Low paid NHS workers employed by Serco at Barts NHS Trust staged a protest at the Trust’s board meeting today (May 9) to demand that Barts and Serco fund a pay rise which mirrors the pay deal being…Read more…
Keeping it in-house
The decision by British Airways to keep its two call centres at Manchester and Newcastle in-house, rather than outsource them, has been welcomed by Unite. Today’s (March 28) announcement by BA…Read more…
Amey Liverpool Prison scandal
Unite is calling for a radical overhaul in the manner prison maintenance work is undertaken following revelations that two workers at Liverpool Prison were wrongly dismissed for raising safety…Read more…
‘Fractured and flawed’
Carillion’s collapse should have served as a loud and clear warning against the dangers of privatisation, but as Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters now face being outsourced, the government has…Read more…
‘Catalogue of failure’
The government was informed of a plan to retrieve more than £360m from Carillion – helping to shield the public purse from the cost of the firm’s collapse and preventing losses to workers’ pensions –…Read more…
Carillion subbies sold out
The government was accused of “selling out” Carillion’s sub-contractors and supply chain, by Unite, following revelations at a joint select committee today (February 27). During the hearing of…Read more…
Patient transport members vote on industrial action over two-tier workforce
Members recruited when Greater Manchester PTS was privately run are paid less with inferior terms and conditions
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Major reforms call
Unite has called for the urgent reform of company and pension laws, after the true scale of the fundamental flaws that allowed Carillion to collapse earlier this month, began to be revealed. …Read more…
Carillion pensions scandal
Carillion’s pensions blackhole is at least £990m, the firm’s former chair of trustees has revealed – nearly twice previously thought. Following the revelation, Unite called for all possible…Read more…
Lessons from the collapse of Carillion
There is a lot to unpick from Carillion’s demise and the lessons to be drawn. Here are some initial observations. The House of Commons Library Briefing, The collapse of Carillion, tells us that “In the eight years from 2009 to 2016, Carillion pai…Read more…
‘Beggars belief’
Failed outsourcing firm Carillion continued making huge pay outs to its shareholders even as the hole in its pension fund grew in the seven years before the company went bust, it has been revealed….Read more…
‘In your corner’
The future may be uncertain for about 20,000 directly employed UK workers of outsourcing firm Carillion after its collapse, but there’s an even bigger question mark hanging over Carillion’s…Read more…
‘Govt should hang head in shame’
The government has heeded trade unions’ calls to set up a national taskforce in support of workers and businesses hit by outsourcing firm Carillion’s collapse. Unite has welcomed that the…Read more…
PFIs slammed
The Tories threadbare defence that private firms delivering public services saves the taxpayer money was shredded today, after the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed the use of privateers costs up…Read more…
Outsourcing scandal
Controversial outsourcing Bromley council faces strike action by workers at two of its contractors that could hit libraries and care services in the borough. The ballots for strike action by…Read more…
‘A watershed moment’
As construction and outsourcing firm Carillion collapsed into liquidation yesterday (January 15), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for an end to privatisation of public services. In a video…Read more…
‘We don’t know what’s going on’
The implosion of Carillion sent shockwaves across the country today, as thousands of workers waited anxiously to hear about the future of their jobs. Hundreds of social housing workers in…Read more…
Business as usual?
Construction giant Carillion’s dramatic collapse today (January 15) has raised fears that tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk, while the public services and projects the firm was contracted to…Read more…
‘Massive blow’
Unite said the announcement that Cummins Generator Technologies is to close one of its sites in Stamford threatening about 300 jobs is ‘a massive blow to the Lincolnshire economy’. It is…Read more…
UNISON welcomes West Sussex jobs move
Council brings safeguarding jobs back in house, citing fears that children are at risk because privatised contract delivers too few assessments
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