Homepage

lorry driver

European driver fatigue at 'epidemic levels'

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

Survey of professional drivers in Europe finds majority are regularly fatigued, with one in three lorry drivers falling asleep at the wheel

4 min

Read More
London Ambulance Service

Unite welcomes bodycams for paramedics

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

As paramedics face rising levels of assaults and abuse from patients and the public, body cameras can help protect staff

4 min

Read More

'Absolute national scandal'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Unite national officer Dave Turnbull: hospitality staff shortages 'a crisis of the industry's own creation'

2 min

Read More

JDE accused of 'corporate gangsterism'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Unite to escalate industrial action after dismissal notices for Banbury coffee workers over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

4 min

Read More

'No other option but to strike'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Sunrise Medical workers in Dudley to take strike action over pay

3 min

Read More

Not out of the woods yet

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

With the end of lockdown restrictions in sight, Unite urges government to see the bigger picture as NHS care backlog grows

6 min

Read More

Sainsbury's bosses 'guilty of negotiating in bad faith'

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Sainsbury’s accused of ‘erecting brick wall’ to block attempts to keep Argos distribution centre in Somerset open

3 min

Read More
construction

'Landmark agreement'

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

HS2 trade union access agreement secured

3 min

Read More

Ketchup is back!

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Unite hails vote of confidence in Heinz Wigan factory workforce as Kraft Heinz announces ketchup production will return to UK

4 min

Read More

Anger as Pizza Express deducts wait staff tips

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Hospitality tipping law needed as Pizza Express becomes latest restaurant to unfairly deduct staff tips

6 min

Read More
pathologists

Lancashire biomedical scientists strike

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Blackburn and Burnley patients face test delays as biomedical scientists begin three week strike action in back pay dispute

4 min

Read More
bin strike waste refuse

Bexley 'summer stink' warning

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Serco refuse workers strike vote over pay opens

4 min

Read More

Who will listen to my heart now?

Friday, May 28th, 2021

Covid-19 has unintended consequences - Unite's Joy Johnson's poem highlights how the GP surgery is one of them

2 min

Read More
car parking

'Outrageous decision'

Thursday, May 27th, 2021

Government decision to end free parking for NHS staff in England condemned by Unite

3 min

Read More

'Work with us' plea

Thursday, May 27th, 2021

Global boss of Banbury coffee plant told to rethink ‘fire and rehire’ plans by workers in open letter

5 min

Read More
library

Bromley library strikes

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021

Bromley Central Library workers to strike over late-night openings with less staff

3 min

Read More

Time for equality

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021

Unite GS Len McCluskey addresses Unite equalities conference

2 min

Read More

'A cornerstone of our union and our democracy'

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021

Unite GS Len McCluskey: 'We must ensure the 'new normal' tackles the roots of inequality'

10 min

Read More