http://www.www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news Latest News Headlines from www.unitetheunion.org.uk http://www.www.unitetheunion.org.uk/images/rss/image.gif http://www.www.unitetheunion.org.uk en Unite sport Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=547 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 deci... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=543 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 compan... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=544 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%.... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=545 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 th... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=546 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.... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=542 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 cours... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=532 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 s... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=534 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... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=536 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 t... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=537 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. E... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=538 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%. The ballot coincides wit... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=539 Unite is seeking legal advice with a view to applying for a protective award against a decision taken by GE Aviation to close the former Smith's Aerospace site at Arle Court in Gloucester.The company ... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=540 Unite, the UK's largest union, has expressed outrage and concern at the sudden and unexpected closure today of the 28 bed acute Kent Ward at Bridlington Hospital. Unite official, Terry Cunliffe, has w... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=541 Unions have welcomed today’s announcement by under-secretary of state for transport Jim Fitzpatrick MP that vehicle testing will not be privatised. The news follows a long campaign by membe... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=527 Unite, the leading union among the UK's thousands of airport workers, has today (Wednesday) announced that British Airport Authority workers have voted to accept the pensions package secured by t... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=529 A startling analysis of the real profitability of Irish companies has revealed that Irish companies make €45,800 gross profit per employee - 55 per cent greater than the EU-15 average, and m... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=530 Unite, the UK’s biggest union and the USW, the largest private sector union in the USA and Canada, will today, (2 July) sign an agreement creating the first global union. The union, to be c... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=531 Unite today confirms its unswerving support for migrant domestic workers, many of them members of the union, following the release of the Oxfam and Kalayaan report "The New Bonded Labour?", which ... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=533 Unite, the UK's biggest union, has condemned as 'scandalous' and 'exploitative' the announcement made yesterday by National Cash Register (NCR) that it is to make a further 51 redundancies at its oper... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=535 Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has condemned as `scandalous’ and `exploitative’ the announcement made yesterday by National Cash Register (NCR) that it is to make a further 51 re... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=528 Protest outside Home Retail Group AGMFrom 10.30am, Wednesday July 2nd, 2008Jury's Inn, Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 2HPUnite, the UK's biggest union, is warning the Home Retail Group, owner ... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=517 A claim to be brought today (Monday 30th June) by an ex-employee of charity NSPCC over disability discrimination will be heard over 12 days at Keeble House, Exeter Employment Tribunal, a case tha... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=520 Unite the union, which represents fire-fighters and engineers striking at Highlands and Islands airports (HIAL), has agreed to a further meeting with management to try to resolve the ongoing pay ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=521 In a feature to be aired on Union TV screened at 10.30am and 7pm on Monday 30th June on RED TV, channel 186 on Sky Digital, Richard O'Brien, Unite's Director of Communications will warn that the ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=522 Unite the union, which represents the fire-fighters and engineers striking at Highlands and Islands airports (HIAL), has agreed to a further meeting today (Monday 30 June) with the management to try t... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=523 Unite the union, which represents fire-fighters and engineers at Highlands and Islands airports (HIAL), has agreed to suspend strike action planned for 4th July 2008. Following a meeting today in Inve... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=525 This statement has been agreed between Unite the Union and Mr M Gupta and Mr C Bowyer. Mr Gupta and Mr Bowyer were dismissed from employment by ICTS in Northern Ireland and arising from the dism... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=513 A workforce plan to make the youth work and youth service offered to young people more effective was agreed at a recent seminar organised by Unite the union's Community and Youth Worker sector, and ho... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=515 Unite, the UK’s largest trade union, has signed a single union recognition agreement with the Soil Association. Staff at the Soil Association voted overwhelmingly in favour of being represe... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=518 Following a breakdown in negotiations today2,000 members of Unite based at Sellafield will vote on whether to take strike action over pay. The maintenance and operations staff represented b... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST