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More reports have emerged of union busting bullying at National Express after strikes by more than 3,100 bus drivers began this week, Unite said on Wednesday (March 22). Workers are increasingly angry over the company’s strike breaking tactics, which include unjustly calling the police to peaceful picket lines and threatening striking workers with job losses […]
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Long running strike action on the West Midlands Metro has ended after workers agreed an improved pay offer. The 170 members of Unite began strike action in mid-October. The new pay deal was offered after Unite announced that the workers would take all-out industrial action from the end of November. Under the pay deal, which […]
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Nearly six in ten workers (58 per cent) report that their employers have never provided them with safe transport home after work, a new poll for Unite the union reveals today (March 28). The poll…Read more…
When hotel worker Caitlin Lee left for home after a late Friday night shift last year, she knew it would be another struggle to find safe transport. Not only are taxis in Glasgow hard to come by so…Read more…
Yet more frontline bus driver heroes have died in this current wave of the Covid pandemic.
Earlier today (January 25) Unite paid tribute to ‘well-loved and respected’ Brighton bus driver Christopher…Read more…
On World Toilet Day today (November 19), Unite continued to push its long-running toilet dignity campaign, calling for all workers to have access to sanitation facilities. A new Unite survey…Read more…
Local taxi drivers will launch a campaign to call for action against the proliferation of London-based Uber vehicles in and around Gatwick and Crawley – which are causing hardship for local drivers…Read more…
It’s rare for Unite Ireland senior regional organiser Davy Kettyles to watch breakfast TV – he normally listens to Today on Radio 4. But on one fine May morning, Belfast-based Davy, for no apparent…Read more…
Aviation has been one of the worst affected sectors since the pandemic began, with a 97 per cent reduction in passenger flights. Every prediction is that the sector will eventually recover – but in…Read more…
As Unite had long suspected class and race are the biggest factors in determining those that have died or been taken ill by the Covid-19 pandemic – now an undeniable fact borne out the government’s…Read more…
Unite has proclaimed victory for bus drivers and the travelling public after the government announced on Thursday (June 4) that all people traveling on public transport in England will be required to…Read more…
He said Unite had processes in place that could make the static workplace safe – and had been in talks with government at the highest level – but he emphasised, “Unless we sort public transport out…Read more…
Unite, which represents over 80,000 public transport workers, is warning that the government must establish clear rules about maximum passenger capacity and make the wearing of face masks compulsory…Read more…
Ahead of Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland’s talks later this week with the department of transport, on Saturday May 2, BBC Radio 4’s Today programme asked her what she thought how…Read more…
Today (Monday April 20) Unite has submitted a six-point plan to government to save UK taxi drivers from financial ruin because of the coronavirus pandemic. The UK’s 82,000 taxi drivers face financial…Read more…
Unite which represents London’s bus drivers, has warmly welcomed the announcement today (Friday February 14) that Sadiq Khan the Mayor of London is introducing a retention payment to tackle the high…Read more…
London bus worker, James Mitchell, joined the debate for buses and a green transport system, by speaking in support of this composite, as “Unite is the largest trade union for bus…Read more…
Unite has issued a warning against the ‘Uber-isation’ of bus services, following an announcement from beleaguered transport secretary Chris Grayling outlining proposals in support this week of…Read more…
Unite has criticised on-demand bus services to be trialled by Transport for London (TfL) as the union raised concerns over higher fares, safety and threats to traditional bus routes. In what…Read more…
Unite has added its voice to calls to review the order for new underground trains, after it was revealed that the majority will be built in Austria and not in the UK.
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