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Unite welcomes consultation extension on 2,300 BAE Systems job loss plans

Thursday 22nd December 2011

Unite welcomes pension Ombudsman's decision to investigate Heineken

Wednesday 21st December 2011

Workers contracted to the Metropolitan police vote for strike action

Wednesday 21st December 2011

Trade unions call for urgent meeting on local government pensions

Tuesday 20th December 2011

Construction employers' Christmas peace deal snub forces New Year ballot to go-ahead

Tuesday 20th December 2011

Unite response to government's position on local government pensions

Tuesday 20th December 2011

Agency workers at Argos in Burton on Trent demonstrate against 'pay apartheid' on 22 December

Tuesday 20th December 2011

Osborne urged to tighten up on tax collection by Unite

Tuesday 20th December 2011

Chancellor must ensure bank workers are 'given a voice'

Monday 19th December 2011

Unite sets-up hardship fund for Bombardier workers

Monday 19th December 2011

London bus workers demand recognition for the Olympics

Friday 16th December 2011

Government loaded the dice against Britain's last train maker

Friday 16th December 2011

BA workers in plea to save Britain's aerospace industry

Wednesday 14th December 2011

Industrial action almost inevitable over pension changes at GE

Wednesday 14th December 2011

'Big Society' is a flop because there is no money, says Unite

Wednesday 14th December 2011

Unemployment figures mark a bleak end to 2011

Wednesday 14th December 2011

Redundancies announced at the Cromer Crab Company leaves Unite members devastated

Friday 9th December 2011

Unilever workers stand firm despite strong-arm tactics

Friday 9th December 2011

'Squeezed middle' NHS earners in Treasury pensions rip-off, says Unite

Thursday 8th December 2011

Local public sector pay bargaining: a blueprint for privatisation

Wednesday 7th December 2011

Unilever workers in first UK strike against greedy boardroom raid on their pensions

Wednesday 7th December 2011

Unilever's European workers join UK workers to say "Unilever, hands off our pensions!"

Tuesday 6th December 2011

Protests at construction sites intensify as Unite prepares strike ballot

Tuesday 6th December 2011

HSBC staff face an unhappy Christmas as bank announces job losses

Monday 5th December 2011

Greyhound vet case prompts Unite to call for revamp of governing body's procedures

Monday 5th December 2011

Community membership pledge to organise the marginalised - and revolutionise British trade unionism

Monday 5th December 2011

Unions respond to high court ruling on public sector pensions' switch

Friday 2nd December 2011

Unite seeks to end compensation uncertainty for asbestos victims at supreme court on December 5

Thursday 1st December 2011

Unite condemns Balfour Beatty's legal challenge to its overwhelming 'yes' vote and vows to reballot

Thursday 1st December 2011

'Health and safety' in the workplace set to be eroded, warns Unite

Thursday 1st December 2011

As manufacturing sector shrinks, Unite proposes 10 pillars to support manufacturing

Thursday 1st December 2011

Unite members at defence manufacturer Selex Galileo to strike

Thursday 1st December 2011

Economy in 'a tailspin', as Osborne grapples with the controls, says Unite

Tuesday 29th November 2011

Unite launches '2020 Vision - Unite strategy for manufacturing'

Tuesday 29th November 2011

Unilever told 'hands off our pensions!' as workers vote overwhelmingly for strike action

Monday 28th November 2011

Unite criticises Clegg's short-term plan to get youth working

Friday 25th November 2011

Peers urged to come out of 'the last chance saloon' in defence of the NHS

Friday 25th November 2011

Unite's reaction to the government's latest statement on public sector pensions

Thursday 24th November 2011

Cable's proposals are a charter for 'bullies and rogue employers', says Unite

Wednesday 23rd November 2011

Balfour Beatty to replace 1,300 skilled jobs with semi-skilled agency labour

Tuesday 22nd November 2011

Ministers urged to adopt commission's report on 'obscene' boardroom pay

Tuesday 22nd November 2011

Survation pension reform 2011 survey for Unite

Monday 21st November 2011

Unite gives 'sanctuary' to the Occupy Cardiff Action Group

Monday 21st November 2011

Coalition has created 'a lost generation'

Wednesday 16th November 2011

Transport minister dashes Bombardier workers' hopes

Monday 14th November 2011

Coalition blamed for the nearly 700 job losses earmarked for Sheffield City Council

Friday 11th November 2011

The privatisation of the NHS takes big step forward with Hinchingbrooke Hospital private company take-over

Thursday 10th November 2011

Concern at continuing decline in health visitor numbers

Thursday 10th November 2011

Ken Livingstone to speak at protest rally over Lewisham child mental health cuts

Wednesday 9th November 2011

Unite exposes Danny Alexander for misleading public opinion on public sector pensions

Tuesday 8th November 2011

Unite criticises government for allowing NS&I to remove products from the Post Office

Thursday 3rd November 2011

Further talks to be held with Thomas Cook over nearly 500 cabin crew redundancies

Thursday 3rd November 2011

Unite slams Tory council leader over twitter shame

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

Unite response to the government's public sector pension proposals

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

Alex Ferguson to speak on the goal of increasing UK apprenticeships at Unite conference

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

'Peers with private healthcare links vote for NHS privatisation' says Unite

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

London rally on public services pensions

Tuesday 1st November 2011

'Paltry' growth figures mask the true nature of an economy heading for the rocks, says Unite

Tuesday 1st November 2011

Youth workers in prime minister's home patch battle on to save Oxfordshire's youth service

Monday 31st October 2011

One in five in pensions horror

Monday 31st October 2011

Unite research reveals how public servants have lost thousands while FTSE directors' pay goes into orbit

Friday 28th October 2011

'Tories damaging for manufacturing', Unite to tell SIMA conference

Friday 28th October 2011

Unite calls for greater legal powers for shareholders to curb 'greedy' boardroom pay

Friday 28th October 2011

Unite defends trade union facility time as boon to the economy

Wednesday 26th October 2011

Unite announces historic mobilisation of members to defend public sector pensions

Wednesday 26th October 2011

Making sacking workers easier a sop to Euro-sceptic right-wing, says Unite

Wednesday 26th October 2011

Len McCluskey condemns government's neglect of young people

Tuesday 25th October 2011

Spending on young people falls to just 28p per day

Tuesday 25th October 2011

High Court challenge to public sector pensions switch

Monday 24th October 2011

Young people will tell MPs to call time on youth service cuts

Friday 21st October 2011

Britain needs an urgent debate on energy

Friday 21st October 2011

Enough is enough: Unite battle bus backs public sector workers to vote yes for November 30

Friday 21st October 2011

Patients' safety will be a priority during Unite's NHS industrial action on pensions

Thursday 20th October 2011

Unite reaction to Aviva announcement to cut over 1,200 jobs

Wednesday 19th October 2011

Minister quizzed over faltering health visitor recruitment figures

Wednesday 19th October 2011

Unite welcomes removal of threat to blood service

Tuesday 18th October 2011

Stop interpreting in legal services being privatised, says Unite

Tuesday 18th October 2011

Unite reaction to the latest inflation figures

Tuesday 18th October 2011

Unite's higher education members ballot for industrial action over 'derisory' pay offer

Monday 17th October 2011

1950s' women face 'financial hardships', as state pension age rises to 66, says Unite

Thursday 13th October 2011

'See Inside Manufacturing' - a welcome initiative, but government must to do more, says Unite

Thursday 13th October 2011

Austerity measures 'may increase suicide rates', says Unite

Thursday 13th October 2011

Unite commends Michelin's 'See Inside Manufacturing' events, but demands the government do more

Wednesday 12th October 2011

'Captain Cameron steering the economy onto the rocks', as jobless numbers soar, says Unite

Wednesday 12th October 2011

Unite's message to MPs: We will continue the fight for Bombardier

Wednesday 12th October 2011

Peers urged to reinforce health secretary's role in 'NHS privatisation' bill

Tuesday 11th October 2011

Modern art takes centre stage on October 12 as construction workers demonstrate against 30 per cent pay cuts

Monday 10th October 2011

Unite survey backs printed version of baby book for 700,000 families

Friday 7th October 2011

Disabled children's poverty report exposes 'a scar on the UK's conscience', says Unite

Friday 7th October 2011

Cutbacks at the BBC indirectly blamed on Murdoch

Thursday 6th October 2011

Unite's reaction to David Cameron's speech at the Conservative party conference

Wednesday 5th October 2011

Thomas Cook cabin crew to hold consultative ballot on industrial action over redundancy terms, as 498 jobs face axe

Wednesday 5th October 2011

Unite members at Fujitsu Manchester suspend strike action

Tuesday 4th October 2011

'York GPs set to profit from NHS privatisation', says Unite

Tuesday 4th October 2011

London construction workers protest in the heart of the capital's shopping centre

Tuesday 4th October 2011

Striking Unite members at Fujitsu Manchester to protest at Tory conference

Monday 3rd October 2011

Unite members proudly represent UK in WorldSkills London 2011

Monday 3rd October 2011

Chancellor delivers flat speech as economy flatlines

Monday 3rd October 2011

Unite to boycott top Scottish construction awards ceremony, as 'rogue' employers gear up to slash pay by 30 per cent

Monday 3rd October 2011

Unite members march on Tory conference

Friday 30th September 2011

Government dilutes workers' rights with a stroke of the pen, says furious Unite

Wednesday 28th September 2011

Unite's reaction to Ed Miliband's speech: A PM in the making

Tuesday 27th September 2011

Labour Conference 2011: Murdoch's 'moral pollution' needs to be eradicated, Unite tells Labour party conference

Tuesday 27th September 2011

'Back the Apple' - campaign to support rural workers

Monday 26th September 2011

'We need a future, not fear, to recover our economy', says McCluskey

Monday 26th September 2011

Pay freeze and pressure hitting NHS workers hard

Tuesday 20th September 2011

Unite warning over Post Office mutualisation

Monday 19th September 2011

Unite members working for Fujitsu in Crewe and Manchester to strike

Friday 16th September 2011

Radar boss faces demo over her report that threatens 2,800 Remploy jobs

Thursday 15th September 2011

Unite to ballot its 250,000 public sector members on public sector pensions

Wednesday 14th September 2011

Unite warns rogue construction firms to 'pull back from the brink'

Tuesday 13th September 2011

NHS 'watchdog' set to become 'bureaucratic monster', says Unite

Monday 12th September 2011

Tax avoidance tactics needed to defend workers' rights

Monday 12th September 2011

Think tank pumps up anti public sector rhetoric, says Unite

Friday 9th September 2011

Unite at congress 2011: Tough action needed to defend rights and the economy

Thursday 8th September 2011

Prime minister's 'hypocritical' views on Britain's youth highlighted by Oxfordshire youth workers' strike

Thursday 8th September 2011

Unite calls on Welsh politicians to help as car filter firm pushes ahead with 190 redundancies

Wednesday 7th September 2011

Bombardier workers call on Cameron to save Britain's last train maker

Wednesday 7th September 2011

Unite refutes the Department of Health 'Myth Buster' document

Tuesday 6th September 2011

Right-wing report ignores size of cuts to police staff, says Unite

Monday 5th September 2011

More than 500 GPs sign petition calling for NHS bill to be withdrawn

Monday 5th September 2011

Cameron not trusted on NHS, new poll reveals

Monday 5th September 2011

Migrant domestic workers rally to prevent a return to domestic slavery in the UK

Friday 2nd September 2011

Union campaign website increases Ken Livingstone's online advantage

Friday 2nd September 2011

Unite criticises the HSE's draft manufacturing strategy

Wednesday 31st August 2011

Unite opposes major construction firms 'cynical attack' on worker's terms and conditions

Wednesday 24th August 2011

Youth workers strike in prime minister's home patch

Monday 22nd August 2011

South Derbyshire MP, Heather Wheeler needs to come out fighting to save Bombardier jobs

Monday 22nd August 2011

Bombardier poll warns government: voters are united, they want action to save UK rail industry

Monday 22nd August 2011

Unite reaction to rise in unemployment

Wednesday 17th August 2011

Unions demand answers to the £1.5bn train 'scandal'

Tuesday 16th August 2011

Unite member appalled by bonus payments to British Waterways management

Friday 12th August 2011

Unite survey on 'exploited' junior vets' pay and employment conditions

Wednesday 10th August 2011

Investigation finds major supermarket supplier breached labour guidelines

Friday 5th August 2011

Unite seeks Cadbury jobs pledge, as Kraft splits into two firms

Thursday 4th August 2011

Unite calls for NHS cuts to be reversed, as new survey reveals trusts struggling to make 'efficiency savings'

Thursday 4th August 2011

Unite shocked by decision to close MOX plant

Wednesday 3rd August 2011

Unite response to Northern Rock results

Wednesday 3rd August 2011

Homeless boss's American royal 'jaunt', as staff face swingeing pay cuts

Wednesday 3rd August 2011

Unite's reaction to Barclays' CEO comments on job cuts during results' announcement

Tuesday 2nd August 2011

Unite probes future of baby book for 700,000 families

Monday 1st August 2011

'Alarm bells on economic gloom should be heard in Cameron's Tuscan holiday retreat,'says Unite

Monday 1st August 2011

Unite reaction to HSBC half year profits announcement

Monday 1st August 2011

Some NHS trusts are 'dragging their feet' on health visitor recruitment, says Unite

Friday 29th July 2011

Unite refuses to rule out industrial action over pensions at GE

Thursday 28th July 2011

Northern Ireland higher education funding crisis threatens jobs, says Unite

Thursday 28th July 2011

Divided government fails to negotiate on public sector pensions, says Unite

Thursday 28th July 2011

'Meagre' growth figures spark renewed call for economic 'Plan B' from Unite

Tuesday 26th July 2011

Hotel workers mark the one year countdown to London 2012

Tuesday 26th July 2011

England's GPs to sign petition calling for NHS Bill to be withdrawn

Monday 25th July 2011

Universities merging services could mean job losses, says Unite

Monday 25th July 2011

Unite questions government's NHS land sell-off

Friday 22nd July 2011

London's youth in battle to save young people's services

Friday 22nd July 2011

Rupert Murdoch's 'malign' influence on journalism and trade unions to be discussed at London public meeting on July 26

Thursday 21st July 2011

Unite warning over police staff cuts

Thursday 21st July 2011

Unite reaction to further job cuts at Lloyds

Thursday 21st July 2011

Unite's 'Big Society' road show ends in trip to Downing Street

Tuesday 19th July 2011

Protecting employees' pay and employment conditions will be top priority in BAA airport sell-off, says Unite

Tuesday 19th July 2011

Statement on Unite AR21 for 2010

Tuesday 19th July 2011

Unite to provide support for the UK's vets and veterinary staff on pay and employment conditions

Monday 18th July 2011

Unite vows to resist Tory attack on probation services

Monday 18th July 2011

Strike looms as workers bid to stop Cameron council wiping out top class kids support

Friday 15th July 2011

Unite and the Labour Party launch joint campaign to help 154,000 rural workers achieve fair pay

Friday 15th July 2011

Moving health visitors to local councils is 'misguided', says Unite

Thursday 14th July 2011

Unions call for Strategic Investment Bank for manufacturers

Thursday 14th July 2011

Keep the pressure on the government Bombardier workers urge

Wednesday 13th July 2011

Unite welcomes the decision by Payments Council not to abandon cheques

Wednesday 13th July 2011

Unite reaction to unemployment records

Wednesday 13th July 2011

Unite warning over Metropolitan Police staff cuts

Wednesday 13th July 2011

Sainsbury's workers protest outside AGM for fair pay - photo call

Wednesday 13th July 2011

Unite reaction to You Gov survey on Bombardier

Tuesday 12th July 2011

Unite creates 'a song and dance' over workers rights at M&S AGM

Tuesday 12th July 2011

Raising fees for students is 'detrimental' to the economy, says Unite

Monday 11th July 2011

Unite leader pledges support for Bombardier as the union announces major rally in Derby

Monday 11th July 2011

Cameron's public service 'reforms' slammed by Unite

Monday 11th July 2011

Young Londoners tell government - stop attacking our services

Friday 8th July 2011

Unite comment on closure of the News of the World

Friday 8th July 2011

Statement from Unite the union on the phone hacking scandal: Government must not waive through BSkyB merger

Thursday 7th July 2011

Join Unite's Liverpool 'Big Society' anniversary event to challenge Cameron's cuts covering gimmick

Thursday 7th July 2011

Waiting list report highlights concerns about health secretary's 'brave new world'

Wednesday 6th July 2011

UK's last train manufacturer has reached crisis point

Tuesday 5th July 2011

New 'early intervention' report on young children needs 'joined up' strategy, says Unite

Monday 4th July 2011

NHS 63rd birthday could turn into a wake, says Unite

Monday 4th July 2011

Government has no manufacturing plan A - never mind a plan B!

Friday 1st July 2011

Unite urges government to act now to save UK's last train manufacturer

Friday 1st July 2011

Unite calls for investment into mesothelioma, following London conference on disease

Friday 1st July 2011

Gay and transgender couples should have equal marital rights, says Unite

Friday 1st July 2011

Unite tells Independent Commission on Banking that service must now be prioritised over the sales culture

Friday 1st July 2011

Britain's loved waterways at risk by Defra sell-off, says Unite

Thursday 30th June 2011

Welsh TUC president calls for alternative economic programme to boost Welsh economy

Thursday 30th June 2011

Unite reaction to over 840 HSBC job cuts

Thursday 30th June 2011

Unite brand Lloyds Banking Group strategic review an 'arbitrary slashing of jobs'

Thursday 30th June 2011

Cameron needs to build trust with local government staff, says Unite

Tuesday 28th June 2011

MPs confirm the government is negative for youth

Thursday 23rd June 2011

Honourable agreement ends BA cabin crew dispute

Wednesday 22nd June 2011

Unite launches 'Black Women's Network' to probe the workplace discrimination faced by black women

Wednesday 22nd June 2011

GPs have grave doubts about their new commissioning role, according to government's own survey

Wednesday 22nd June 2011

Legal aid cuts 'could hit 650,000 vulnerable people'

Tuesday 21st June 2011

Workers plan London demo against Unilever pension 'betrayal'

Monday 20th June 2011

Unite urges government to scrap plans to increase air passenger duty

Friday 17th June 2011

Coalition launches 'gunboat diplomacy' over public sector pension talks, says Unite

Friday 17th June 2011

Mansion House speech: Unite calls for diversity in banking sector and protection for banking staff

Wednesday 15th June 2011

Unite calls for humane protections for domestic workers - UK must not sit apart from international convention

Tuesday 14th June 2011

Healthcare companies will use EU law to put NHS into privatised headlock, says Unite

Tuesday 14th June 2011

No change to inflation means continued pain for working families

Tuesday 14th June 2011

'NHS privatisation train has not been derailed by Future Forum report', says Unite

Monday 13th June 2011

GPs not fooled by David Cameron's pledges

Thursday 9th June 2011

Unite reaction to Vince Cable's comments on banking

Wednesday 8th June 2011

Beware behavioural safety, Unite campaign warns

Tuesday 7th June 2011

Severe cuts and 'changing role' of equalities body prompts strike action on 6 June

Friday 3rd June 2011

Unite welcomes Crossrail pledges on workforce employment, training and health & safety

Friday 3rd June 2011

Unite backs UK Uncut's banks' action to defend the NHS

Friday 27th May 2011

Going back to the beginning can't save your Health Bill - bin it, Unite urges government

Friday 27th May 2011

Unite reaction to 500 Barclays job cuts and disastrous week for sector

Thursday 26th May 2011

The NHS 'reform' bill should be scrapped, Unite says in submission to 'listening exercise'

Thursday 26th May 2011

Government's economic credibility in 'tatters'

Wednesday 25th May 2011

Big Society 'czar' quitting shows that Cameron's pet project is collapsing, says Unite

Wednesday 25th May 2011

NHS 'reforms' receive massive thumbs down from Unite members, survey reveals

Wednesday 25th May 2011

Unite reaction to over 700 Royal Bank of Scotland job losses

Tuesday 24th May 2011

Unite cautiously welcomes 'the halting of the privatisation of the blood service'

Tuesday 24th May 2011

Olympic Hotel fails to give workers fair pay

Tuesday 24th May 2011

Recycling the prime minister's big society 'mirage'

Monday 23rd May 2011

Kraft's secrecy will risk Cadbury's future unless the government acts, warns Unite

Monday 23rd May 2011

Unite's reaction to job cuts at steel giant Tata's long products division

Friday 20th May 2011

Unions join forces to build two million-strong alliance against coalition savagery

Friday 20th May 2011

Unite's reaction to the McNulty review

Thursday 19th May 2011

Unite welcomes the chief nuclear inspector's interim report

Wednesday 18th May 2011

Coalition in 'Grand Canyon' split over future of the NHS 'reforms'

Wednesday 18th May 2011

Unite questions how Cameron's 'substantive' changes to NHS bill are going to happen

Monday 16th May 2011

Top bosses' excessive pay needs to be curbed, says Unite

Monday 16th May 2011

Unite and British Airways reach agreement on cabin crew

Thursday 12th May 2011

Youth unemployment crisis - more needs to be done, says Unite

Thursday 12th May 2011

Plans to make 'a bonfire' of employment protection policies need to be extinguished, says Unite

Wednesday 11th May 2011

Unite anger over Unilever betrayal - plans to close final salary pension scheme for 5,000 workers

Tuesday 10th May 2011

Unite supports protest lobby over abolition of the Disability Living Allowance on Wednesday, 11 May

Monday 9th May 2011

Unite in legal challenge to CPI pension change

Friday 6th May 2011

Workers need stronger regulation and enforcement, says Unite

Wednesday 27th April 2011

Nokia job losses 'another dark day for the UK economy', says Unite

Wednesday 27th April 2011

UK training is model for new EU agreement for chemical and process workers

Thursday 21st April 2011

Coalition's plans to deny workplace justice for employees is based on 'myths', says Unite

Wednesday 20th April 2011

Protest rally over child mental health cuts

Tuesday 19th April 2011

Scotland's biggest union kick-starts push for prosperity

Monday 18th April 2011

Independent poll shows massive opposition to privatisation of the NHS blood service

Friday 15th April 2011

Osanloo given membership of Unite the union

Thursday 14th April 2011

Cameron should prioritise people's real concerns

Thursday 14th April 2011

£5bn hit is devastating the voluntary sector

Thursday 14th April 2011

Unite backs nurses 'No Confidence' in government's national health plan

Wednesday 13th April 2011

Unite names and shames 115 NHS trusts and PCTs refusing bank holiday pay for Royal Wedding

Monday 11th April 2011

ICB report: Unite reaction to banking report

Monday 11th April 2011

Swathes of middle England will be deserts of support for young people, Unite claims

Friday 8th April 2011

Unite's reaction to minimum wage increase

Thursday 7th April 2011

Unite's reaction to Honda's decision to cut production in the UK

Wednesday 6th April 2011

Is same government that shunned 100 amendments to Health Bill really ready to listen?

Wednesday 6th April 2011

Reckless Coalition leaving Britain worse off, warns Unite

Wednesday 6th April 2011

Universities 'could be operating an unofficial cartel' over tuition fees, says Unite

Tuesday 5th April 2011

Health Bill - must be no way back for coalition's destructive NHS plan

Tuesday 5th April 2011

Unite statement on Libya: Call an immediate halt to military intervention, press for a ceasefire

Monday 4th April 2011

National Blood Service staff lobby board over lab closures

Thursday 31st March 2011

BA vote shows cabin crew remain determined

Monday 28th March 2011

Unite's reaction to 680 Northern Rock job cuts

Monday 28th March 2011

Coffin symbolises coalition addiction to NHS privatisation

Monday 28th March 2011

Unite members say 'yes' to People's Port in Dover

Friday 25th March 2011

Another blow to the government's economic strategy delivered by the National Audit Office, says Unite

Friday 25th March 2011

Children and young people in South London could be hit by mental health services being axed, says Unite

Friday 25th March 2011

'Bleak Britain' - money worries, job fears, families hurting hardest

Thursday 24th March 2011

The Budget was the last rites for the Big Society, says Unite

Thursday 24th March 2011

'Manufacturing is the lifeblood of our economy', says Unite

Wednesday 23rd March 2011

The politics of vagueness haunts NHS 'privatisation' bill

Wednesday 23rd March 2011

Budget 2011: Osborne re-arranged the furniture what Britain needed was a plan B

Wednesday 23rd March 2011

Unite to stage mass demonstration against Southampton City Council's imposed cuts

Wednesday 23rd March 2011

Unite urges the Bank of England to continue its balancing act

Tuesday 22nd March 2011

Budget 2011: Budget should kick-start a coherent strategy for manufacturing

Tuesday 22nd March 2011

Budget 2011: Last minute plea to chancellor over cuts to charity income

Monday 21st March 2011

No compromises on health and safety under the guise of cutting bureaucracy, says Unite

Monday 21st March 2011

Cable's attack on training is anti-growth

Friday 18th March 2011

Coalition at odds over the role of the state, as outsourcing services row escalates

Friday 18th March 2011

Coalition has an ''anti-women' bias, as flexible working is axed, says Unite

Friday 18th March 2011

Workers from the UK nuclear industry send messages of support to their Japanese colleagues

Thursday 17th March 2011

'Pincer movement' will make 1bn pound gap in social care funding worse, says Unite

Thursday 17th March 2011

Unite blames Tory-led government for BAE Systems' redundancies

Wednesday 16th March 2011

NHS privatisation bill 'hangs in the balance', says Unite

Wednesday 16th March 2011

No good news in jobless rise - aloof government out of touch on workers' fears

Wednesday 16th March 2011

Hutton review on fair pay is 'missed golden opportunity' says Unite

Tuesday 15th March 2011

Coalition 'dragging its feet' over 'Cadbury Law', says Unite

Monday 14th March 2011

BA shamefully stops pay of pregnant cabin crew

Monday 14th March 2011

Len McClusky urges Lib Dem MPs to come over to opposition

Friday 11th March 2011

Lib Dem 'conscience' set to derail party's 'love affair' with NHS privatisation

Thursday 10th March 2011

Joint statement following today's meeting between Unite and representatives of the fuel distribution sector

Thursday 10th March 2011

25,000 demand Cameron stops the 'BloodMoney'

Thursday 10th March 2011

Hutton pensions report 'another big salami slice' at the retirement incomes of public sector employees

Thursday 10th March 2011

Lord Hutton's public sector pension review will be 'cherry picked' by coalition for its own right-wing agenda

Wednesday 9th March 2011

Unite reaction to Northern Rock results

Wednesday 9th March 2011

Unite stands up for working women on centenary of International Women's Day

Monday 7th March 2011

BMA doctor's 'back to the 1930s' comment on health reforms is spot on, says Unite

Monday 7th March 2011

Lord Hutton's public sector pension review could be 'cherry picked' by coalition for its own right-wing agenda

Monday 7th March 2011

Government announcement on skills shortages today is 'yet another knee jerk reaction' says Unite

Monday 7th March 2011

Unite reaction to Barclays 6.5m pounds bonus reports

Monday 7th March 2011

Young people urged to stand up in cyberspace for their services

Friday 4th March 2011

Unite warns against privatisation of the National Blood Service: 'No to Blood Money'

Friday 4th March 2011

Unite comment on the Fair Deal pension policy consultation

Thursday 3rd March 2011

Unite expresses concern and disappointment with the government's decision to award a benefits payment contract to PayPoint

Thursday 3rd March 2011

Unite hails victory on government 'U-turn' on 14% 'NHS privatisation tax'

Thursday 3rd March 2011

Level of concern over NHS 'reforms' is becoming deafening, says Unite

Thursday 3rd March 2011

Unite welcomes support for UK train manufacturing

Wednesday 2nd March 2011

Unite's reaction to Jaguar's announcement on job creation from 2bn pounds worth of supply contracts

Wednesday 2nd March 2011

Minister in 'fantasy world' as charity funding crisis mounts, says Unite

Wednesday 2nd March 2011

'U-turn' on quango cull bill, says Unite

Wednesday 2nd March 2011

Public will be horrified by GPs' practices being quoted on the stock market, says Unite

Wednesday 2nd March 2011

UK Film Council's importance underlined by Oscar success for The King's Speech

Tuesday 1st March 2011

Fourth strike ballot in two years gets underway at British Airways; Unite tells company 'we're ready to meet, are you?'

Tuesday 1st March 2011

Unite survey to uncover scale of cuts to play services in the UK

Monday 28th February 2011

Put Britain's fuel supply stability before your mega-profits, Unite urges oil industry

Monday 28th February 2011

House of Lords to debate the fate of the UK Film Council, as Oscar glory beckons for The King's Speech

Friday 25th February 2011

Unite calls for support for manufacturing and expansion of UK skills base

Friday 25th February 2011

Unite reaction to Lloyds profit announcement

Friday 25th February 2011

Mental health services are in the forefront of cuts to NHS staff, says Unite

Thursday 24th February 2011

Unite's reaction to RBS' results

Thursday 24th February 2011

Unite's reaction to the False Economy report on NHS job cuts

Wednesday 23rd February 2011

Unite gives notice to BA of a new ballot of cabin crew members

Tuesday 22nd February 2011

Manchester City Council ballot result demonstrates 'very real anger' over 2,100 job loss threat

Tuesday 22nd February 2011

'Flood risk' to homes and businesses as British Waterways slashes staff and recruits more volunteers, warns Unite

Monday 21st February 2011

Amnesty International threatens workers' rights

Monday 21st February 2011

Skills, expertise and jobs lost as government abolishes the General Social Care Council

Friday 18th February 2011

Unite welcomes forests u-turn but warns job cuts will cripple the Forestry Commission

Thursday 17th February 2011

Cambridge University Press Unite members reject two per cent pay offer

Thursday 17th February 2011

Private companies cannot be allowed to profit from people who give blood for free, says Unite

Thursday 17th February 2011

Unite reveals 14 per cent 'NHS privatisation tax'

Thursday 17th February 2011

Government benefits policy to force people back to work is out of step with economic reality, says Unite

Thursday 17th February 2011

Unite calls on Bank of England to hold its nerve on interest rates

Tuesday 15th February 2011

'Work with us for a fair deal for farming', Unite urges the NFU

Tuesday 15th February 2011

Liberal Democrat-controlled Hull City Council speaks with 'forked tongue' on youth service cuts

Tuesday 15th February 2011

Bankers bonuses are 'shameful'

Tuesday 15th February 2011

Charities facing 'St Valentine's Day massacre', says Unite

Monday 14th February 2011

Communities minister Pickles to run gauntlet of angry Warwickshire citizens

Friday 11th February 2011

The plan to employ an extra 4,200 health visitors a victory for Unite's campaign

Wednesday 9th February 2011

Project Merlin lacks any magic

Wednesday 9th February 2011

Briefing documents from Unite on the NHS Health and Social Care Bill

Tuesday 8th February 2011

Statement on British Airways ballot

Tuesday 8th February 2011

Union members to lobby their MPs to save vital public bodies

Tuesday 8th February 2011

Coalition to spend £850m on NHS payoffs to pave the way for privatisation, says Unite

Tuesday 8th February 2011

Unite calls on new Lloyds boss to reverse decision to cut 200 jobs

Tuesday 8th February 2011

Union claims nobody will be convinced by 'political gesturing'

Tuesday 8th February 2011

Unite's reaction to the IoD's call to scrap collective bargaining

Monday 7th February 2011

Liberal Democrat ministers, Vince Cable and Ed Davey branded 'hypocrites' over support for NHS 'privatisation' Bill

Monday 7th February 2011

Big Society 'fantasy' turns into 'nightmare', says Unite

Monday 7th February 2011

Trade unions react angrily to PM's comments on Forestry Commission staff

Friday 4th February 2011

Liberal Democrat minister, Norman Baker branded 'a hypocrite' over support for NHS 'privatisation' Bill

Friday 4th February 2011

'Don't shoot the messenger - work with us for a fair deal for farming', Unite tells the NFU

Friday 4th February 2011

Concerns about the coalition's policy on mental health raised by Unite

Thursday 3rd February 2011

Forestry Commission trade unions pledge to fight job cuts 'tooth and nail'

Thursday 3rd February 2011

Apprenticeships are the lifeblood of manufacturing, says Unite

Wednesday 2nd February 2011

Unite reaction to Barclays decision to move jobs abroad

Wednesday 2nd February 2011

Industrial action at Manchester City Council moves one step closer over 2,100 job loss axe

Wednesday 2nd February 2011

Unite submits pay claim on behalf of 154,000 agricultural workers

Wednesday 2nd February 2011

Don't deny King's Speech support to London's children

Tuesday 1st February 2011

Close 25bn pounds of tax avoidance loopholes as economy goes into tailspin, says Unite

Sunday 30th January 2011

Cameron's 'Big Society' just empty words as cuts deny 400,000 young people the chance to volunteer

Friday 28th January 2011

Prime minister uses 'dodgy statistics' to undermine the NHS, says Unite

Friday 28th January 2011

Unite condemns ideologically driven plans by government to sell off England's forests

Thursday 27th January 2011

£4bn worth of world-class defence equipment scrapped by the government

Thursday 27th January 2011

Welcome to 'Get your coat, your fired' Britain

Thursday 27th January 2011

Unite brands 1,500 Liverpool City council job cuts as 'brutal'

Thursday 27th January 2011

Unite response to 1,000 Barclays job cuts

Wednesday 26th January 2011

Report exposes rotten safety culture for rail workers

Tuesday 25th January 2011

Unite's reaction to CBI leader's warning to the government on economic growth

Monday 24th January 2011

British Airways cabin crew ballot result

Friday 21st January 2011

NHS reforms likened to 'poll tax' by top city executive

Friday 21st January 2011

Unite to stage mass meetings over 2,000 Manchester City Council job cuts

Friday 21st January 2011

Unite rejects 'poisonous' two-year pay progression freeze proposal

Thursday 20th January 2011

Unite reaction to the latest unemployment figures

Wednesday 19th January 2011

Don't break Britain, union urges: jobs, anxiety and money worries mount as workers feel pain of cuts

Wednesday 19th January 2011

MoD firefighters 'to go under the hammer in fire sale' warns Unite

Tuesday 18th January 2011

Ministers urged to step in as Remploy disabled workers face redundancy

Tuesday 18th January 2011

Unite response to the report by the Health Select Committee into the government's planned NHS reforms

Tuesday 18th January 2011

Young people plea to the Prime Minister - "youth cuts hurt our hope for the future"

Tuesday 18th January 2011

Cameron's 'unpopular' NHS reforms are deeply flawed, says Unite

Monday 17th January 2011

Tanker drivers warn oil industry bosses to take their heads out of the sand

Friday 14th January 2011

Unite brands 2,000 Manchester City Council job cuts as 'savage'

Thursday 13th January 2011

Union calls for secretary of state to intervene in Billingsgate market dispute

Thursday 13th January 2011

Legal aid cuts 'could hit 100,000 vulnerable people', says Unite

Tuesday 11th January 2011

Reducing tribunal access nothing to do with growth and will usher in a 'rogue's charter'

Monday 10th January 2011

Coalition urged to rethink quango cull after MPs' stinging criticism

Friday 7th January 2011

Unite to oppose job cuts at Hull city council

Thursday 6th January 2011

Coalition's 'public service reform' being rushed through before the public wakes up

Wednesday 5th January 2011

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