit has drawn praise from eminent economists, as well as Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey. …Read more…
Justice result
The benefits of being a union member may not be immediately obvious, but for many, it’s nothing short of life-changing. For one Unite member an accident in work meant that he would no longer…Read more…
Actions, not words plea
Unite steelworkers in Wales took their fight to save steel at the Welsh Conservative spring conference today (March 11). Dozens descended to demonstrate against the UK government’s continued…Read more…
A ‘fishy’ business?
The UK’s leading supplier of chilled fish has been accused of paying for the new ‘national living wage’ by slashing overtime rates. Unite believes Grimsby-based firm – Icelandic…Read more…
For fairness and progress
Unite has described Sadiq Khan’s manifesto setting out his London Mayoral bid as a “programme of fairness” which will be welcomed by millions in the capital. Labour’s candidate has put…Read more…
A boss’s ‘flexible friend’?
The number of people whose main job is on a zero hours contract may well soar to 1m by the end of the year if current trends continue, according to the latest figures released on Wednesday (March 9)….Read more…
Don’t kill affordable homes
Unite will join housing campaigners this Sunday (March 13) in opposing the government’s Housing and Planning Bill which, if passed, will annihilate affordable housing in the UK. Demonstrators…Read more…
Make NHS accountable
Unite members together with other campaigners will hand in a mass petition to the department of health tomorrow (March 11) supporting a parliamentary Bill restoring public accountability to the NHS….Read more…
Vote for hope and solidarity
A vote to remain in the EU must be seen as a vote for a return to its original mission of solidarity and hope. It must not be taken as a thumbs up for the finance-first status quo which has brought…Read more…
‘It’s got to end’
Unite Community members were out in full force for Anti-Sanctions Day today (March 9), as dozens gathered outside the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to protest the government’s brutal – and…Read more…
“Sanctions just stink”
A man was waiting in the pouring rain outside the Jobcentre in the town of Shirebrook, Derbyshire. He was 15 minutes late for his appointment at 9.45 am, although he’d arrived on time. His…Read more…
Stop cruel sanctions plea
Today (March 9), across the country, thousands of campaigners protested against the government’s inhuman benefits sanction regime, which can stop Jobseekers Allowance for up to three years for often…Read more…
North east fights back
Unite Community members in the north east of England today mobilised in good numbers as part of the union’s biggest ever day of action against benefit sanctions. Protest rallies…Read more…
The young mother penalty
Women who have children at a younger age suffer a significant pay penalty throughout their careers compared to older mothers, a new TUC analysis published today (March 8) has revealed. The TUC…Read more…
A beacon of shining light
If black pioneering nurse Mary Seacole was alive today she would probably be in action on the Greek-Macedonian border or helping those trapped in the twilight hell that is the so-called ‘jungle’ in…Read more…