Unite urges new RBS CEO to address staff concerns.
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‘I wasn’t going to let it go’
Paying men more than women for undertaking the same work has been illegal for nearly half a century, under the Equal Pay Act 1970. The Act is a hard-won piece of legislation that became law…Read more…
RBS: Still run by ‘spivs and speculators’?
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been accused of cronyism following allegations that an unqualified individual was handed a top role and given a bumper wage because of his friendship with a…Read more…
RBS closures ‘rubber-stamped’
Unite today (September 28) has criticised the announcement by Johnston Carmichael and RBS that only two branches survive the stay of execution in Scotland. The review, which has been under way…Read more…
RBS – ‘Right Bloody Scandal’
Unite delegate Lindsey Adams moved an emergency motion on behalf of the 80,000 members of Unite’s finance sector at TUC conference on Wednesday (September 12). She slammed RBS for its…Read more…
Local Government Chronicle Investment Summit 2018
Last week I went to this summit in South Wales on investment in the Local Government Pension Scheme. There was around 250 Councillors and Council pension staff from all over the country.
I am particularly interested in the latest ideas on Risk, Asset …Read more…
RBS branch closure demo
Unite members and local Labour Party activists will be demonstrating tomorrow (June 27) outside Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) South Street branch in Perth as the branch permanently closes its doors….Read more…
RBS branch closures audit
Unite is pleased that at long last RBS has appointed an organisation to look at the position of the 10 branches given a stay of execution in their branch closures programme. But the union is…Read more…
‘Bargain basement sale’
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) fire sale continued as the government last night (June 4) sold shares well below the price paid to bail out the bank amid the financial crisis, resulting it a total…Read more…
RBS LOBO loans a “fraud on the people”
Newham Cllr John Whitworth labels RBS ‘inverse floater’ LOBO loans a “fraud on the people” at RBS AGM, demanding further disclosure from the bank.
Newham Councillor John Whitworth who is also the Chair of the Scrutiny Committee at the Counci…Read more…
‘Find your moral compass’
Unite’s condemnation of a swathe of planned Royal Bank of Scotland branch closures was heard loud and clear by the bank’s top brass today (May 30), after members spoke out at the bank’s annual…Read more…
‘Massive impact’
Unite today (May 30) held a demo in Manchester marking the launch of the union’s campaign to save dozens of Royal Bank of Scotland branches earmarked for closure. The North West is the region…Read more…
‘Corporate vandalism’
Unite will kick start a campaign tomorrow (May 30) outside the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) head office in Manchester against the planned closure of 64 branches across the north west. Unite is…Read more…
Bank branch cull
RBS has continued in its relentless drive to decimate its network of bank branches, after it announced this week (May 1) that it would be closing 162 more outlets – resulting in nearly 1,000 job…Read more…
‘Dark futures’
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) decision today (May 1) to close 60 per cent of its Williams and Glyn bank branch network represents the demolition of the bank’s customer services responsibilities…Read more…
End RBS branch closures call
Unite Scotland held RBS branch protests today (February 23) as the bank announced top line profits before tax of £2.2bn even amid a mass branch closure programme. Even after tax, set aside for…Read more…
Bank jobs slash betrayal
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Unite members were dismayed to learn today (Friday December 1) that the tax-payer backed bank is to cut a quarter of its branches. Unite accused RBS of decimating its…Read more…
Divided Scotland
Picture it if you will. You are at a huge wedding reception and 100 guests are assembled in the hotel gardens sipping the Prosecco on offer. The hotel staff wheel out the wedding cake. It is set out…Read more…
RBS in IT staff slash frenzy
The 71 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) told staff this week that it will slash its IT operations in the UK by 40 per cent, even after a raft of IT glitches that cost the bank…Read more…
‘Unjustified’ job losses
Unite, which represents staff at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has expressed opposition to the announcement today (May 9) that the bank has decided to cut another 334 jobs and offshore more jobs to…Read more…