The fight against NHS privatisation goes on as maintenance and estates staff at both York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have gone on…Read more…
Cheque firm dispute ends
Unite members at Communisis in Crewe have called off strike action after a new pay offer was accepted. The workers, who produce cheques and cheque books, had initially voted for strike…Read more…
NEU staff pay slash
Unite members working for the National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest union for teaching and lecturing staff, took strike action this week (July 19) in protest at the ‘salami slicing’ of…Read more…
Aberdeen airport strike
Unite the union today (July 10) has confirmed that workers at Aberdeen airport have voted for strike action, after 88 per cent of workers rejected the latest pay offer. Unite members have now…Read more…
‘Riding roughshod’
A new heavy-handed management style at the Stanlow oil refinery could lead to industrial action that would threaten output at the Cheshire site, Unite warned today (June 6). Unite said the…Read more…
‘Excellent result’
Planned strike action by Unite today (Tuesday May 29) concerning workers operating on Staffline Recruitment contracts, at the Pirelli tyre factory in Carlisle, has been cancelled following a…Read more…
Luton Airport strike
Unite is urging employers at London Luton Airport to return to the negotiating table to avoid severe disruption over the Bank Holiday after workers voted for strike action in a series of strike…Read more…
Avenue Primary School Anti-Academies Strike
My picture from yesterday’s strike picket by teachers and lobby by parents against the proposed academination of Avenue Primary School in Manor Park, Newham.
There has now been I believe an incredible 19 days of strike action at the school.
While I k…Read more…
‘Not on board’
Workers at three Lancashire hospitals have begun balloting for strike action in a dispute over plans to outsource their jobs to a wholly owned subsidiary company. Unite members, who are…Read more…
‘Enough is enough
Unite members employed at Helena Partnerships Limited, Golden Gates Housing Trust and Torus 62 Limited, who undertake housing maintenance on social housing in Warrington and St Helens, are preparing…Read more…
Summer stench?
Unite is preparing to ballot its refuse collection workers in Slough for strike action after a senior steward was suspended and faces dismissal on ‘trumped up charges’ in a row over lunch breaks….Read more…
Luton Airport strike ballot
Passengers using Luton Airport this summer could experience significant disruption as Unite announced a series of strike ballots over pay and zero hours’ contracts. Unite is balloting…Read more…
Thurrock bin strikes off
Unite members working in Thurrock council’s waste collection service have agreed to end the current threat of strike action; but tensions remain in the service and the threat of strikes could be…Read more…
‘Big brother’ bin strike off
Strikes by Thurrock council’s waste collection workers due to be begin next week (April 12) have been suspended following lengthy negotiations. The strikes involving 65 members of Unite…Read more…
‘Rubbish management’
Workers employed in Thurrock council’s waste collection service are set to begin strike action on April 12 in a dispute caused by the organisation’s ‘rubbish management’. The 65 workers who…Read more…
Dial-a-ride workers to strike
Unite members employed by Dial-a-ride will begin a 48-hour stoppage from just past midnight tomorrow (March 28) in a dispute over the withdrawal of rest days and the imposition of new rosters. …Read more…
Gatwick strike vote
Workers at Gatwick Airport have begun balloting for strike action in a dispute over a below inflation pay increase. If workers support industrial action then strikes could begin by the end April….Read more…
Concrete maker row
Fresh strike dates were announced by Unite today (February 20), in a further escalation of the dispute with Essex based Tarmac Building Products Ltd, over the creation of a two tier workforce. …Read more…
Right to picket win
Unite has won a key legal victory overturning attempts to restrict the right to picket during strike action. The legal case arose as a result of a dispute involving Sutton Tanker workers based…Read more…
3M pay strike off
Strike action due to begin next month at dust mask and respirator makers 3M, based in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, has been called off after a vastly improved pay offer was accepted by the…Read more…