Today’s top stories…Red wall voter fears over Three-Vodafone merger

A Survation poll for Unite of over 1,000 adults in Red Wall seats reveals many voters share Unite’s concerns about Three’s owner, CK Hutchison, and its links to the Chinese state.  If the merger is approved CK Group will have significant control over the privacy and security of 27 million UK mobile customers.  As Unite […]

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Today’s top stories…sandwich shortage to hit shelves

Workers at convenience foods producer, Greencore, are to begin strike action over poverty-levels of pay from their employer, Unite announced today (September 1). Over 500 workers, many earning as little as £10.53 an hour, are demanding increased pay. Following the failure of Greencore to make an improved offer, workers have been left with no choice […]

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Today’s top stories…Gatwick Bank Holiday weekend strikes off

The threat of strike action at Gatwick Airport this weekend has ended after workers accepted dramatically improved pay offers.  Unite had called strike action this weekend on behalf of members employed by ground handlers Red Handling and Wilson James who undertake the passenger mobility contract at the airport. However, following improved pay offers both strikes […]

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Today’s top stories…shock rise in construction bogus self-employment

A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by Unite has revealed that 1,206 million construction workers were paid via the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) during 2022/23. This was a 15 per cent increase on the figure for 2021/21 when 1,047 workers were paid via the scheme, a 7.5 per cent increase on the previous year. CIS […]

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Today’s top stories…Fawley refinery bonus win

Unite has secured an agreement that ensures that all construction workers operating at the Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire will receive bonus payments. From September 1 just over 300 Unite members, covered by the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI) will receive a £1.63 hourly bonus payment. This was awarded after Unite members, […]

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Today’s top stories…refinery workers down tools over H&S concerns

Unite confirmed today (August 17) that around 200 members have withdrawn their labour over health and safety concerns at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical plant in Mossmorran. Unite can reveal that workers downed tools on Tuesday (August 15) over health and safety warning signals and procedures not being in full working operation across the plant and the workforce […]

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