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…
Get me home safely
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…
‘Please follow the guidelines’
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…
‘Open the toilets to frontline workers’
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…
Uber ‘is just heaping on the pressure’
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…
In the line of duty
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…
Unite: ‘Act now’ call
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…
Report shines ‘searing light’ on Covid-19
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 secures win as face coverings made mandatory on public transport
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…
Not at the expense of workers
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…
Public transport guidance ‘lacks clarity’
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…
Restoring confidence
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…
Road to ruin
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…
Bus scheme gets thumbs up from Unite
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…
Connecting people and communities
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…
Two-tiered bus system warning
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…
Uber buses?
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…
‘Completely unacceptable’
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.
The post ‘Completely…Read more…
Driven to distraction
When Tan Rashid gets home after a shift the exhausted Middlesborough bus driver sits quietly in a dark room. Unite member Rashid said, “We have a high percentage of drivers who go off with…Read more…
‘Very good’ pay deal
Drivers working for Greater Manchester’s Metrolink have accepted a ‘very good’ three year pay deal, Unite announced today (August 7). Unite hailed the package as ‘a great achievement’ which…Read more…