Hobbled by an almost exclusive focus on the low-wage services industry and the short-term thinking of the financial sector, the UK has lagged woefully behind on exports. A final Cole…Read more…
Seafood jobs to fall through net
The potential loss of up to 300 jobs at Young’s Seafood in Grimsby is extremely worrying news to the workforce and the local economy. The company has lost a vital contract with Sainsbury’s and…Read more…
End austerity now
On Saturday June 20 thousands of Unite members joined 250,000 others to send a message to this Tory government that austerity is not working and to “End Austerity Now”. You can view a…Read more…
Dark day for Britain
Today, Monday June 22, David Cameron has shown how tough he is with further attacks on working people and their families. In a speech he made in Runcorn further cuts of £1,400 from the incomes…Read more…
Defining battle
A quarter of a million people turned out to protest the government’s austerity measures on Saturday (June 20) in central London, police figures estimated, with thousands more attending demonstrations…Read more…
Breaking: Tata Steel strike suspended
A planned strike by workers at Tata Steel, including 6,000 from Unite has been suspended after a new offer was made over pensions today (June 19). Members of Unite, Community, the GMB and…Read more…
Joined-up energy strategy vital
The closure of the E.ON gas-fired power station at Killingholme in north Lincolnshire in September is a ‘wake up’ call for the government to talk to industry leaders and trade unions about a…Read more…
Call for justice
In response to the disappointing decision of the Independent Police Complaint’s Commission (IPCC) not to fully investigate criminal wrongdoings by police at Orgreave during the miners’ strike, Louise…Read more…
Balanced energy policy call
The announcement that new subsidies for onshore wind farms will end from April next year is ‘misguided’, Unite warned today (June 18) “The UK faces a serious energy supply problem in…Read more…
‘Fresh attack’
Cutting child tax credits to axe £5 billion from the welfare bill would hit far more people in work than out of work, according to a new briefing from the Resolution Foundation. The Tories…Read more…
Have your say
You’ll have no doubt heard by now that there’s election on the horizon. An election you can take part in. An election where your voice really matters. From August 14 you…Read more…
Defending community hospitals
Unite Community members from across Devon will be starting a summer long campaign tomorrow (June 18), to highlight cuts to community hospital beds with a protest outside County Hall in Exeter. …Read more…
Squeezing every last drop
As the UK oil and gas industry meets in Aberdeen today (June 17) for its industry conference, Unite has delivered a stark warning to the industry that squeezing every last drop out of the workforce…Read more…
No to ‘regressive’ austerity policies
As the Northern Ireland power-sharing government faces a £600m black hole in its budget, the Treasury has offered to plug the gap with a loan in exchange for cuts to welfare and the public sector….Read more…
Triumph in solidarity
Following a two-day strike in April, Unite bus drivers in Bradford prepared for further strike action against their employer First Group last week over jobs losses and attacks to terms and…Read more…
Wages growth mirage
Wages are expected to grow at the fastest rate since before the crash, many newspapers reported earlier this week. It’s good news on the surface, but read further down their columns and the reason…Read more…
On the road to nowhere
George Osborne’s ‘march of the makers’ is stuck on the ‘road to nowhere’ warned Unite, as official figures released earlier this week (June 10) showed a decline in manufacturing with output still 4.4…Read more…
No justice, no peace
Campaigners from the Orgreave Truth and Justice campaign (pictured) called a press conference today (June 12) in response to the announcement by the Independent Police Complaints Commission that it…Read more…
People and services first
Bromley residents are being urged to take a stand against the mass privatisation of their local council services at the People and Services First march on Saturday (June 13), assembling at noon at…Read more…
£13bn taxpayer rip-off
By selling off the public stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, George Osborne is short-changing the public and wasting a historic chance to bring needed change to Britain’s banks, warned Unite….Read more…