BA parent IAG pleads poverty while set on Air Europa
Thursday, June 11th, 2020
As we have previously reported on UNITElive, British Airways is set on its ‘fire and hire’ policy, by sacking 12,000 of its 42,000-strong workforce, and re-empl...
Don’t let 2020’s aviation industry become the new 1980s’ coal
Thursday, June 11th, 2020
A new report out today (June 11) on the UK’s aviation industry is saying as many as 124,000 jobs in the industry and its supply chain are at risk and could vani...
UK economy 'among hardest hit' globally
Thursday, June 11th, 2020
As job losses mount, UK to take bigger economic hit than any other nation in developed world
'Every workplace should be carer-friendly - it doesn't cost a thing'
Thursday, June 11th, 2020
Carers’ Week: UniteLive highlights how workplace carers’ policies can make a big difference
Unite video demolishes BA’s ‘fire & rehire’ claims
Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
New Unite video reveals true extent of BA’s plans to use health crisis as cover to slash jobs
'Together we can do everything'
Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
Unite marks International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Workers
Caring behind closed doors
Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
Carers’ Week: unpaid carers’ voices must be heard
‘Bad faith’ job cuts prompts strike call
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
The directors of Drax power station in north Yorkshire, part of the Drax Group, have been accused of ‘bad faith’ over 230 proposed redundancies when a pay deal ...
Follow France’s investment lead call
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
Unite, which represents workers throughout aerospace and aviation, today (June 9) called on the UK government to follow the lead of France – and provide specifi...
Leadership and incentive now call
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
“The transition to electric vehicles will not occur overnight. During this period the government must also be promoting and assisting the new generation of low...
Unite support for members in ‘grim times’ plant closure
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
The news that over 430 jobs are under threat at the Bakkavor food manufacturing plant at Spalding, Lincolnshire is ‘a bitter pill’ for the workforce, Unite said...
'Gov't must provide leadership now'
Monday, June 8th, 2020
Unite reiterates call for auto sector support as job losses mount
Quarantine rules for UK arrivals come into effect
Monday, June 8th, 2020
Unite: New quarantine rules places ‘moral duty’ on government to support aviation
Plaque on a Clock Tower
Friday, June 5th, 2020
I’d gone from Camden into Islington.
No idea the area was once called - Copenhagen
then a cattle market – the Caledonian.
Heroes and zeroes
Friday, June 5th, 2020
UniteLive highlights the latest ‘heroes and zeroes’ amid coronavirus epidemic
Aero firm in 'brutal' jobs attack
Friday, June 5th, 2020
“SPS must not exploit the lockdown to force through these unnecessary redundancies and brutal attacks on terms and conditions,” commented Unite regional officer...
Luxe car firm axe 1,000 jobs
Friday, June 5th, 2020
Bentley currently employs 4,200 workers at its factory in Crewe, Cheshire. The proposed 1,000 redundancies, which will be on a voluntary basis, account for almo...
Report shines ‘searing light’ on Covid-19
Friday, June 5th, 2020
As Unite had long suspected class and race are the biggest factors in determining those that have died or been taken ill by the Covid-19 pandemic – now an unden...