Homepage

construction

Cruise ship accommodation plan warning

Monday, March 1st, 2021

London Resort cruise ship accommodation plan requires full consultation, urges Unite

3 min

Read More

Boss’s shame as staff demand £170k in unpaid wages

Monday, March 1st, 2021

Serious questions continue to be asked into allegations that the owner of Lunar Automotive, previously based in Preston, has not paid his workforce to the tune ...

4 min

Read More

Manchester mayor urged to intervene ahead of bus strikes

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Andy Burnham called on to intervene to protect community health as Go North West bus strike is due to begin

4 min

Read More

Pay delay for council workers a 'disgrace'

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Unite and other local government unions demand employers speed up pay process so essential council workers and school support staff get a pay rise

4 min

Read More
Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's 'pathetic' pay rise slammed

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Unite says Sainsbury’s 20p pay rise for staff ‘put to shame’ by Morrisons’ £10 an hour pledge

3 min

Read More

Britain should not support Aussie rightwinger for top job at OECD

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Unite AGS Tony Burke: former finance minister Mathias Cormann’s anti-union and anti-environment track record is cause for concern

6 min

Read More
construction

Crossrail investigation call

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Taxpayers' money being misused at Crossrail’s Bond Street station, warns Unite

4 min

Read More

Home insulation must be top priority to tackle climate emergency

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Strengthen Green Homes Grant scheme by bringing it under public control, trade union leaders urge chancellor

5 min

Read More

Metroline strike action ballot

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Ballot for strike action over Metroline’s controversial ‘remote sign-on’ policy in London

4 min

Read More

'Plane wrong' pay disparity

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

RAF Leeming strikes intensify over Babcock’s £5,000 pay disparity

3 min

Read More

'Difference between heating and eating'

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Need for chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend £20-a-week Universal Credit boost indefinitely underpinned by Unite survey

5 min

Read More

Big brother fears in bus strike CCTV frenzy

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Unite has warned that Manchester bus operator Go North West appears to be more intent on monitoring every movement of their workers, than resolving the all-out ...

6 min

Read More

'Trojan Horse' for more NHS privatisation?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Unite national officer Jackie Williams: Plans to ditch Cameron-era NHS reforms must not lead to more privatisation

4 min

Read More

Unite slams govt plans for private sector bio-med labs

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Unite, which represents over 100,000 health care workers, has today (February 24) added its voice to warnings that the government’s plans to create a mega labor...

4 min

Read More

'I don't know how I will cope'

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Unite reiterates call to cancel £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit as new Unite survey reveals depth of low-income families’ suffering

8 min

Read More
Following the shocking news that car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has gone into administration, over a thousand Unite members fear the worst for their jobs.

Melrose CEO accused of misleading Parliament

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

Melrose chief executive misled Parliament on GKN Birmingham site and must correct his evidence, Unite says

3 min

Read More

Schools reopening 'gamble'

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

Government’s ‘risky’ decision to fully re-open schools in England on March 8 risks Covid spike, warns Unite

3 min

Read More
car manufacturing

'Magnificent seven' shovel ready projects

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

Deliver ‘shovel ready’ manufacturing schemes to show government is serious about jobs and climate emergency, Unite urges PM

5 min

Read More