Workers, who operate the Woolwich Ferry used by an estimated 2.6m passengers a year, are to strike for 10 days in a dispute over pay, health & safety, and lack of staffing. The 31 workers,…Read more…
Newham council faces third dispute
Newham council is facing a third industrial dispute in as many weeks over the way it treats a key group of workers, Unite said today (April 24). Three gas managers working in the repairs…Read more…
Security staff strike to go ahead
Security staff at Southampton General Hospital, who are being attacked in the A&E department, will go ahead with a second day of strike action on Good Friday (April 19). Unite said today…Read more…
‘Disgraceful action’
Unite the union has today (March 18) confirmed that its membership at Lothian buses is holding a consultative ballot on potential industrial action. The moves follows Lothian Buses management…Read more…
Living standards ‘cut to the bone’
Workers employed by both Mears and Mitie undertaking housing maintenance work for Crawley council are gearing up for industrial action after nearly a decade of pay cuts, which has seen their earnings…Read more…
Otis lift engineers strike off
About 400 lift engineers, employed by Otis Ltd, have suspended six weeks of strike action as they vote on a revised pay offer. Unite announced today (March 11) that the six weeks of strike…Read more…
UNISON Industrial Action Working Group
euThis afternoon I chaired a meeting of a UNISON working group on industrial action at our headquarters in Euston, London (with an NEC member from the West Midlands video conference into the meeting).
While taking industrial action (strikes, overtimes…Read more…
Recognise our hard work
Print workers at Suffolk firm, CPI William Clowes, who have been given just two pay rises in the last 14 years, will take a fourth day of strike action on Wednesday, February 14. Unite pledged…Read more…
‘No other choice’
Baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by Azzurra Ground Handling at Luton Airport will begin voting for industrial action today (January 30) over the company’s decision to impose a pay freeze…Read more…
‘Meet their just demands’
Kelvin Hopkins Labour MP for Luton North has thrown his full support behind Unite members at Luton Airport who have today (January 14) announced more strikes to demand pay justice. Low paid…Read more…
‘Shameful’ pay freeze
Print workers at Suffolk firm, CPI William Clowes, who have been given just two pay rises in the last 14 years, will take a third day of strike action on Thursday, January 17. The workers at…Read more…
‘No other option’
Members of Unite employed by waste management provider, Veolia UK, in Cheshire, are set to begin a series of strikes beginning on Friday, December 21, in a dispute over unpaid shifts. The…Read more…
‘Tremendous solidarity’
Members of Unite, employed by housing charity Shelter, are celebrating victory after agreeing a vastly improved pay offer. The decision to accept the new deal means that the scheduled strike due to…Read more…
“Save Our Dinner Ladies” – Ladywood Primary School Strike, Grimby
“Our members at Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe, Barnsley, are in dispute with their employer over proposals to make 9 School Meals Supervisory Assistants (lunchtime supervisors) redundant.
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Staff ‘have had enough’
Unite, which represents workers in higher education, are balloting members at several universities for strike action in a dispute over a real terms pay cut. Unite is currently balloting its…Read more…
‘Do the right thing’
Payment of bills to Newham council’s suppliers ‘could grind to a snail’s pace’, if a dispute involving finance staff who process the payments is not resolved, Unite warned today (October 11). …Read more…
‘Depth of anger’
The first industrial action at leading Derbyshire crane manufacturer Street Crane for 20 years is due to take place as the company has been unwilling to engage in constructive pay talks, Unite said…Read more…
‘Massive’ pay inequality
Gatwick Airport workers, who look after an estimated 670,000 passengers annually, many with disabilities, are being balloted for strike action in a row over a ‘massive inequality’ in pay. …Read more…
Mass show of solidarity
Unite members from TGI Fridays in Milton Keynes, Covent Garden and Stratford City will mark their eighth 24-hour walkout tomorrow (October 4) by joining with striking workers from McDonald’s and…Read more…
Work/life balance attack
Strike action is on the cards over increased Saturday working for 18 transport drivers at AB Agriculture in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Unite the union said that its members at the animal feed…Read more…