UK faces ‘a winter of shrunken incomes and punishing uncertainty’ warns Unite
Saturday, October 31st, 2020
As the Jobs Retention Scheme closes the leader of the country’s leading trades union has called on the government to give an exhausted country some hope by brin...
Uber ‘is just heaping on the pressure’
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Local taxi drivers will launch a campaign to call for action against the proliferation of London-based Uber vehicles in and around Gatwick and Crawley – which a...
Unite will not let ‘cradle of the jet engine’ die
Monday, October 26th, 2020
Workers at the historic Rolls-Royce factory at Barnoldswick in Lancashire will embark on three weeks of targeted strike action beginning next month, as part of ...
'Selflessness, kindness, togetherness'
Friday, October 23rd, 2020
Determined Marcus Rashford inspires businesses and local councils to step in after government rejects free school meals extension
'Nonsensical' Network Rail contract changes
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Network Rail contract changes risk track safety and jobs in Nottinghamshire, Sheffield and Scotland
Whatever it takes
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Unions and Labour politicians demand greater support for workers ahead of chancellor’s economic update
Construction firm accused of 'union busting'
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Construction firm NG Bailey embroiled in wages dispute
'Fighting the corner of the low-waged and vulnerable'
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Unite throws support behind Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and northern communities
Punishing the poorest
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Unite: proposed TfL funding will hit poorest Londoners hardest
Some more susceptible to Long-Covid than others
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Groundbreaking study reveals women and those over 50 at greater risk of developing Long-Covid
'We will not allow workers to be sold out'
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Walsall demonstration to protest at Chamberlin and Hill Castings pay cuts
'Epidemic of ill health' at Heathrow
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Shock new survey reveals reality of working at Heathrow as airport bosses press ahead with huge pay cuts
'Shocked and angry'
Monday, October 19th, 2020
Industrial discontent looming in construction as out of touch employers impose a pay freeze on workers
'Short-sighted and self-defeating'
Monday, October 19th, 2020
Unite joins TUC in campaign to save Union Learning Fund
PM 'must stop playing politics with people's lives'
Friday, October 16th, 2020
Unite GS Len McCluskey: no deal Brexit will be disaster for economy already suffering from pandemic
‘Stop attacking workers’ terms’ call
Friday, October 16th, 2020
The union is writing to all the MPs and councillors in area 10 (Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and South Lancashire) informing them of what is occurri...
'Grim news' for hospitality
Friday, October 16th, 2020
The announcement that the pub chain Marston’s is to axe more than 2,000 jobs has led Unite to renew its call for the government to give concrete support for the...
Fuel tanker drivers to strike?
Friday, October 16th, 2020
Unite fuel tanker drivers employed by Hoyer Petrolog UK who are based at the Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire, have overwhelmingly voted for strike action in a ...