Scotland’s leading health visitors’ union says the Scottish government has to keep its promises on fair funding and extra staff if it wants the named person scheme to be a success. The…Read more…
‘Rank incompetence’
Prudential employees, based in Reading, will stage two 24-hour strikes over plans to offshore an estimated 82 jobs dealing with annuities to India. Staff, members of Unite, will strike for 24…Read more…
‘A big, big victory’
Unite secured a massive victory in its fight against Bromley council’s privatisation agenda, after its campaign forced a main plank of the local authority’s proposals to fall. Bromley has…Read more…
Everyone deserves to go to a good school – but new grammar schools aren’t the answer
Everyone deserves to go to a good school – regardless of their background or their academic ability. That simply won’t be achieved by stacking even greater advantage and privilege in the hands of a…Read more…
From Uber to Sports direct
The fight to defend the UK’s industrial economy will be spearheaded by Unite at the Trades Union Congress when it gathers in Brighton from September 11 to 14. Taking part in key Congress…Read more…
Grammar schools belong in the past, says UNISON
Friday 9 September 2016 For immediate release Commenting on the prime minister’s speech about grammar schools today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The country may be under new…Read more…
Sports Direct must change their ways
I was proud that as a member of the Trade Union Share Owners group, UNISON was able to play a role in holding Sports Direct to account, by pushing them to allow independent investigation of their…Read more…
Strong and determined
Security staff at Community Safety Glasgow say they are standing firm against cuts of up to £4,000 in their take-home pay. Around 30 Unite members started strike action today (September 7)…Read more…
The fight that can never rest
Top former footballers including Les Ferdinand MBE and Paul Elliot MBE will be among those coming together at Unite’s headquarters this Friday (September 9) to promote the 20th anniversary of the…Read more…
Victory against insecure jobs
A victory against the insecurity of agency working has been won on behalf of 42 escorts on Hackney school buses who now have permanent jobs. Unite took up the cudgels for the escorts, all of…Read more…
UNISON working ‘tirelessly’ for teaching assistants
The union is fighting to protect the pay of thousands of its teaching assistant members around the UK
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Sports Direct AGM
UNITElive is reporting from the Sports Direct AGM. For all the latest as it happens read UNITElive live tweets on Unite’s twitter feed. Tune in back to the regular UNITElive spot…Read more…
The Big Prize Draw is a big hit
UNISON’s prize draw winners joined general secretary Dave Prentis and the union’s sponsors to celebrate the drive’s success
The article The Big Prize Draw is a big hit first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
We must fight to defend our rights at work outside of Europe – starting today
Before the EU referendum in June, our union and countless others warned of the consequences of leaving the EU. For UNISON members, the EU secures rights at work and at home that protect individual…Read more…
‘Very dangerous situation’
Unite Wales has today (September 6) expressed its grave concerns for the future of Ford’s Bridgend engine plant. This follows the company’s decision to halve the plant’s proposed production of its…Read more…
Pension ‘robbery’
Members of Unite working for the Post Office have voted strongly for industrial action over plans by bosses to close the final salary pension scheme despite it being £100m in surplus. Of those…Read more…
Xmas bus strike on the cards?
The Weymouth bus driver ‘poverty pay’ dispute could continue to Christmas, after company bosses demanded ‘draconian’ conditions be imposed before arbitration talks could start. More than 110…Read more…
Urge your MEPs to halt damaging trade deal with southern Africa
UNISON calls for aaction on trade deals with global South which stress liberalisation and threaten to damage economies and workers’ rights
The article Urge your MEPs to halt damaging trade deal…Read more…
‘End of their tether’
London bus workers at the bus operator Tower Transit will be staging a second 24-hour stoppage today (Tuesday September 6), over the imposition of roster changes and a failure by a hard line…Read more…
‘Spectre of privatisation’
Unite officials say they are ‘extremely disappointed’ that an un-named council source is raising the spectre of privatisation for Edinburgh City Council’s refuse services. Unite was responding…Read more…