Workers face poverty in Heathrow fire and rehire storm
Friday, October 2nd, 2020
Heathrow, one of the world’s largest airports, is facing a complete shutdown this autumn, as members of Unite prepare to ballot for strike action, over the comp...
‘PM fails our people’
Friday, October 2nd, 2020
Boris Johnson should swap the rhetoric on UK sovereignty and taking back control for real action, starting with insisting that UK steel is used throughout the c...
Stop the ‘no deal car crash’
Friday, October 2nd, 2020
Ministers need to put their foot on the accelerator to get a deal with the EU that safeguards the UK automotive industry – employing about 800,000 workers direc...
Heroes and zeroes
Friday, October 2nd, 2020
UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis
We need our steel
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Steelworkers unite in Europe wide call for action to safeguard vital sector
Deliver on pay pledge call
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Colleges must deliver on their promise to increase staff pay now the government has provided further education an extra £400m funding, said education unions inc...
Celebrate!
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Celebrate the first day of this year's Black History Month and watch our short video below.
Don't switch us off!
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Unite Retired and Community members in fight to save free TV licences for over 75s
Govt’s day of shame
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Today is the annual UN Day for Older Persons, a day of celebration and recognition for a generation who have given a lifetime of work to build our nations and f...
Unite celebrates Black History Month
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Black History Month, which this year honours Black inventors, is now more important than ever
Mass unemployment still looms
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
The Job Support Scheme measures announced on September 24 will provide some relief for some workers but more will need to be done to prevent a mass unemployment...
‘Morally repugnant’
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
A number of Cambridge University colleges, which are targeting some of their lowest paid employees for the jobs’ axe as they juggle their Covid-19 finances, hav...
Chaos looms as drivers slam govt over ports paperwork Brexit shambles
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
Angry lorry drivers have accused government minister Michael Gove, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster of ‘blame shifting’ as he tells them to prepare paperwor...
‘We need a cohort of resources’
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
As previously reported on UNITElive Danny spent nine days in Kingston Hospital, Surrey, at the end of March this year. Danny had endured the full range of the v...
'Penny pinching'
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
‘Inadequate’ sick pay and worker bus fare rises at the coronavirus-hit Bernard Matthews’ turkey processing factory in Suffolk increase the risk of further Covid...
Rolls-Royce plant 'heart and soul' of local jobs
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
Workforce balloting on strike action to save historic Lancashire Rolls-Royce factory
'Wake up call' for rogue employers
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
Legal case against Lancashire electronic firm warning to employers abusing furlough
Unite victory on remote sign-on
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
Major London bus operator rules out remote sign on