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‘Brilliant’ pay win at Oxford MINI plant
Warehouse strikes at the Oxford MINI plant have ended after workers employed by logistics firm Rudolph & Hellman secured a pay deal worth 21 per... Read More
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MINI plant warehouse workers to strike
Strikes by warehouse workers based at Oxford’s MINI plant will resume after a pay offer was overwhelmingly rejected by the workforce, Unite, said today. The... Read More
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Oxford MINI strikes off
Strikes by warehouse workers based at Oxford’s MINI plant have been postponed after their employer, Rudolph & Hellman, tabled a new pay offer. Unite said... Read More
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County Durham car factory strikes intensify
Pay strikes at car bearing manufacturers NSK Bearings and AKS Precision Ball in Peterlee, County Durham, have intensified as workers step up their fight for... Read More
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County Durham car manufacturing strikes
Pay strikes at car bearing manufacturers NSK Bearings and AKS Precision Ball in Peterlee, County Durham, are set to disrupt supply chains for automakers, including... Read More
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VFS workers strike over pay
Workers employed at the south coast firm VFS Southampton Ltd, who assemble tipper trucks and vans for Ford, have announced extensive strike action in a... Read More
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Ford Halewood electric drive investment strongly welcomed
Unite has strongly welcomed the announcement on October 18 that Ford will build its new electric drive units at its factory in Halewood, Merseyside. “This... Read More
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GKN Driveline workers vote for strike action
Workers at GKN Driveline in Birmingham have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in the battle to prevent the closure of the factory on... Read More
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‘Mixed messaging’ amid ‘pingdemic’
Unite has criticised the mixed messages coming from government about self-isolation rules, after business minister Paul Scully told the Times Radio that if people are... Read More
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‘We’re on the verge of shutdown’
More than half a million people in the last week alone have been 'pinged' by the Test and Trace app advising them to self-isolate for... Read More
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‘We won’t give up the fight’
Unite members at GKN Erdington took their fight to save their plant – an absolutely vital cog in the wider UK car manufacturing machine –... Read More
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GKN workers take fight to Parliament
A group of workers employed at GKN Automotives in Birmingham will hold a lobby at Parliament tomorrow (July 6) in their campaign to prevent the... Read More
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‘Don’t snap the investment wallet shut – our jobs depend on it’
Boris Johnson cut the ribbon at Nissan but we know who really delivered - the workers. We've battled for years for UK battery manufacturing. At... Read More
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‘Secure our green recovery’ call
Amid speculation that the UK could at long last see its first giga-factory manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles, Unite, the country's leading union, has called... Read More
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JLR pay deal
Unite, the UK’s leading union, has secured an inflation beating two year pay and conditions deal for workers at Jaguar Land Rover. Workers will receive... Read More
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‘Magnificent seven’ shovel ready projects
‘Shovel ready’ manufacturing job schemes to boost jobs, stave off rising unemployment and tackle the climate emergency are staring Boris Johnson and the cabinet in... Read More
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Ford’s electric future welcomed
Auto giant Ford’s blueprint for an electric future for its vehicles has been welcomed by Unite today (February 17). Unite has also called on Ford... Read More
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‘Good news in challenging economic times’
Unite has broadly welcomed today’s (February 15) announcement by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) of its Reimagine strategy that will mean no plant closures and no... Read More
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Latest UK car production figures ‘worst in a generation’
UK car production last year plummeted by almost a third to fewer than one million cars, the biggest slump since 1984. New car industry figures... Read More
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‘Cast iron’ assurances call
Luxury car maker Aston Martin is being urged to provide cast iron guarantees that its factory at Gaydon in Warwickshire will remain the centre for... Read More