Following concerted campaigning from Unite, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday (September 24) new measures to replace the current furlough scheme arrangements, which were slated to end on…Read more…
New restrictions ‘will hit hospitality industry hard’
Workers in the hospitality industry are crying out for an extension of the furlough scheme and additional state support, after the government announced new restrictions on the sector which could…Read more…
Short-time working scheme in the offing?
Chancellor Rishi Sunak may imminently bow to pressure from Unite and other unions, after it emerged this week that he is reportedly weighing up plans to introduce a Germany-style short-time working…Read more…
PM told to extend furlough – or risk opening job loss ‘floodgates’
Pressure on the government to extend the successful furlough scheme – which kept more than 9m people on company payrolls at its peak at the height of the coronavirus crisis – continues today,…Read more…
Chancellor – don’t walk away
This year’s 152nd TUC conference in London may be very different as it’s being held on line – but the messages trade unions including Unite are making are crystal clear – workers cannot be made to be…Read more…
Momentum grows for furlough scheme extension
Momentum is growing across the political spectrum for the government to row back on its intention to cease the job retention scheme (JRS) from November 1 and move to safeguard industry and business…Read more…
Chancellor told to act now or face ‘tsunami of unemployment’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak faces mounting pressure to extend the furlough scheme, as the TUC today (September 4) put forward its own blueprint for protecting jobs and called on the government to take…Read more…
Apprenticeship 999
The future of the UK’s world class base of highly skilled workers is now at great risk, Unite, other unions and employers warned yesterday (August 31).
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Unite: Extend job retention for extra year
According to Unite, the poll is evidence of deep-seated public concern that the UK is to cease the protection for workers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic too early and before the true extent of the…Read more…
Eat out to help out?
The hospitality industry is among the hardest hit sectors amid the Covid-19 pandemic – a recent report last week found that a shocking one in three furloughed workers’ jobs in the sector are at risk….Read more…
‘It costs less to keep people off the dole’
The government faces mounting pressure to extend its furlough scheme or else face an unprecedented wave of unemployment crushing any hopes of an economic recovery. The furlough scheme, also known as…Read more…
Return to austerity?
This week’s public sector pay announcement – where less than a fifth of public sector workers were granted a pay rise – was followed almost immediately by the government warning of continued…Read more…
Unite: Govt must ‘step up to the plate’
Unite is urging the government and industry’s major employers to step up to the plate and act responsibly to save jobs, invest in skills and employee development programmes through the creation of…Read more…
Scrap ‘queen of the skies’ call
Unite believes that while the 747 jet is held in high regard, it is now time for the ‘queen of the skies’ to relinquish her throne. The entire aviation industry’s stock of older, more polluting…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you the latest heroes – those who are keeping the country going through a devastating time – and the zeroes, those who are failing the just when we…Read more…
UK payrolls dwindle by 640,000 under lockdown
Pressure is growing on chancellor Rishi Sunak to take further action to avert a growing jobs crisis after new figures published today (July 16) show the number of people on UK payrolls plummeted by…Read more…
Here’s why you should fix the apprenticeship levy, Chancellor
Vast sums of cash are standing idle in the Treasury, with employers seeing it as a tax, unable to access it to fund recognised apprenticeships for either their workforces or those of their supply…Read more…
‘Nervous, sceptical and divided’
Government measures intended to support workers have failed to boost public confidence as the jobs retention scheme recedes, according to a major poll commissioned by Unite, issued today (July 15)….Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you a new list of heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite’s Davy Kettyles and actor Adrian…Read more…
2,000 Rolls-Royce jobs to be shed in August
The number of workers being shed by Rolls-Royce is a stark reminder of the lack of comprehensive financial measures to help British manufacturing through the coronavirus pandemic, Unite said today…Read more…