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Unite is calling on the local government ombudsman to investigate whether Birmingham’s government appointed commissioners have a financial conflict of interest in keeping the bin strike going. The strikes are over pay cuts of up to £8,000 impacting around 400 workers who are either former Waste Recycling Collection Officers or bin lorry drivers. At the […]
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Glasgow’s Subway was totally shutdown on Wednesday (June 25) – as drivers and station staff mounted the underground railway’s first strike in 20 years. Staff are in dispute with the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport over working conditions, understaffing and inadequate overtime and sick pay. After the latest offer from the employer was rejected last weekend, […]
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Unite branches across North London, joined with Trades Councils, unions and campaign groups in a show of solidarity with striking Birmingham bin workers last night (Wednesday 21), at a time when the Birmingham Bin Strike is escalating. Unite branches including the London Building Workers Branch (LE UG005), Haringey Craft Workers (LE/UG130) Wood Green Bus Garage […]
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Talks started today (April 16) between Unite and Birmingham City Council, and before they began the Council leader, John Cotton, and his team were busy doing a media round giving interviews. However once the talks had started they entered a “parallel universe” as the council refused to put in writing what John Cotton and his […]
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Birmingham bin workers have today (April 14) overwhelmingly rejected a partial offer from council, branding it ‘totally inadequate’. Hundreds of refuse workers, members of Unite, voted overwhelmingly to reject the deal, which still includes substantial pay cuts for workers. The offer also did not address potential pay cuts for 200 drivers. The industrial dispute escalated […]
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Hat tip @KnowsleyUnison “We are planning a big union day down at @LivvHousing L34 1PJ this coming Friday, 21st February, in solidarity with the UNISON and Unite striking workers. Join us from 7.30 am with your flags, banners, and whistles!!…Read more…
Striking workers at Princes Food factories across the country are standing firm as the current wave of industrial action enters its second week. The strikes are the result of new owners at Princes revoking a pay offer from the previous employer for Unite members who work as line operatives and engineers. Paul Russell is Unite […]
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Workers at Princes Food have escalated strike action at the food production company following the withdrawal of an agreed pay offer, and a lack of movement from the employer. Princes produce tinned goods for the nation’s supermarkets and shops, who could be hit with shortages during the strikes in Bradford, Cardiff, Glasgow, Long Sutton and […]
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Wrexham Council has shown solidarity with workers on strike at food manufacturer Oscar Mayer, and backed their campaign against the producers planned fire and rehire policy. Around 600 Oscar Mayer workers, the vast majority of the factory’s workforce, have been striking since September over the company’s plans to fire and rehire them to slash pay […]
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More than 350 workers at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have launched three weeks of strikes to stop their jobs being outsourced
The article Health workers in East Suffolk and North Essex launch strike appeal first appeared on the UNISON National site.
More than 350 workers at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have launched three weeks of strikes to stop their jobs being outsourced
The article Health workers in East Suffolk and North Essex launch strike appeal first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Maternity support workers at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby are fighting for proportionate backpay and need your support
The article Grimsby maternity support workers launch strike appeal first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Maternity support workers at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby are fighting for proportionate backpay and need your support
The article Grimsby maternity support workers launch strike appeal first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Hundreds of striking workers from the Bakkavor food production factory in Spalding, Lincolnshire, marched to the town centre today (Tuesday 22) as the dispute continues. Unite members, who have been on strike for three weeks in their fight for fair pay, congregated in Spalding. They were joined by family members and other supporters before marching […]
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Unite members employed by Hargreaves Industrial Services at CF Fertiliser’s Billingham factory are planning strike action over poor growth in pay despite the company making healthy profits. The low paid workers pack and load ammonium nitrate produced at the County Durham site for distribution to farmers across the country, ensuring that the shops are full […]
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Healthcare assistants are calling for solidarity donations to support their strike
The article Solidarity appeal for healthcare assistants on strike this summer first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Healthcare assistants are calling for solidarity donations to support their strike
The article Solidarity appeal for healthcare assistants on strike this summer first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking”JG This is great news for all trade unionists and civil liberties. This morning I was at a meeting of the UNISON NEC in our head office in London. Our General Secretary, …Read more…
General secretary stresses the power of UNISON in address to health conference
The article Christina McAnea leads applause for successful UNISON strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
General secretary stresses the power of UNISON in address to health conference
The article Christina McAnea leads applause for successful UNISON strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.