A giant US business, Baker Hughes, is being accused of `laying waste to Scottish jobs’ through fire and rehire by Unite. Baker Hughes, which is one of the world’s biggest oil field services company,…Read more…
Public tells BA to restore staff pay
In the first test of public opinion since British Airways check-in staff announced that they will take strike action to have their pay restored to the pre-pandemic rate, more than seven in ten (73…Read more…
Barclays staff in pay win
Unite the union representing staff at Barclays has today (Thursday 30) won a ‘cost of living’ increase for staff from 1st August. Following calls from the Union and discussions with management to…Read more…
Stagecoach Merseyside bus strikes back on
Bus strikes affecting Stagecoach Merseyside’s entire operation are set to go ahead next Monday (July 4) as the workforce takes a stand against low pay. The action will involve 370 members of Unite,…Read more…
Royal Mail managers vote to strike
Royal Mail faces UK-wide strikes this summer over plans to remove 542 frontline delivery managers alongside a redeployment programme to bring in worsening terms and conditions, after managers voted…Read more…
Gatwick Taxi drivers facing brutal fire and rehire-style tactics
Around 300 taxi drivers working at Gatwick Cars Ltd are being threatened with `fire and rehire’ and forced onto a vastly inferior zero hours contract, which will dramatically cut their pay. Gatwick…Read more…
Bexley bin strikes latest
Bin collections in Bexley, in South London, will halt during summer pay strikes, Unite said today (June 29). More than 100 workers, employed by Bexley council contractor Countrystyle Recycling, will…Read more…
Coca Cola supplies under threat
Supplies of Coca Cola are under threat this summer because bosses are attempting to force through a below inflation pay deal. The workers are furious about an abysmal pay deal alongside management…Read more…
Care staff begin strike over fire and rehire plans
Staff have been left with no option but to take action
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Health workers in Lancashire strike in dispute over lack of sick pay and unsocial hours payments
OCS workers do the same jobs as many NHS colleagues but they miss out on sick pay when they’re ill, are paid less when they work unsocial hours
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Attack on right to strike
Unite has condemned moves by the government to change a law which will now allow employers to bring in temporary agency workers to break strikes, branding it a “political stunt”. The government…Read more…
Harlow refuse workers vote for strike action
The outsourced workers delivered a resounding ‘yes’ to strike action against a pay offer that fails to keep track with the cost of living
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Latest pay offer for college staff is ‘simply not enough’
UNISON’s FE committee will recommend that members reject the offer, when colleges reopen in September
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Stagecoach Merseyside bus strikes off
A strike of bus workers employed by Stagecoach on Merseyside scheduled for this Thursday (June 30) has been suspended after workers received a revised pay offer. The dispute involves 370 members of…Read more…
Abortion is a trade union issue
The reversal of Roe v Wade shows clearly that women’s rights must be constantly defended
The article Abortion is a trade union issue first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Unions are setting the agenda’
A recent surge in Google searches for joining a trade union has been matched by rising membership numbers across the union movement. iNews reported today (June 24) that Google searches for ‘join a…Read more…
2022 school clothing grants
Grants of up to £70 per school age child are now available
The article 2022 school clothing grants first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UK’s biggest exam board AQA failing on pay
AQA workers being balloted over low pay and new contracts
The article UK’s biggest exam board AQA failing on pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Stagecoach Worthing bus drivers in pay win
Unite has secured a pay rise worth 15.8 per cent for Stagecoach Worthing drivers. The drivers will benefit from the one year pay deal, which sees a backdated five per cent rise to March this year, a…Read more…
BA check-in staff vote to strike
Workers employed as check in staff by British Airways (BA) at Heathrow airport have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. Over 500 members of Unite, the UK’s leading union…Read more…