Monday, April 12th, 2021
Strikes at aerospace parts firm SPS Technologies have been called off after a deal was reached to end ‘fire and rehire’ threats that would have resulted in its ...
3 min
Monday, April 12th, 2021
More than 4,000 bus drivers working for Metroline in London have overwhelmingly voted for strike action over the controversial ‘remote sign-on’ policy, Unite sa...
4 min
Monday, April 12th, 2021
Amazon urged to commit to declaration of neutrality amid Unite campaign to give Amazon workers a real voice
3 min
Friday, April 9th, 2021
Commenting on the government’s plan to force holidaymakers to pay around £120 each for Covid tests to travel abroad this summer, Unite assistant general secreta...
3 min
Friday, April 9th, 2021
A London tour guide approached me recently near to the office. He was a Unite member and wanted to know what we have been doing for the past year to help sel...
7 min
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Maintenance workers at the St Mungo’s housing charity will begin indefinite strike action from Thursday 22 April in response to ‘appalling treatment’ by senior ...
3 min
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
London estate agents using services from Goodlord are ‘facing further pain’ after striking workers from the lettings software provider were balloted for fresh i...
4 min
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Responding to the piece broadcast by Sky News in relation to the Birmingham hotel, conference and education facility built for Unite, the union said today (Wedn...
4 min
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
A once imposing war memorial dedicated to members of the print union Natsopa has been restored to its former glory and takes pride of place in a new peace garde...
6 min
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Workers operating the Woolwich Ferry, now run by Transport for London (TfL), are holding a ballot for strike action over the victimisation of a Unite rep, the u...
3 min
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
Coffee-drinking supermarket customers will be a key element in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute affecting nearly 300 employees at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) si...
4 min
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
Two days of strike action this week by Plymouth tugboat crews in a rostering dispute will cause serious disruption to naval traffic in the docks, Unite warned t...
3 min
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
It’s not genetics, vitamin D, underlying conditions, or lifestyle choices causing disproportionate deaths of black and Asian people from Covid-19. It is poverty...
5 min
Sunday, April 4th, 2021
Unite GS Len McCluskey’s special message to members a year on from the start of the pandemic
2 min
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Unite began a major newspaper and digital advertising campaign yesterday (March 31), to alert Amazon workers about a confidential whistle-blowing hotline which ...
2 min
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Unite launches new film highlighting the case for a significant pay rise for NHS staff
2 min
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Heathrow workers secure pay offer following extensive negotiations
4 min
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
London United bus strikes to intensify as new depots join strike action
4 min
