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BA cargo workers to strike over Christmas and New Year in fire and hire dispute

Cargo workers employed by British Airways at Heathrow airport have announced that they will take nine days of strike action beginning on Christmas Day… Read news article

Unite welcomes Labour support for aviation sector support package to tackle the COVID-19 challenge

Unite, the UK’s principal aviation union, has welcomed Labour’s call for the government to introduce a sector specific support package for aviation. … Read news article

Royal London hospital patients facing meal disruption in Serco bullying and roster dispute

Patients at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel could face disruption at mealtimes this spring, if workers employed by outsourcer Serco take stri… Read news article

Barry Gardiner MP to join Somerset demonstration against Clarks fire and rehire attacks

Labour MP Barry Gardiner will join a demonstration against fire and rehire practices at Clarks outside the shoemakers’ headquarters in Street, Somerse… Read news article

DEMONSTRATION to demand action following death of Ryanair colleague and Unite rep, Cinzia Ceravolo

Where: Grass island between Hale Drive and Hale Road, Liverpool, L24 0TQ When: 13:00 hours, Tuesday 8 November 2022 Workers from Liverpool’s John Le… Read news article

Alstom job cuts: Unite calls for radical action to secure future of Derby train manufacturer

Unite, the UK’s leading union, is calling for the creation of a joint taskforce to secure the long-term future of the Alstom train manufacturing site… Read news article

Unite launches national campaign to end 'bully boy' fire and rehire with a day of coordinated strikes and actions across the country

Unite the union will today (Monday 26 April) launch a major national campaign to end the growing practice of fire and rehire. The UK's leading trade… Read news article

McCluskey calls for government to make good on promise to protect workers in Brexit

Establish two-thirds threshold to roll back EU rights Theresa May should bring forth immediate proposals to show that she will honour her pledge to… Read news article

Unite launches major legal challenge to counter bogus self-employment culture

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has launched a major legal appeal case at the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) to tackle bogus self-employment in the… Read news article

Mesothelioma victim urges Unite members to seek union advice

A retired Unite member, who has developed the fatal asbestos disease, mesothelioma, 20 years after accepting a final settlement for pleural plaques th… Read news article

South Yorkshire firm faces possible £425,000 ‘fine’ over flouting trade union legislation

A total of 56 Unite members at a South Yorkshire firm are set to receive ‘compensation’ payments of up to £7,600 each, after bosses tried to by-pass t… Read news article

Two-thirds of London chefs believe long hours’ culture is harming their health, Unite survey reveals

Punishing long hours’ culture in many professional kitchens is putting the mental and physical health of chefs in London at risk, a snapshot survey by… Read news article

Workers cannot trust Tory Repeal bill while dogmatic 'red tape' manifesto pledge stands

The country's biggest union, Unite, has warned that the Conservative's 2017 manifesto pledge to eliminate so-called 'red tape' makes a nonsense of the… Read news article

Unite calls on trade union movement to ‘heal the wounds of Brexit’

The trade union movement is uniquely placed to heal the wounds of Brexit, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner will say today (Monday 10 Sep… Read news article

McCluskey: Working people must not pay for this crisis

Unite, the UK's leading union, has today (Thursday) called upon the government to re-classify as many of the UK's five million insecure workers as pos… Read news article

Unite hails victory as 1,500 Marriott hotel workers go on coronavirus job retention scheme

The decision by Marriott International today (Wednesday 22 April) to put its 1,500 casual workers onto the government’s coronavirus job retention sche… Read news article

Takeover of London GP practices by private US healthcare company set for judicial review in New Year

The takeover of GP practices in London by US health insurance giant Centene Corporation will be subject to a judicial review in early 2022 after more… Read news article

Aviation workers are at the end of their tether due to excessive hours

Research by Unite has found that aviation workers across the entire sector are working excessive hours to keep the sector functioning. With increased… Read news article