Struggling families in Nottinghamshire will suffer the most from plans to axe up to 60 health visitors in the area because of the government’s pressure on the NHS to make savings. Garry Guye,…Read more…
The Chancellor should use £2.4bn in unallocated business rates to ease the social care funding crisis, says UNISON
The government could ease the social care crisis by handing councils back billions in surplus cash raised from business rates, says a report published today (Wednesday) by UNISON. The government…Read more…
‘Step in the right direction’
A memorandum of understanding between the global trade union, Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and Supreme Committee for the Delivery and Legacy (SC) of the 2022 Qatar World Cup is an…Read more…
Help to tell the London recruits’ story of fighting apartheid
London trade unionists ran clandestine missions to South Africa to help the fight against apartheid – and now you can help get their story told on screen
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Fujitsu strikes again
A third wave of strikes at IT giant Fujitsu in Manchester for 48 hours, starting tomorrow (November 16), in the pay, pensions and job security dispute will mar a top international company event….Read more…
Pilot strike looms
Unite today (November 14) announced that pilots at the Dublin-based airline CityJet are set to strike before Christmas. The vast majority — 82 per cent of pilots — represented by the…Read more…
End bullying call
An industrial action ballot involving 1,050 bus drivers working for Arriva Southern Counties opens today (November 14) over fears that a new ‘mystery shopper’ scheme will be used to fire experienced…Read more…
The bus stops here
Over 800 Unite bus drivers at five Arriva depots in West and North Yorkshire were today on strike (November 14). The 24-hour walk out was aimed – in a period of rising prices – at…Read more…
Hands off our pensions
Workers at AWE plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – are staging a 24-hour strike today (November 14) in the dispute over the threat to close the defined benefit pension scheme and…Read more…
Kept in the dark
The top management proposing 221 job losses at the Yeovil GKN plant, which makes airframes for helicopters, was accused of ‘supercilious behaviour’ in its treatment of the workforce. Unite…Read more…
‘Poverty pay’ vote
Thousands of cabin crew working for British Airways ‘Mixed Fleet’ will begin voting on strike action next Wednesday (November 16) in a dispute over ‘poverty’ pay levels which are leading to crew…Read more…
Funding cuts threaten nursery schools, unions warn Greening
UNISON joins fellow unions, charities and others involved in early years education to sign open letter
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UNISON calls for energy equality for the UK’s worst-off users
‘Thousands die each winter because they cannot afford to heat their homes’, union and campaign group Fuel Poverty Action warn
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Care cuts crisis leaving older people without adequate care, says UNISON
Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a UNISON report has warned today (Friday). The Damage: Care in Crisis is…Read more…
Pay and safety strike
Over 850 Arriva bus drivers operating out of five depots across West Yorkshire will be taking part in a 24-hour strike on Monday, November 14 in a dispute over pay and shifts which see them being…Read more…
‘Outstanding’ pay deal
Unite has hailed the ‘outstanding’ two-year pay deal at the luxury car maker Aston Martin which has been overwhelmingly endorsed by the workforce. “This outstanding deal – the best…Read more…
Care employees threatened with £2,600 pay cut by Dorset councils’ company
Care staff employed by Dorset company Tricuro are to stage a silent protest outside county council offices in Dorchester later today (Thursday), over plans that could see some employees lose as much…Read more…
On a challenging day, Durham TAs show that there’s so much to fight for
We face huge challenges on so many fronts. At times they can seem insurmountable. But today let’s remember what we stand for. And why we must keep fighting all of those challenges that still lie…Read more…
‘We will fight and we will win’ Prentis tells Durham strike rally
General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike
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‘No real guts for the fight’
Thousands of steelworkers from across Europe today (November 9) joined Unite steel members in a march through Brussels to protest and demand government action to defend the industry. Speaking…Read more…