Unite incensed by over 300 Barclays job losses

Unite, the UK's largest trade union, has today (Tuesday 8th July) condemned the announcement by Barclays that it is to cut around 304 jobs in Cardiff, Wales. The announcement is the result of the decision to withdraw the 'First Plus' product from ...

Unions to take action on climate change

Unite representatives working in electrical engineering, electronics and IT are calling for statutory rights for union representatives to gain access to environmental impact information on companies. The sector is also calling for com...

Argos workers to take strike action

Argos distribution workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay. 67% of those who took part in the ballot voted for strike action. The turn out was over 75%. Unite, the UK’s biggest union, i...

Waiting staff take tips protest to parliament

Waiters and waitresses will take their campaign for fair tips to parliament today (Monday 7July). Members of Unite have launched a petition which calls on the government to take action to close the legal loophole which allows the tips and ser...

Cleaners at Manchester Airport to begin strike action

Cleaners working for Initial Air Services at Manchester Airport will strike for three days next week after the company refused further talks with the union to try to resolve the dispute over pay. Manchester-based workers at Ini...

Unite's reaction to Boris Johnson's announcement for the replacement of the bendy buses

Peter Kavanagh, Unite regional industrial officer said: "Unite welcomes any initiative that will remove some of the current pressures from drivers and make their working environment safer. We of course would like to see the return of the conductor...

Unite challenges bullying in not for profit sector

Unite, the UK largest union, is calling on all employers to work together with Unite to challenge the unacceptably high levels of bullying in the not-for-profit sector. Recent research in the sector revealed that 43 per cent of ...

Unite hopes new chapter could begin for Butler and Tanner

Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has welcomed the news of a management buy-out of Somerset-based book printer Butler & Tanner. The new ownership raises hopes that work could return to the plant. Ann Field, national officer of ...

Unite demands a 'Living Wage' for local government workers

Local government workers in Scotland will be balloted today for strike action on whether to reject the Scottish government's below inflation pay settlement of 2.5 per cent. The ballot coincides with the release of findings by the Joseph Rowntree F...

Unite reach agreement with bank and call off strike action

Next Tuesday’s picket of Bank of Ireland head office by 600 members of the Unite trade union has been called off following an agreement reached between the union and the bank today.  Employees will now receive a three per cent cash...