At the Irish policy conference of Unite, held in Croke Park yesterday (May 12), Ireland deputy regional secretary Jackie Pollock called for action to safeguard jobs in the manufacturing sector….Read more…
Stop race to bottom call
The recovering price of oil should bring an immediate end to the oil and gas industry’s opportunistic campaign of job cuts and impositions to working conditions, Unite has said yesterday (May 7)….Read more…
Savage cull
German engineering giant Siemens announced yesterday (May 7) its plans to slash 4,500 jobs across the board – a further savage cull following their announcement in February that 7,800 posts would go….Read more…
Shock redundancies
Over 300 workers from the Markinch paper mill Tullis Russell met in Glenrothes yesterday (April 30) with emotions running high following 325 shock redundancies earlier this week after company…Read more…
Redundancies resistance
Rolls-Royce’s continued failure to offer guarantees over compulsory redundancies is leading to mounting anger that raises the possibility of industrial action, Unite warned yesterday (April 29)….Read more…
Employment practices 1215-style
Unite member Reverend Mark Sharpe, like faith workers up and down the country, carried out duties on a full-time basis in exchange for pay – it’s what we in a modern democracy governed by the rule of…Read more…
Don’t gamble – vote Labour
It’s been interesting watching the Tory media over the election period as they panic more and more as the election draws near. Distortions give way to outright lies as they seek to sow the…Read more…
Press call: ASEF Journalists´ Colloquium on Crisis/Disaster Reporting, Luxembourg
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) is organising the 10th ASEF Journalists´ Colloquium on Crisis/Disaster Reporting. The event will be held in Luxembourg from 4-6 November 2015. We are pleased to…Read more…
Remembering those we have lost
Unite members in North East Lincolnshire have played a major role in today’s International Workers Memorial Day (WMD April 28) events in their area. This is the 13th year in which…Read more…
Line in the sand
A Unite workplace rep – blacklisted by his employer, Interserve Industrial Services because of his union activities while working at a power station at Runcorn, Cheshire – has won his…Read more…
Tory win could see HSBC leave UK
Not even the sound and fury of a general election campaign could obscure the magnitude of worry in recent days over HSBC’s future in this country. The banking giant has indicated it is giving…Read more…
£2 an hour priests win pay justice
Sikh priests who were paid only £2 an hour and were victimised when they complained have won a stunning victory at an industrial tribunal, last week. The Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara temple in…Read more…
Ambulance workers in pay strike
A 24-hour stoppage on May 6 has been confirmed by Unite’s ambulance service members in Northern Ireland – the only health area in the UK where workers have not received an offer of a pay rise….Read more…
Fox’s Biscuits strike called off
The strike at Fox’s Biscuits in Batley, west Yorkshire by engineering workers on Tuesday and Thursday has been suspended for a vote on a new pay offer to take place, Unite announced yesterday (April…Read more…
Transport strikes scheduled
Thousands of public transport users in Bradford and Belfast face travel chaos as First West Yorkshire drivers take 48-hour strike action and Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Rail services confirm a second…Read more…
Shocking and cruel
Cameron’s welfare system is already abundant with human tragedies and shocking tales of the cruel treatment that people on benefits have faced. Yet it is common knowledge that the Tories will…Read more…
Listen to strategy plea
Workers at Tory controlled Bromley council have voted by 87 per cent in favour of a second round of strike action against the council’s plans for mass privatisation of services. The…Read more…
Union representation plea ignored
Unite construction members employed at Sellafield Limited in West Cumbria have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a dispute over the company’s refusal to allow a full time union shop steward…Read more…
Fox on the run
Biscuit production at Fox’s Biscuits in Batley, west Yorkshire is set to be hit next week by engineering workers striking over a ‘paltry’ pay offer. The 42 engineers, members of Unite, will be…Read more…
Ferry service under threat
Proposals that could see the closure of the Woolwich ferry, which has been free for more than a century, has been condemned by Unite. Unite said that the threat to the ferry, whose history…Read more…