George Osborne’s budget risks taking Britain backwards with further austerity and fails to realise the government’s ambition of boosting productivity, Unite warned today (Wednesday July 8). …Read more…
Drug firm workers to strike
Workers at the United Drug Sangers NI are set to take their first day of strike action on Wednesday, July 15, after members rejected a management pay offer. Large majorities endorsed the 24…Read more…
Cabin crew gear up for strike vote
Unite has urged easyJet bosses (July 6) to get around the table for proactive pay talks, as about 2,000 of their cabin crew gear up for a strike ballot later this month. easyJet management…Read more…
Safety commitment questioned
Today, Monday July 6 marks the tragic anniversary of the Piper Alpha oil rig explosion which claimed the lives of 167 workers and devastated a community. It happened 27 years ago in 1988. The…Read more…
Jeremy is Unite’s choice
Unite’s executive council has yesterday (Sunday July 5) voted to back Labour’s left candidate Jeremy Corbyn for leader of the party. The decision follows a multi-union hustings held on June 30 and…Read more…
Ground-breaking agreement
Dock workers working for Blue Arrow at the Port of Liverpool have agreed to a ground-breaking three-year pay deal that lifts the threat of strike action, Unite announced today (July 3). …Read more…
Unions are partners in productivity
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (July 3) urged the Chancellor to change gear in order to work with the UK’s unions and their six million plus members to renew the country’s…Read more…
Protect our futures
A call for a new asbestos eradication law requiring the safe, planned removal of all the asbestos that still remains in place was made by Unite at a conference in London today (July 3) to mark…Read more…
‘Act of betrayal’
Unite and the GMB union accused Nestlé UK of acting in ‘bad faith’ today (July 2) as the company announced plans to close its career average pension scheme in a move that unpicks pension changes…Read more…
Living Wage demand
A 12-hour strike by Croydon drivers and escorts, who transport clients such as disabled children, will be staged tomorrow (July 3) against the tight-fisted Impact Group which refuses to pay the…Read more…
Loans threat to health staff
Nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (AHPs) form the bedrock of our nation’s healthcare. But their job is often thankless – they work long hours, for very little pay under incredibly…Read more…
We’re not in this together
Staff at Lloyd’s banking group (LBG) have been rewarded for their loyalty and struggling to bring the bank back into profit with an announcement of 700 job cuts. The news, which comes a week after…Read more…
‘Enough is enough’
Angry workers at windscreen makers Pilkington in Birmingham are striking in a dispute over pay inequality with co-workers at another site five miles away. More than 130 workers at the King’s Norton…Read more…
Heathrow expansion green light would boost jobs by 70,000
Unite has urged the government to hurry over implementing the recommendations of the Airports Commission for Heathrow expansion or risk losing out to rival airports across the globe. Their report…Read more…
Porters triumph at last
A deal ending the NHS Tayside porters dispute in Scotland was hailed as ‘justice’ by their union Unite today (June 30), after members involved in the four month long dispute voted to accept an…Read more…
Down in the Tube station at midnight?
London Underground workers, members of Unite, the country’s largest union, have voted strongly in favour of strike action in a dispute over the introduction of all-night Tube services from September….Read more…
Carry on nursing
More than half of nurses think they know little about what revalidation is and less than half of them think it will actually improve care. In a survey carried out by Unite’s community nurses…Read more…
Boss purrs as workers scratch for wage rise
Reports that Dairy Crest’s chief executive will skim off a £1.2m bonus in a proposed takeover deal, while the workers are being offered a miserly pay rise was branded as ‘rank hypocrisy’ by Unite…Read more…
Shock Goodyear factory shutdown
Unite warned that the closure of the Goodyear factory in Wolverhampton, with the loss of up to 400 jobs, would devastate the local economy and was being taken because British workers are easier and…Read more…
Green Investment Bank sell-off
The government’s announcement to sell off a large chunk of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to the private sector is ‘a slap in the face’ for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking much…Read more…