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Stress in the charity workplace – ‘a modern day plague’, says Unite

Unite to hold first major union conference of the new parliament

House of Lords debate highlights 'lunacy' of Agricultural Wages Board abolition says Unite

Minister's call for agricultural pay freeze is shameful, says Unite

Heinz workers deliver solid vote for strike action at UK flagship site

Kraft's secret Swiss tax dodge latest rogue behaviour by multinationals, asks Unite?

’Incompetent’ Bakkavor axes discussions: now hundreds at immediate risk of job losses and pay cuts

BA faces court hearing on policy of dismissing Hong Kong cabin crew at 45

Government wastes opportunity to get tough on tax avoidance

Unite demonstration as London council leaders meet over fate of hundreds of voluntary sector organisations

Unite expresses concern over the future of De La Rue

Britain accused of acting like ‘Pontius Pilate’ over 40-year ordeal of Moroccans in Gibraltar

BAE cuts are a tragedy for British manufacturing

Crippling fees will deny UK skilled workers, warns Unite

Spalding unites to see off Scrooges and save Bakkavor jobs

‘Body blow’ for Castleford as Nestle closes plant with 210 job losses

Workers strike for fair pay - it has to be Heinz

The ‘Big Society’ localism bill is smokescreen for thousands of job cuts, says Unite

Unite backs day of action to defend EMA

Big hearted Heinz workers put kids first this Christmas

Wirral borough council takes a step backwards as axe hovers over diversity forums

NHS two-year pay freeze is ‘going nowhere’ until members are consulted, says Unite

Coalition further opens door for private companies to take-over public services

Unite reaction to AIB bonus story

Health Select Committee report into the NHS exposes ‘ring-fenced cash’ pledge as ‘a sham’

Sefton workers rally to save local services and stop up to 1000 jobs going

15 year age limit introduced for London taxis

Birmingham refuse collectors to strike because of council incompetence

Unite gives BA seven days' notice of strike ballot

Production canned as 1200 Heinz workers set to walk out for 24 hours

Father Christmas brings seasonal cheer to Bakkavor workers facing miserable 2011

Lansley presses ‘full speed ahead’ on NHS ‘reform’ – right into the buffers, says Unite

Unite reaction to the latest unemployment figures

£100bn local government pension deficit claim is flawed and misleading, says Unite

FSA must publish full RBS report, demands Unite

Unite to recommend pay deal for paper industry

New role for Tony Woodley, Unite joint general secretary

Beanz production toast as workers announce further strikes at hypocrite Heinz

Unite comment on banks meeting with government

Unite urges leading charity not to shred progress made on sustainable paper industry

GSK workers to vote on strike action

Scrapping the Future Jobs Fund - another attack on young people by the government

New ballot of cabin crew begins at British Airways

The tale of the ventriloquist lawyer - by a Unite learning rep

Children book funding axe condemned by Unite

Heinz talks fail as management crush possibility of breakthrough

Economic vandalism: not voted for by the people, not in the interests of this country

Heinz's miserly conduct will damage UK affection for products, Unite leader warns

Heinz workers suspend strike action to allow ballot on revised offer

Coalition’s ‘public service reform’ being rushed through before the public wakes up, says Unite

Union accuses Birmingham city council of escalating dispute with refuse workers

Birmingham city refuse collectors announce new strike dates

Wind farm manufacturer Skycon going into administration is tragic news

Unite to oppose job cuts at Hull city council

Unite reaction to bankers' bonus reports

Coalition urged to rethink quango cull after MPs’ stinging criticism

Shock findings confirm culture of bullying rife at British Airways

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

Unite comment on developments between Ineos and PetroChina

Heinz set for multi-million pound hit as strike action to resume at HQ

Legal aid cuts ‘could hit 100,000 vulnerable people’

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

Unite anger over Burton betrayal - plans to close Wirral biscuit factory, 342 jobs to go

Unite to ballot its members at the Heinz plant in Wigan after a new offer was made by the company

Unite brands 2,000 Manchester city council job cuts as ‘savage’

Unite members at National Grid to take industrial action

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

Cameron’s ‘unpopular’ NHS reforms are deeply flawed, says Unite

Liberal Democrat MPs urged to scupper EMA plans by Unite

Young people plea to the prime minister – ‘youth cuts hurt our hope for the future’

Unite response to the report by the health select committee into the government's planned NHS reforms

IT workers want better workplace training

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

Ministers urged to step in as Remploy workers face redundancy

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

The NHS bill is ‘a charter for private profit at the expense of patients care’ says Unite

Southwark PCT speech and language therapists to strike over cuts to service and jobs

Unite reaction to the latest unemployment figures

Speech and language therapists in Southwark PCT begin ballot for strike action

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

Hull City council cuts target disabled adults in Hull

Unite to stage mass meetings over 2,000 Manchester city council job cuts

Wigan workers rally to save local services and stop job cuts

NHS reforms likened to ‘poll tax’ by top City executive

British Airways cabin crew ballot result

Wapping dispute remembered 25 years on

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

Report exposes rotten safety culture for rail workers

'Leaves on the line' excuse for growth figures won't wash

Exam staff feel betrayed as final pension scheme is axed by ‘hypocrite’ bosses

Unite response to 1,000 Barclays job cuts

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

Unite brands 1,500 Liverpool city council job cuts as ‘brutal’

Welcome to ‘Get your coat, you're fired‘ Britain

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

Government's charter for bad bosses

Unite demands Burton’s comes clean on closure plans

Unite takes Ford to the high court for 'misleading' workers over their pensions

Unite condemns offshoring of quality jobs from Birmingham

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

Britain more secretive, less effective and not on the side of ordinary people as government rushes to shut down public b

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

Invitation to a briefing: Health and Social Care bill

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

13,000 join forces to make Warwickshire council explain plans to axe Youth Service

Liberal Democrats set to ditch local hospitals to placate Tory-led NHS demolition

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

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

Unite's reaction to the closure of Pfizer in Sandwich, Kent

The Church of England ‘filibuster’ over the case of Revd. Mark Sharpe

Industrial action at Manchester city council moves one step closer over plans to axe 2,100 jobs

Unite reaction to Barclays’ decision to move jobs abroad

Unite anger over cuts’ threat to Liverpool charity despite Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ pledge to the city

Weak employment laws to blame for Pfizer's decision to close R&D site in Kent

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

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

Save Burton’s at Moreton campaign launch

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

Apprenticeships are the lifeblood of manufacturing, says Unite

Liberal Democrat minister, Norman Baker, branded ‘a hypocrite’ over support for NHS ‘privatisation’ bill

Trade unions react angrily to prime minister’s comments on Forestry Commission staff

Unite's reaction to the IoD's call to scrap collective bargaining in the NHS and education sectors

Liberal Democrat ministers Vince Cable and Ed Davey branded ‘hypocrites’ over support for NHS ‘privatisation’ bill

Unite comment on Barclays’ bonus story

Unite health bill briefing

Big Society ‘fantasy’ turns into ‘nightmare’ says Unite

Unite reaction on announcement of levy on bank profits

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

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

Choose Youth - National rally to save young people’s services

Union members to lobby their MPs to save vital public bodies

Unite statement on British Airways ballot

Project Merlin lacks any magic - Unite reaction to banking statement

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

Unite comment on Burton’s Foods ruling out any chance of keeping the Moreton site open

Salisbury stands up against the cuts

Furious refuse workers and street sweepers reject Birmingham city council's offer

Community minister Pickles to run gauntlet of angry Warwickshire citizens

Catastrophic cuts will spell end of youth service within months

Charities facing ‘St Valentine’s Day massacre’ says Unite

Unite’s response to Barclays’ bonuses and profits announcement

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

Liberal Democrat-controlled Hull city council speaks with 'forked tongue' on youth service cuts

“Work with us for a fair deal for farming” Unite urges the NFU

Unite to join rally in Southampton against Tory cuts

Unite supports redundant TRW workers protest over use of agency staff

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

Decision to axe 2500 MoD jobs is 'madness', says Unite

Unite calling notice - demonstration in support of Mexican miners

Unite reveals 14 per cent ‘NHS privatisation tax’

Local government workers hit from all sides say unions

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

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

Cambridge University Press Unite members reject two per cent pay offer - again

‘Caring’ charity, Norwood breaks off talks on large staff pay cuts in just……three minutes

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

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

Amnesty International threatens workers’ rights

Unite protest as Rochdale council prepares to axe up to 750 jobs

Manchester city council ballot result demonstrates ‘very real anger’ over 2,100 job loss threat

National negotiations between Unite and the BPIF break down

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

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

Unite’s reaction to RBS’ results

Workers rally to fight Burton’s biscuits closure

Ford warned of strike ballot over 'attack' on pensions

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

Unite members at Southampton city council reject vicious Tory cuts

Unite welcomes sale of Teesside Cast Products

Unite reaction to Lloyds profit announcement

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

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

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

Unions call on government to honour its £250 commitment to school support staff

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

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

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

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

‘U-turn’ on quango cull bill, says Unite

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

Unite welcomes support for UK train manufacturing

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

Unite hails victory on government ‘U-turn’ on 14 per cent ‘NHS privatisation tax’

Unite expresses concern and disappointment over PayPoint contract

Unite's reaction to the sale of electricity distribution company, Central Networks

Unite comment on the Fair Deal pension policy consultation

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

Young people urged to stand up in cyberspace for their services

Makers of Bendicks and Werther's Originals to relocate to east Germany

Unite's reaction to Barclays boss Bob Diamond's £6.5 million bonus

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

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

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

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

Unite comment on RBS bonuses

Plain packaging for cigarettes is a Counterfeiters' Charter

Unite reaction to Northern Rock results

25,000 demand Cameron stops the 'BloodMoney'

Hutton pensions report ‘another big salami slice’ of the retirement incomes of public sector employees, says Unite

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

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

Len McCluskey urges Lib Dem MPs to come over to opposition

BA shamefully stops pay of pregnant cabin crew

With only days to go before Dover decides, Unite says there is a viable option

Coalition ‘dragging its feet’ over Cadbury Law, says Unite

Hutton review on fair pay is ‘missed golden opportunity’ says Unite

Adjournment debate on the government's decision to consider privatising parts of the NHS Blood Service

Ford pensioners to stage protest as Ford staff give ultimatum over strike ballot

Unite calls for reassurance over Cadbury plants

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

Unite will take legal action on behalf of construction workers locked out of project in Hull

NHS ‘privatisation’ bill ‘hangs in the balance’ says Unite

Unite blames Tory-led government for BAE Systems’ redundancies

General Secretary Len McCluskey sends a video message of solidarity and sympathy to Japanese workers and families

‘Pincer movement’ will make £1 billion gap in social care funding worse, says Unite

Unite reaction to Lloyds Banking Group job cuts and outsourcing plans

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

How workers are being hit by the cuts: Unite briefing ahead of March 26th March for the Alternative

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

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

Cable's attack on training is anti-growth

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

Last minute plea to chancellor over cuts to charity income

Government’s skewed priorities on NHS pay, says Unite

Budget should kick-start a coherent strategy for manufacturing

Unite urges the Bank of England to continue its balancing act

Church of England urged ‘to smell the coffee’ over employment rights, following landmark ruling in Cornwall

Eric Pickles sends local authority workers on race to the bottom

Unite to stage mass demonstration against Southampton city council's imposed cuts

The politics of vagueness haunts NHS ‘privatisation’ bill, says Unite

Osborne rearranged the furniture, what Britain needed was a plan B

‘Manufacturing is the lifeblood of our economy’, says Unite

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

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

Unite outraged by Royal Mail's 'slash and burn' approach

Agreement on next generation of Vivaro vans is fantastic news for Vauxhall Luton

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

Another blow to the government’s economic strategy highlighted by the National Audit Office, says Unite

Unite members say ‘yes’ to ‘People’s Port’ in Dover

Coffin symbolises coalition addiction to NHS privatisation

Unite’s reaction to 680 Northern Rock job cuts

BA vote shows cabin crew remain determined

National Blood Service staff lobby board over lab closures

Burtons' workers take fight for a future to the top

Unite statement following the meeting between Burtons' CEO and the workforce

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

Billingsgate Fish Porters tell Corporation of London “there is something fishy going on”

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

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

Reckless Coalition leaving Britain worse off, warns Unite

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

Is the same government that shunned 100 amendments to health bill really ready to listen?

Unite’s reaction to minimum wage increase

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

Unite names and shames NHS trusts and PCTs refusing bank holiday pay for royal wedding

Unite reaction to banking report

Swissport Cargo faces strike ballot

£5 billion hit is devastating the voluntary sector

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

Unite reaction to further job cuts at Lloyds Banking Group

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

Cameron should prioritise people's real concerns

Osanloo given membership of Unite the union

Joint statement by Unite the union and British Airways

Scotland's biggest union kick-starts push for prosperity

Unite safety reps from Tullis Russell to receive the STUC Safety Award

Protest rally over child mental health cuts

Unite pledges to fight attack by Carmarthenshire county council

Wapping - 25 years on

Burton’s Foods extends deadline on union plans to save the Moreton site

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

Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks refuse staff bank holiday for royal wedding

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

‘Staggering’ abuse and culture of fear brings workers out at Sita

Nokia job losses ‘another dark day for the UK economy’

Another bin strike looming, says Unite

Workers need stronger regulation and enforcement, says Unite

Union tells supermarkets – you can stop 'sweatshop' conditions at Thanet Earth

Female students at Coventry University could feel less secure as security staff face privatisation, says Unite

Unite ready to escalate its campaign to end the alleged exploitation of workers at Thanet Earth

Unite in legal challenge to CPI pension change

Unite supports protest lobby over abolition of the disability living allowance

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

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

Unite members at Southampton city council vote for strike action over five per cent pay cuts

Media briefing on talks with British Airways

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

Unite and British Airways reach agreement on cabin crew

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

Swazi trade unionists arrested while participating in a joint Unite and DFID project

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

Serious about the Big Society? Then back the 'People's Port'

Coalition in ‘Grand Canyon’ split over future of the NHS ‘reforms’

Unite welcomes the chief nuclear inspector's interim report

Unite condemns GE decision to close final salary pension scheme

Unite reaction to AEGON UK cutting 213 job losses

Unite's reaction to the McNulty review

No second class treatment for London's bus workers, demands Unite

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

Workers spread their message ‘Hands off our pensions’ at charity walk sponsored by Unilever

Unite strikes a deal with Burton’s Foods over the future of Moreton

Unite reaction to Dupont’s proposed changes for UK pensions

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

Southampton city council workers to take industrial action

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

Recycling the prime minister's Big Society 'mirage'

Unite reaction to over 700 Royal Bank of Scotland job losses

Unite cautiously welcomes news on privatisation of blood service

Unite reaction to cuts at defence manufacturer Selex Galileo

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

Unite reaction to further 360 job cuts at Lloyds Banking Group

Big Society ‘tsar’ quitting shows that Cameron’s pet project is collapsing, says Unite

Government's economic credibility in 'tatters'

Wales TUC elects new president

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

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

70 million reasons why stress at work must be tackled

Going back to the beginning cannot save your health bill - bin it, Unite urges government

Unite to hold talks to save 120 jobs at Plymouth printers, Wyndeham

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

Ballot of British Airways cabin crew begins

Costly strike action spreads at Southampton as traffic wardens join the walk out

Unite in family friendly row with Sainsbury's supplier DHL

Unite urges Port of Dover Community Trust to listen to Dover's community

Fury over Tory-led council's plans to export jobs to India

Unite tells Southampton council to 'get serious' as dispute spreads

Construction workers reject employers' 1.25 per cent pay offer

Public sector pay freeze 'unprecedented' says Unite

University of Sheffield staff in strike action over pensions

Unilever workers to stage demo to save their pensions

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

Severe cuts and ‘changing role’ of equalities body prompts strike action

Unite expresses delight at the release of trade unionist imprisoned by the Iranian government

Unite members at Fujitsu to ballot in defence of union representative

Unite expresses ‘deepest sympathy’ for those killed at refinery explosion

Shame on Cable for threatening assault on workers' basic rights

Prime minister's hollow promises won't shield NHS from destructive bill, warns Unite

Unite urges Hampshire police to investigate ‘bandwagon' leaflets attacking council workers

Southampton refuse collectors walk out as action to stop city cuts deepens

Unite reaction to Vince Cable’s comments on banking

Nissan’s decision to build the Qashqai in Sunderland is good news for UK manufacturing, says Unite

BMW's major investment in Mini richly deserved by UK workforce - 700 jobs saved

Unite reaction to 300 Lloyds job losses and closure of Bridgend site

GPs not fooled by David Cameron’s pledges - doctors vote overwhelmingly to prevent destruction of NHS

Disability employment report ‘the death knell for Remploy factories’, says Unite

Crunch week for NHS as ‘privatisation’ controversy rages over PM's 'pledges'

Strike back on as talks at University of Sheffield break-down in row over pensions

Southampton marches to demand ‘Royston - don't wreck our city!’

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

No change to inflation means continued pain for working families

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

Unite wins justice for workers sacked when Woolworths went under

Slash and burn approach fails to deliver for Royal Mail

273 jobs hang in the balance as Kinetics housing goes; Unite urges Liverpool council to step in

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

Unite calls for an end to pay secrecy at IBM

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

Unite comment on BIS decision not to ratify domestic workers convention

Government's decision to exclude Bombardier from train contract is a disgrace

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

Unite urges government to scrap plans to increase air passenger duty

University of Sheffield staff to demonstrate to save their pensions

Eddie Stobart workers fight unfair treatment

Workers plan London demo against Unilever pension “betrayal”

Legal aid cuts ‘could hit 650,000 vulnerable people’

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

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

Honourable agreement ends BA cabin crew dispute

MPs confirm the government is negative for youth

Unite reaction to sale of RAC by Aviva

Council peace talks failure - another strike called

Unite members at Fujitsu’s Crewe site back strike in support of victimised rep

Unions condemn Southampton council's attempts to divide and mislead its workforce

Unite's reaction to talks between unions and government on pensions

Cameron needs to build trust with local government staff

Striking Southampton workers to make presence felt at LGA conference

Trafford march to show support for NHS on 5 July

The city that does not care: Bristol council to close its homecare service

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

Liverpool Blood Service workers hold lunchtime demo to show support for workers on 30 June

Shock increase in workplace fatalities expose the coalition's attack on health and safety

Come out wherever you are! Unions demand no-show Royston stops cowering and starts talking

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

Unite reaction to over 840 HSBC job cuts

Unite to ballot workers for strike action at Centrica storage in a dispute over pay

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

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

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

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

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

Unite urges Marks & Spencer to force its supplier Thanet Earth to dump rotten labour practices

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

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

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

Employers treat local government craftworkers with contempt

Southampton council strike spreads: £300m south coast port set to grind to a halt

UK's last train manufacturer has reached crisis point

Unilever is starving its 7,000 workers of a decent pension, says Unite

Legal & General and Unite celebrate industrial relationship

Friends Life announces closure of Manchester and Basingstoke offices with loss of 280 jobs

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

Join Unite’s Liverpool ‘Big Society’ anniversary event to challenge Cameron’s cuts-covering gimmick

Unite reaction to latest figures on manufacturing output

Unite to hold talks to save up to 190 jobs at Welsh car filter firm

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

Unite comment on closure of the News of the World

Sainsbury’s workers protest for fair pay – photo call

Young Londoners tell government - stop attacking our services

McCluskey: The abuse of Britain by the elite must end

Leaked budget reveals Southampton council's plans: More than quarter of its workforce face the sack

Unite launches industrial action ballot at Coca-Cola Enterprises

Cameron’s public service ‘reforms’ slammed by Unite

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

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

Sainsbury’s workers protest outside AGM for fair pay – photo call

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

RBS announces 90 job losses in Borehamwood

Unite reaction to YouGov survey on Bombardier

Unite warning over Metropolitan Police staff cuts

Staff to ballot on industrial action at Royal Bolton Hospital, Greater Manchester

Southampton workers march for a future!

Sainsbury’s workers protest outside AGM for fair pay

Unite reaction to latest unemployment figures

Unite continues fight for workers at Bombardier following meeting with Department of Transport

Keep the pressure on the government Bombardier workers urge

Unite welcomes the decision by Payments Council not to abandon cheques

British Sugar workers to be balloted on industrial action, after rejecting pay offer

Unions call for Strategic Investment Bank for manufacturers

Kent county council to slash young peoples’ services

Moving health visitors to local councils is ‘misguided’, says Unite

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

Unite comment on Co-operative Financial Services’ decision to cease sales of life assurance products

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

Charity workers protest on the first anniversary of the so-called ‘Big Society’

Unite vows to resist Tory attack on probation services

Remploy workers to lobby board in Leicester to save jobs for disabled people

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

Statement on Unite AR21 for 2010

Mass lobby against privatisation of elderly care by Lib Dem council

Burton-on-Trent suffers jobs blow as components company moves abroad

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

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

Support the march and rally to save Bombardier

‘Wapping’ – 25th anniversary exhibition at the TUC – opens on 25 July, 2011

Unite warning over police staff cuts

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

Unite reaction to further job cuts at Lloyds

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

Wake up call for government as independent poll shows massive support for Bombardier

Unite questions government’s NHS land sell-off

Council pays for empty bins to be emptied again as Southampton industrial action intensifies

Hotel workers mark the one year countdown to London 2012

England’s GPs to sign petition calling for NHS bill to be withdrawn

Universities merging services could mean job losses, says Unite

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

Global support for Korean strikers as they picket Standard Chartered UK headquarters

Highest court boosts 'self-employed' workers’ rights in landmark ruling

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

Unite refuses to rule out industrial action over pensions at GE

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

Unite reaction to HSBC half year profits announcement

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

Unite probes future of baby book for 700,000 families

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

RBS confirms 170 job losses and closure of Milton Keynes centre

Cameron’s con continues - now he slashes ‘Big Society’ by 61 per cent

Unite response to Northern Rock results

Unite praises Derby County Football Club for supporting Bombardier workers

Homeless boss’ American royal ‘jaunt’ as staff face swingeing pay cuts

Unite shocked by decision to close Mox plant

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

Unite seeks Cadbury jobs pledge as Kraft splits in two

Investigation finds major supermarket supplier breached labour guidelines

Job losses at De La Rue ‘sad news’ for local communities, says Unite

Mental health services in Nottinghamshire face the axe, warns Unite

Unite will fight tooth and nail for Bombardier workforce

Rolls Royce's new investment in test bed facilities should enhance existing UK capacity says Unite

London's transport workers urgently need TFL leadership during unrest, says Unite

Unite responds to Lloyds announcement of 1,300 job losses

Factory production figures highlight need for government action on manufacturing

Calm and reconnection needed to stop community unrest, urges Unite

Unite survey on ‘exploited’ junior vets’ pay and employment conditions

Unite comment on E.ON decision to cut 11,000 staff across Europe

We will secure better protection for London's bus workers, vows Unite

Unite welcomes SSI’s announcement to resume operations in Teesside

Youth workers in Oxfordshire to strike over job cuts

Unite members appalled by bonus payments to British Waterways’ management

Unite reaction to AEGON sale of closed book

Unions demand answers to the £1.5 billion train ‘scandal’

Unite reaction to rise in unemployment

Sacked Crewe-based Fujitsu rep hearing set for 25 August

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

Bristol ‘home help’ privatisation sparks protest rally on 3 September

Youth workers strike in prime minister’s home patch

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

Sainsbury’s staff win struggle for fair pay

Apache helicopter engineers set to strike at Suffolk airbase

350 more job losses at pudding plant ‘devastating blow’ to Shropshire economy

Unite comment on leaked RBS email

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

Unite reaction to 140 job cuts at Barclays

Unite criticises the HSE’s draft manufacturing strategy

Mothball Edinburgh trams fiasco

Union campaign website increases Ken Livingstone’s online advantage

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

Manchester Fujitsu workers vote for strike action

David Cameron puts NHS up 'For sale'

Conservative and Labour MPs share anti-cuts platform to defend Bristol’s Homecare Service

Tram U-turn a catastrophe

Cameron not trusted on NHS, new poll reveals

Unite says ‘No’ to workplace dust

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

Survey of Bombardier suppliers shows substantial threat to thousands of jobs

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

Unite refutes Department of Health ‘myth buster’ document

Unite calling note: Bombardier

Apache helicopter engineers to take industrial action at Suffolk airbase

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

150,000 jobs lost in four years since start of financial crisis

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

David Cameron has put politics before patients

IT workers in Fujitsu agree joint strike date

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

Think tank pumps up anti public sector rhetoric, says Unite

Unite wins reprieve for three RBS sites earmarked for closure

Unite at Congress 2011: tough action needed to defend rights and the economy

Remploy job losses’ consultation ‘shrouded in secrecy’, says Unite

Len McCluskey: Resistance only way to defend all we hold dear from feral ruling class

Congress 2011: Tax avoidance tactics needed to defend workers' rights

Unite response to Independent Banking Commission Report

Len McCluskey's TUC speech

NHS ‘watchdog’ set to become ‘bureaucratic monster’, says Unite

Unite warns rogue construction firms to ‘pull back from the brink’

British Sugar workers to be balloted on industrial action in pay dispute

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

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

Unite members at Wyndeham Impact approach 20 weeks of industrial action

Liverpool’s Lord Mayor to open News International Wapping dispute exhibition – 19 September 2011

Gail Cartmail AGS knocks down Taxpayers' Alliance myths on public pensions

Unite fiercely defends the cost of public sector pensions falling

Unite members working for Fujitsu in Crewe and Manchester to strike

Apache helicopter engineers consider revised pay offer

Government legal aid cuts mean victims lose out while multi-millionaire Tory MP gains

New engine plant deserved salute to dedicated Jaguar workers

Salford construction workers stage protest over plans to cut pay by 30 per cent

London construction workers stage protest over plans to cut pay by 30 per cent

Newcastle construction workers stage protest over plans to cut pay by 30 per cent

Unite warning over Post Office mutualisation

Pay freeze and pressure hitting NHS workers hard

Lindsey Oil Refinery construction workers stage protest over plans to cut pay by 30%

Unilever is not as ‘clean’ as you think, says Unite

Apache helicopter engineers accept revised pay offer

Stop Lansley's pillage of our NHS

Unite at Labour party conference 2011: Tough action needed to make power accountable

Lindsey oil refinery and Conoco construction workers stage protest over plans to cut pay by 30 per cent

Unite members working for API Holographics in Salford to strike

Unite presses for urgent discussions with BAE Systems as 3,000 jobs hang in balance

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

‘Back the Apple’ - campaign to support rural workers

Liverpool construction workers fight for their future

Construction company pulls away from break-away move to abandon JIB

Urgent action needed to save BAE Systems' highly skilled workforce

Murdoch’s ‘moral pollution’ needs to be eradicated, Unite tells Labour party conference

London's Kings Cross station construction workers fight for their future

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

Unite criticises the proposed closure of the Cromer Crab Company with the loss of 230 jobs

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

Unite reaction to announcement by National Australia Group of changes to staff pension scheme

Unite members march on Tory conference

Prince William’s homeless charity Centrepoint faces strike action

Unions slam Tory council loading Southampton with £100 million black hole but still attacking jobs

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

Unite members proudly represent UK in WorldSkills London 2011

Chancellor delivers flat speech as economy flatlines

Action for children staff balloted over strike action

Striking Unite members at Fujitsu Manchester to protest at Tory conference

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

Liverpool construction workers will read their employers the riot act at protest outside Liverpool Library

Health visitors budgets ‘should be ring-fenced’, as recruitment drive stalls, says Unite

Scottish construction workers stage protest outside Cambuslang fire station

‘York GPs set to profit from NHS privatisation’, says Unite

Tour de Fox: BAe workers cycle to Manchester to urge Liam Fox to support their jobs

Unite members at Fujitsu Manchester suspend strike action

Thomas Cook cabin crew to hold consultative ballot on industrial action

Construction workers protest at Ratcliffe power station, Nottinghamshire

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

New round of strikes at Southampton underway

British Sugar workers accept pay offer

Disabled children’s poverty report exposes ‘a scar on the UK’s conscience’ says Unite

Unite members devastated by DHL’s announcement to close its Droitwich distribution centre

Cutbacks at the BBC indirectly blamed on Murdoch

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

Biomedical scientists at Central Manchester hospital balloting for industrial action over £15,000-a-year pay cuts

Young people will descend on parliament to protect their ‘vanishing service’

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

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

MPs will be told: 'Don’t destroy Remploy'

Unite learns of construction workers' protest at Manchester Central Library

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

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

Demo as Sotheby’s - embroiled in union-busting dispute - holds prestige auction

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

Austerity measures ‘may increase suicide rates’ says Unite

‘See Inside Manufacturing’ a welcome initiative, but government must to do more, says Unite

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

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

Staffordshire brewery support company recognises Unite

Unite reaction to the latest rise in inflation figures

Strike ballot as Unite accuses Balfour Beatty of bringing mayhem to building sites

Unite welcomes removal of threat to blood service

News International Wapping dispute exhibition opens today at the People’s History Museum – Manchester

Stop interpreting in legal services being privatised, says Unite

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

Minister quizzed over faltering health visitor recruitment figures

Workers devastated by Wyndeham’s cost cutting plans, says Unite

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

Britain needs an urgent debate on energy

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

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

High Court challenge to public sector pensions switch

Rural workers to demonstrate to defend their livelihood

Spending on young people falls to just 28p per day

Demonstration over changes to public sector pensions

Second strike ballot at Prince William’s homeless charity, Centrepoint

Thomas Cook cabin crew vote in favour of industrial action in consultative ballot over nearly 500 job losses

Len McCluskey condemns government's neglect of young people

2011 Mary Seacole Award winners announced

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

Unite announces historic mobilisation of members to defend public sector pensions

Unite calls for urgent HSE investigation after tragic death at Tilbury port

Unite defends trade union facility time as boon to the economy

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

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

'Tories damaging for manufacturing' Unite to tell SIMA conference

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

One in five face pensions’ horror

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

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

‘Peers with private healthcare links vote for NHS privatisation’ says Unite

London rally on public services pensions

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

Unite slams Tory council leader over twitter shame

Joint union statement on public sector pensions

Unite response to the government's public sector pension proposals

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

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

Construction workers to stage national day of protest to defend pay and sector skills on 9 November

Vote for strike action at Prince William’s homeless charity, Centrepoint

Unite welcomes BMW's decision to upgrade Hams Hall engine plant

Unite reaction to RBS potential job loss comments by Stephen Hester

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

Unite signs recognition agreement with LSG Sky Chefs – Manchester Airport

Unite furious at AEGON decision to close final salary pension

Unite to announce construction strike ballot timetable

Unite calls on Ford to return to the negotiating table after hourly paid workers reject pay offer

Unite members working for GMATL – Ring & Ride to strike

Ford UK could face first strike ballot since the 1970s to defend pension scheme

Friends Life announces mass outsourcing deal of 1,900 employees

Strike action looms at Balfour Beatty sites as Unite announces plans to ballot

Southampton city council outlines ‘privatisation’ blueprint

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

Unite welcomes Tata's decision to invest in the JLR manufacturing plant in Solihull

Concern at continuing decline in health visitor numbers

Unite in Acas move in Thomas Cook cabin crew redundancies’ dispute

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

Georgia-Pacific to sell its European operations to SCA

Unite slams minister for 'fig leaf' league tables for dying youth service

Unite members receive awards from Proskills

Coalition blamed for nearly 700 job losses earmarked for Sheffield city council

Transport minister dashes Bombardier workers' hopes

Strike action at homeless charity Centrepoint called off after deal hammered out

Construction workers to demonstrate at Farringdon tube station over attack on pay and skills

Coalition has created ‘a lost generation of young people’

Unite reaction to National Australia Group announcement of 270 job cuts

Unite reaction to Northern Rock sale

‘Long hours' culture in the haulage industry sparks Unite call for greater scrutiny

Shipbuilding unions to tour Scottish MPs

Unite votes resounding YES to public sector strike action on November 30

Shipbuilding unions call for 'urgent' meetings with Scottish and UK governments

Survation pension reform 2011 survey for Unite

Unite gives ‘sanctuary’ to the Occupy Cardiff Action Group

‘Dossier of hypocrisy’ exposes cabinet ministers’ pensions

Unite offers advice “surgeries” for Sefton council workers over cuts

Ministers urged to adopt commission’s report on ‘obscene’ boardroom pay

Latest news on Southampton council dispute

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

Unite’s News International exhibition heads to Salford’s Working Class Movement Library

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

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

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

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

Unilever told ‘Hands off our pensions!’ as workers vote overwhelmingly for strike action

Unite launches ‘2020 Vision - Unite strategy for manufacturing’

Unite reaction to RBS Bristol site closure and another 440 job losses

Economy in 'a tailspin’ as Osborne grapples with the controls

Backing public sector workers taking action on 30 November: Unite operational note

Unite members overwhelming yes vote to Balfour Beatty strike over de-skilling

Follow Unite members taking action on N30 to defend their pensions live via the Unite website

The day that the trade union movement and working people renewed their compact to fight for economic and social justice

As manufacturing sector shrinks Unite proposes 10 pillars to support manufacturing

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

Unite members at defence manufacturer Selex Galileo to strike

‘Health and safety’ in the workplace set to be eroded warns Unite

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

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

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

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

HSBC staff face an unhappy Christmas as bank announces job losses

Protests at construction sites intensify as Unite prepares strike ballot

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

Unite’s ‘great concern’ as 200 Cadbury jobs are set to be lost

Unite reaction to UKAR decision to close key north east site

Unite welcomes Northern Ireland's asbestos decision but England and Wales still denied rights to compensation

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

‘Giving birth’ goes under the privatisation hammer, warns Unite

Local public sector pay bargaining: a blueprint for privatisation

BMW faces a New Year of unrest over employment rights and pensions

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

BAe workers and their families head to Westminster to plead for a future

Unilever workers stand firm despite strong-arm tactics

Redundancies announced at the Cromer Crab Company leaves Unite members devastated

Union warns leading building company CEMEX over pensions

BAE workers in plea to save Britain's aerospace industry

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

Industrial action almost inevitable over pension changes at GE

Unite reaction to Lloyds selection of Co-op as preferred bidder for sale of branches

Unite gets prime minister to back the fight to save BAE plant in Brough

Unite members at Steria strike over pay dispute

Government loaded the dice against Britain's last train maker

International solidarity for workers locked out at Cooper Tires

London bus workers demand recognition for the Olympics

Unite sets-up hardship fund for Bombardier workers

Tanker driver ballot opens as Wincanton haulage refuses to halt attacks on workers

Unite comment on Chancellor’s response to Vickers banking report

Unite slams youth minister as policy paper sounds the death knell for young people’s services

Osborne urged to tighten up on tax collection by Unite

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

Unite response to government's position on local government pensions

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

Trade unions call for urgent meeting on local government pensions

Workers contracted to the Metropolitan police vote for strike action

Unite welcomes Pension Ombudsman’s decision to investigate Heineken

Swindon employees of warehouse operators, Wincanton to strike tomorrow in two-tier pay row

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

Unite celebrates HSBC decision to improve policy for new parents returning to work

Grim figures for manufacturing output prompt Unite call for interventionist policy

Unite reaction to speculation of further RBS job losses

Hackney drug centre staff ballot for industrial action over cuts to services

Unite unanimously rejects NHS pensions offer

Unite condemns prime minister for his comments on health and safety

Unite slams Shell over its announcement to scrap its final salary pension scheme

Unilever workers take on corporate greed over pensions snatch

Strategic investment bank for manufacturing needed as banks get tougher on credit

Unite reaction to bonus payments to RBS top bankers

Ex-NHS director receives £933,000 in ‘racial discrimination and unfair dismissal’ case

Lever Brothers back from the past to plead with Unilever: Don't shame our name!

Unite rejects local government pensions offer

Hammer blow for workers as Polestar announces plans to shut print works in Colchester

Korean Airbus aircraft wings move is an 'own goal' for UK aerospace

HS2 will create thousands of jobs and ease congestion says Unite

Capita cuts jobs at its TV licensing contract

Unite presses drinks distributor for explanation for Warwickshire site closure

Tory attempts to mislead on union representatives a ‘smokescreen’

Rally to support sacked Liverpool workers: Friday 13 January

Unilever reputation slides as share price dips - Unite says, get back round the table on pensions

Unite applauds Labour MPs for defeating Jesse Norman's attack on workers' representatives

Government employees unanimously reject public sector pension plans

Unite reaction to RBS job loss announcement

Oil tanker drivers vote yes to strike at road haulage firm Wincanton

Scottish construction workers continue protest, as Unite prepares to send out ballot papers

Unite reaction to Barclays 422 job cuts

BMW agrees not to close its pension scheme to new entrants

Unite announces strike re-ballot in Balfour Beatty

Second dose of bad news renews Unite call for manufacturing policy

Unions urge Unilever trustees to see sense on pension snatch - or more strikes will follow

More strikes to hit Unilever as workers call ten days of walk outs

Wincanton tanker drivers set for seven days of action

Labour’s embrace of austerity fails working people and their party

Armed forces’ cuts could have knock-on affect for 2,500 support staff, warns Unite

’Unilever - not as clean as it claims’ on pensions says new film

Jobless total soars because of ‘dead end’ policies, says Unite

London construction workers plan further protests in the heart of the capital

Unite denounces Boris Island as a ‘vanity project’

MPs’ critical report on NHS ‘reforms’ prompts Unite call for health bill to be scrapped

Health bill ‘first birthday party’ soured by united opposition, says Unite

Car production figures: ’A glimmer of hope in gloomy times’

Unilever strike action – 100 per cent solid

One year on dispute with Southampton city council continues

Unite seeks long term solution for Swiss oil refiner

Unite welcomes Fujitsu deal

‘Off the shelf’ defence equipment from overseas will cost £1 billion in lost tax revenues

‘Gross misconduct’ threat inflames tanker dispute - withdraw it or strike goes ahead, says Unite

Trustees' reluctant acceptance not 'green light' to impose poorer Unilever pensions

Week-long fuel strike grows closer: Unite calls upon employer to end attacks on workers

Independent inquiry into racism at Manchester NHS trust called for by Unite

Petrol stocks under threat as Jet drivers begin seven day strike

Unite threatens legal action against print company

‘Damning’ MPs report could be ‘the final nail in the NHS reform coffin’, says Unite

Cable lacks backbone on boardroom pay, says Unite

Coryton insolvency needs united action to find new owner

Trade union reform campaign or the re-launch of the nasty party

Jet fuel driver strike solid as Unite slams oil industry greed

Unite welcomes 10 year agreement between Royal Mail and the Post Office

Unite university staff work-to-rule over ‘lousy’ pay offer

Coryton workforce cautiously optimistic says Unite

Government has done to nothing to support manufacturing or construction

Unilever workers take fight to be heard to 'rich people's Glastonbury'

NHS trust faces possible legal challenge over plans to slash staff mileage rates

Unite mobilises to maintain children’s services at North Yorkshire hospital

Unite concern over delays caused by new review of NMC

Unite reaction to speculation on bonus of Stephen Hester

Jet fuel dispute intensifies as strike spreads to fourteen days

Unite presses government on the future of Coryton

Unite reaction to Hester decision to waive bonus

‘Patient safety’ is key as Unite lobby on 7 March focuses on health bill

Demonstrations continue at Ratcliffe Power Station

Indian decision on French fighter aircraft could have serious implications for BAE Systems

Unite members call on Leeds council to ‘do the right thing’ as demonstrations continue

Unite comment on news that Fred Goodwin knighthood annulled

Unite fury at council's green light for Benmore: 240 skilled jobs at risk

Unite reports construction firms to the OFT in groundbreaking move

Welfare reforms will penalise the vulnerable and divide society, warns Unite

MoD's 'Stunning betrayal' of British manufacturing

Unite pressure being felt at Downing Street over need to support UK manufacturing

Unite welcomes National Audit Office’s report on the value of adult apprenticeships

Unilever mind-blowing profits prove money there to keep promise on workers' pensions

AstraZeneca job cuts are a blow to UK R&D

Unite suspends Jet fuel driver strike for talks

Shell posts huge profits but closes pension scheme

Unite meets with energy minister and administrators to discuss Coryton oil refinery

Unite members at Balfour Beatty vote overwhelmingly for strike action

Unite wants to quiz Argos on Corby distribution hub closure

Unite condemns EDL’s message of hate

Unions cautiously welcome Unilever’s decision to agree to talks

Unite demands a fair deal for York bus workers

Unite welcomes JLR intake of skilled apprentices

Jet fuel drivers ramp up pressure as talks break down

Unite university staff to demonstrate over ‘lousy’ pay offer on 8 February

Unite pleased to see ongoing optimism in the UK motor industry

Unite reaction to nearly 1,000 Lloyds Banking Group job cuts

Unite warns oil industry majors – back your workforce or risk country-wide fuel shortages

Unfair parking levy prompts union members to consider strike

Unite reaction to Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks review

Pressure mounts as health visitors voice their opposition to the health bill

Coalition not off-the hook over Bombardier

Olympic ticket contract a 'kick in the teeth' for UK print industry, says Unite

Unite reaction to launch of banking apprenticeship scheme

Unite calls on Balfour Beatty Engineering Services to negotiate during legal pause of ballot injunction

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Cameron’s promise on NHS is ‘two-faced’ says Unite

Gatwick airport porters to strike over zero pay rise

Unite outraged at shocking mistreatment of Flyglobespan workforce and passengers

High Court denies BA cabin crew right to strike - but Unite determined to reballot

A letter from Unite’s joint general secretaries

Steria signs pension agreement with unions and employee representatives

Unite suspends strike action by baggage handlers at Heathrow and Aberdeen

Debt-heavy Kraft could put 30,000 Cadbury jobs at risk, warns Unite

Unite members “devastated” by Edwards proposal to offshore 220 jobs

Global union challenges aggressive behaviour of Crown Holdings

Unite welcomes government's commitment to the Royal Navy's next generation of aircraft carriers

Keep Cadbury independent - workers take petition into the heart of the community

Unite to hold Visteon pensions' rally at Welsh Assembly

Union dismay at Kinloss cuts

Workers devastated by Bosch's announcement to close its Cardiff plant

Lib-Dem claims of £60bn local government pension deficit is ‘removed from financial reality’, says Unite

Unite announces fresh ballot of cabin crew members

Unite and British Airways agree to hold talks

Unite confirms further national strike action at Fujitsu over jobs, pay and pensions

Unite tells Hoon and Hewitt to drop divisive plan

Unite welcomes pleural plaques judgement

Salt miners vow to work flat out during the big freeze

Unite questions discrepancies in redundancy selection at Fujitsu as national strike action continues

Council house spending boost welcomed by Unite

Cadbury bidding war bad for UK workers and business, Unite will advise parliament

BA cabin crew vote nine to one for strike action

Unite welcomes UPM investment in a materials recovery facility at Shotton

Debt-heavy Kraft could put 30,000 Cadbury jobs at risk, warns Unite

Cadbury shareholders, don’t mess with a winning recipe

Macho management pushing British Airways to the brink

Ten top facts on local government pension scheme

Low wages, tax credits and the distress of a poorer service - cabin crew tell ‘The Truth’ behind the BA dispute

Unite rules out strike by BA cabin crew at Easter

Union challenges invitation of British National Party to US conference

Unite's reaction to latest unemployment figures

Unite welcomes government's commitment to pensions’ lifeboat

Loss of Cadbury's independence 'very sad' day for UK manufacturing, says Unite

Don't 'delete' our pay and pensions

Local government unions 'outraged'

Please don't sell Cadbury out, workers appeal to shareholders

Unite BA pilots union to respect trade union principles

Unite's Cadbury campaign comes to the House of Commons

Inexperienced BA strike-breaker crew will not be able to respond to passengers in emergencies, Unite warns

Shareholders back campaign to keep Cadbury independent

Pay statistics ‘distorted’ to create ‘smokecreen’ for City bankers’ pay

Unite exposes power station contractor for underpaying workers

Lloyds Banking Group announces 400 job losses with further jobs at risk

Cadbury workers plan protest against Kraft takeover

Fury over top Tory branding Cadbury's workforce 'whingeing'

Court ruling shames BA for cabin crew discrimination

MPs and councillors urged to make housing a key election priority

Unite announces further Fujitsu national strikes and parliamentary action over jobs, pay and pensions

BA's handful of strike breakers can't run airline, says Unite

Unite denounces BA for seeking 'scab' crew to run the 'world's favourite airline'

Unite on the HPA’s announcement to relocate

MPs support call to protect the NHS

BA cabin crew dispute arrives in court

Union fury as Kraft at last confirms Cadbury plant will shut

Unite reaction to news that BA has withdrawn offer

GMC verdict on Dr Andrew Wakefield should now boost MMR vaccination take-up rates, says Unite

Cadbury workers head for London to urge government - help us save UK jobs!

Will Kraft and Cadbury workers pay the price for Cadbury swoop? Global unions demand Kraft ends its silence

Longest ever industrial action by youth and community workers enters 11th week in Coventry

Unite tells climate protesters to ‘respect’ mine workers

Apprentice boost vital to avert UK skills disaster

First broken promise by Kraft? - Government must now intervene as 400 Cadbury jobs set to go

Unite asks regulator to investigate `serious misuse' of British Airways employees' private information

Cadbury can have great future - but government must police Kraft pledges

BA results better than expected: End war against cabin crew, Unite urges

Unite's reaction to job cuts at Birmingham city council

Vice chancellors failing universities

Cutting public sector jobs would hinder economic recovery, says Unite

Unite welcomes ‘Cadbury law’ in Labour manifesto

Unions offer 14 days grace to Corus

Unite hails deal for thousands of construction workers

Air passengers asked to ‘pack less’ in their trunks

Shipbuilding unions to oppose compulsory redundancies at Barrow shipyard

Unite's reaction to job cuts at BAE Systems

Call Kraft and Cadbury to account, Unite urges Commons

David Cameron ‘mangles English language’ as he proposes co-operatives for public services

Unite charity workers to lobby MPs on 9 March over funding crisis

Welsh port injunction ‘undermines democratic process’, says Unite

BA bullying backfiring as crew strike holds firm

'Dossier of disgrace' exposes BA's bullying

Unite ‘deeply disappointed’ as pharmaceutical giant plans to axe 380 jobs in Essex

Health visiting needs legal status restored ‘to avoid more baby Peter tragedies’

Unite condemns Royal Mail’s ‘hidden agenda’ to cut costs but pay bonuses

Unite's reaction to Corus’ intention to mothball its Teesside site

Unite's ‘pack less’ campaign bears fruit as HSE agrees to look at risks for baggage handlers

Tory sums don't add up and the party’s policies don't make sense

Stop using Cadbury's workers as a political football, Unite tells Midlands Tories

Unite calls for ballot on Tower Hamlets’ plans to hive off NHS services to a social enterprise

Capita job losses at Belfast site

Taxpayers’ Alliance uses ‘retread’ arguments in local government pensions’ debate, says Unite

Kraft cuts first jobs with ‘indecent haste’

Jobs row at Stansted airport

Corus unions plan ‘orchestrated action’

Culture of clergy bullying ‘needs to be tackled’, says Unite

Bleak day for finance staff as Lloyds and Capita announce 760 job losses

Unite and ASDA launch ground breaking initiative to improve working conditions for thousands

Confrontation will not solve BA dispute says Unite

Scottish bus workers take their fight for jobs to the Scottish parliament

90 per cent of charity workers feel under pressure as funding crisis mounts

Update on today’s BA cabin crew meeting in Kempton

Tories threaten security of tenure for eight million social housing tenants and Britain’s house building programme

Unite members vote to accept Acas brokered proposals to end Fujitsu dispute

Threatening local government jobs is ‘scaremongering’, says Unite

Shameful BA seeks to continue race and age discrimination

Unite comment on today's High Court ruling

Unite to announce result of BA cabin crew ballot

BA cabin crew vote overwhelmingly for strike action

Birmingham Tory council's 2,000 job cuts ‘a body blow to the city's public services and economy'

Unite welcomes bus-build motion for Alexander Dennis

Unite raps NHS plans to shut screening unit as more women take cancer tests thanks to the ‘Jade Goody’ effect

Staff ‘victory’ as Tower Hamlets backs down over NHS social enterprise plans

BA strike-breakers misguided say Lufthansa pilots

Change of time of Unite press conference to announce BA result

Unite statement on BA talks

BA talks update, Tuesday, March 9th - 17:30 hours

Unite welcomes MPs' move to quiz Kraft on how it 'misled' UK

Unite statement on bonus payments for staff at Northern Rock

High speed rail will be a 'big boost' for Britain, says Unite

Unite comment on trial today of BA cabin crew strikebreaker

Kraft keeping Cadbury workers in the dark - Dromey

Unite calling note: latest developments in BA cabin crew dispute to be announced today

Unite statement on BA dispute

Unite on the Takeover Panel

Unite call for stability at Northern Rock ahead of results tomorrow

Government backing for GM great news for UK industry

“Britain’s Supermarkets should hang their head in shame” – Unite

Life-saving BA crew hailed as heroes in New York - but Willie Walsh denies them a voice on their future

Unite response to comments by Lord Adonis on BA strike

Unite welcomes ‘third sector’ minister’s assurance on funding timetable

MPs to quiz Kraft executives on Cadbury takeover conduct

BA strike schedules a work of fantasy says Unite

Unite urges BA to let talks begin

MPs have ‘exposed Kraft lies’, says Unite

Unite statement on BA claims about Acas talks

Transport secretary must investigate standards on strike-busting BA planes

Unite welcomes national skills academy for railway engineering

Unite welcomes vote of confidence for Britain's car industry

Electronics workers in South Wales begin industrial action

Tony Woodley on criticism of BA cabin crew

Abolition of the Legal Services Commission welcomed by Unite

Unite welcomes operational arrangements for UK fuel manufacturing site

Tony Woodley to address striking BA cabin crew

Unite 10am BA strike update: Day three

Unite welcomes announcement of new wind turbine factory in UK

BA cabin crew strike – day two update

'This is Britain, not Burma' Unite tells Willie Walsh

BA strike update: T5 a ‘ghost town’ as cabin crew strike hits hard

Navy projects secure thousands of jobs

BA cabin crew strike details

Rally to support BA cabin crew

Unite on breakdown of BA cabin crew talks

Unite spells out the reasons why BA offer was 'mission impossible' for cabin crew

Letter to Unite BA cabin crew members

10,000 manufacturing jobs at risk under Tories warns Unite

Unite condemns BA's attack on cabin crew travel

“Where’s Willie?” – Unite urges BA boss to come out of bunker

Unite response to BA statement on media reporting

Unite's reaction to today's budget

Britain's energy needs create huge opportunities for jobs in construction

Unite welcomes budget announcement of investigation into bank sales culture

UK bus driver working times need to be cut on safety grounds

Important message to Unite BA cabin crew from the joint general secretaries

£100m and counting - the real cost of BA dispute?

Attention BA passengers - Unite safety demonstration - remember the facts behind the BA dispute

BA conning passengers Unite warns

Cost-cutting goes into reverse as BA strike-breakers become world's most expensive cabin crew

Seeing through the spin: So how many BA flights are operating and by whom?

NHS staff need to be consulted on Essex plans for a social enterprise

Tories threaten security of tenure for eight million social housing tenants and Britain’s house building programme

Hull public urged to fight to keep health services within the NHS

Unite welcomes council house funding reform which could herald 10,000 new homes a year

BA strike schedule has more holes than Swiss cheese, says Unite

No BA deal without restored travel assistance Unite pledges to cabin crew

Unite condemns NDA announcement to cut 1,200 jobs at Sellafield

Unite says everything must be done to oppose shock sale of Lindsey refinery

Industrial action ballot announced at Corus Teesside

Unite steps up financial support for BA cabin crew - £700,000 to be raised for fight against cuts

Former Visteon employees in protest to make Ford honour its £350 million pension obligations

Unite welcomes go-ahead for new nuclear power station on Anglesey

350 Merseyside taxi drivers to receive NVQs for customer service

Tory failure to back Crossrail puts thousands of jobs and London's future at risk

Unite union reps receive Scottish Lifelong Learning award

Unite safety representatives at Prestwick nominated for STUC award

Aviation workers must not pay for volcano chaos with their jobs, says Unite

Unite urges minute’s silence for Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April

Open letter warns of grave concern over Tory and Lib Dem’s defence plans

Election battle is on, Unite chooses Labour

Big increase in Jaguar Land Rover sales boosts case for Midlands plants

Unite wins London Underground outsourcing battle

Photo call notice - BA strikers come to London on last day of strike

‘Confusion’ as two Essex NHS trusts split over social enterprise move

Unite shocked as 1,160 jobs go at Jarvis Rail

Unite says parliament's damning indictment of Kraft must bring Rosenfeld to Bournville, the birthplace of Cadbury

Talks resume between Unite and British Airways

Angry workers ask if corporate greed is real reason behind sudden closure of key Kraft supplier

Iberia BA merger must not be at any cost, Unite says

David Cameron is offering ‘the same tired menu’ of public sector cuts, says Unite

Council workers feel the savage chill of life under Tories as pay freeze bites

Youth and community workers need ‘substantial’ pay rise to attract new recruits

Tory charity manifesto plans ‘will hit services’, says Unite

Unite warns agricultural workers could be ‘on the breadline’ under a Tory government

Some charities ‘flout law’ on national minimum wage

Support apprentices now or face a skills shortage warns Unite

7,600 Aviva employees ‘could lose thousands’ in pension proposals

Public sector pensions - Unite exposes the right-wing myths

‘Profiteering’ Capita faces strikes as workers overwhelmingly reject attack on pensions promises

Protest at Shropshire’s plans to hive off NHS services into a social enterprise

Statement from Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson on today's High Court decision regarding the BA cabin crew dispute

To all Unite members, officers and reps regarding the industrial action called for in the BA cabin crew dispute

NHS chaplains should not be seen as ‘soft targets’ as managers gear up for cuts

Unite condemns RBS plans to axe 2,600 jobs

Plans to close Cheltenham office show Kraft workers paying price for Cadbury

Unite statement on talks between Labour and Lib Dems on a coalition to secure the economy

Unite calls for talks as Derby cigarette filter manufacturer announces the loss of 460 jobs

Unite response to Newcastle Building Society cost cutting announcement

Unite reaction to invitation from Acas to attend talks regarding the British Airways cabin crew dispute

Stinging criticism of Kraft must serve as a warning, says Unite

Trade unions call on HSBC to set global standard for working conditions

Unite cabin crew: BA strike update, day 11

BrUtish Airways' anti-bully bus heads to Speakers' Corner to denounce cabin crew sackings

Will Hutton asked to probe charity pay gaps by Unite

Open top 'Brutish Airways' bus tours city to warn investors

Unite welcomes Caithness Solutions' bid over Dounreay decommissioning

Unite on court of appeal judgment

Unite confirms strike dates for BA cabin crew

Unite's first policy conference will position union for tough times ahead

£6bn public sector cuts is ‘an economic wrong turn’, says Unite

BA cabin crew strike holding well

Welsh school nurse numbers’ boost welcomed by Unite

Unite recommends rejection in BA cabin crew ballot and challenges BA's motives for settlement

Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley to join the BA picket line

BA cabin crew overwhelmingly reject company offer

Prime Minister’s NHS pensions pledge welcomed by Unite

Knowsley workers to observe one minute’s silence on Workers’ Memorial Day

Unite members begin 24 hour stoppage at Glasgow Herald and The Evening Times

Cabin crew announce further BA strike dates

BA cabin crew dispute to continue

Open letter warns of ‘grave concerns’ over Scottish jobs under the Tories

Unite warns against the takeover of Forth Ports

Unite: BA avoids ‘uproar’ as Willie Walsh turns down annual bonus

BA Strike update - day 12

Unite: BA Strike update - day 13

BA cabin crew strike – day 14

Thousands of livelihoods at stake as London bus company goes up for sale

Unite raises health and safety awareness as a member is killed at work

Gagged BA cabin crew head to the Commons to say intimidation must end

Unite response to Ed Balls' comments on EU immigration

World Cup sponsor Coke's sneak attack on pay and pensions leaves a bitter taste

Derek Simpson on Mail on Sunday British Airways’ story

‘Robin Hood’ tax on banks should be introduced to reduce national debt, says Unite

‘Axeman’ Laws seeks ‘£58K spin doctor’

Unite's reaction to the formation of the Space Leadership Council

Corus called on to consider its position

BA strike update day 21

Unite reaction to RBS job losses at “Queen’s bank”

Independent report uncovers BA’s climate of fear

Unite urges Cable to back Sheffield Forgemasters

Working for Working People: Unite's first policy conference

Woodley: We will stand up to BA bullies – even if it means another strike

BA strike update, Tuesday 1st June, 2010

BA strike update day 16

BA strike update day 20

Public sector 'productivity boost' claim is a smokescreen for more privatisation

Union response to Northern Rock cost cutting measures

BA strike update day 22

Unite praises cabin crew’s dignity but asks BA what it's got to hide?

Unite expresses surprise at Barclaycard’s outsourcing plans

BA strike update day 17

Lib Dems continue campaign against ‘modest’ public sector pensions

Unite comment on possible sale of AXA Life

Coventry rally to defend public services on Saturday 19 June

Unite issues warning to chancellor ahead of Mansion House speech

Lib Dems: You've been conned

Unite calling note: Unite leads protest outside Ministry of Justice

Unite reaction to Agricultural Wages Board settlement

Mark Pritchard MP – an apology

Unite reaction to Santander offer for RBS branches

Nestlé’s Nanas down knitting needles in pay dispute

Unite members devastated by closure of BemroseBooth

Unite emergency budget reaction

Unite reaction to AEGON’s cost savings plans

Nanas suspend strike as Nestlé makes new offer to keep them knitting

New ballot to defend BA cabin crew as airline continues war against workforce

Con-Dem budget “attacks the purse” harder then the wallet

Unite reaction to AXA Life sale and transfer of 2,200 staff

Unite's response to BA's latest offer to cabin crew

New offer from British Airways could postpone cabin crew strike ballot

Unite calls for independent inquiry into death at Lindsey oil refinery

Safety report misses the goal, says Unite

British defence research and manufacturing skills lost as BAe Systems axes 260 jobs in Leicester, says Unite

Civilian workforce supporting armed forces furious over redundancy changes

Unite condemns Linamar plant closure in Swansea and demands urgent talks to save 200 jobs

Reject public sector privatisation, as Cameron and Clegg ask for ‘boy scout’ solutions

Coalition government does not take ‘health and safety’ seriously, says Unite

Unite reaction to 1,850 Lloyds Banking Group job losses

Unite's reaction to unemployment figures

Gibraltar marks 40 years of discrimination against its Moroccan community

Unite urges Ken Clarke to act as legal charity representing 10,000 asylum seekers goes into administration

Cancellation of loan to Sheffield Forgemasters 'a colossal error of judgement'

Unite condemns latest round of UK job cuts at HP

‘Greedy’ Barnet councillors slammed by Unite over big jump in expenses

Unite's reaction to cabin crew’s rejection of BA’s revised offer

Unite's reaction to the government’s new regulatory plans for UK airports

Britain’s tanker drivers have had enough, Unite warns

Unite secures union representation with Hitachi

Unite reaction to BA's announcement of £164m pre-tax losses

Unite calls for peace at BA annual general meeting

NHS white paper is an ‘untested, expensive Trojan Horse’ for more privatisation, says Unite

Oxfordshire mental health cuts will hit adults, says Unite

Unite to broadcast Labour leadership hustings live via the web

Unite wins recognition at Capita, Craigforth

Unite gives BAA seven days notice of strike ballot

Unite's executive council nominates Ed Miliband for Labour leader

Unite to challenge BA decision to remove striking cabin crew’s travel concessions

Unite comment following Vince Cable's statement on Sheffield Forgemasters

Unite condemns decision to abolish UK Film Council

North Yorkshire health visitors told to take on school nurses’ work, as staff numbers fall

Unite calls for talks over the abolition of the General Social Care Council

‘22,000 jobs could be lost’, as cuts hit higher education, says Unite

‘The most vulnerable could be at risk in government welfare reforms’, says Unite

‘13,000 jobs at risk if Trident is delayed’, says Unite

Security fears over plans to move Porton Down research facilities to Essex, warns Unite

Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ is an ‘intellectually flawed pipe dream’ for a 1950s Britain, says Unite

Con-Dem government delay puts crucial rail contract for north east in the balance

Huge bonuses for bosses a pay freeze for workers

GDP figures highlight importance of construction and dangers of Tory economic policy

Unite takes legal action against Ford for 'misleading' workers over their pensions

Unite's reaction to the abolition of Agricultural Wages Board

BAA strike ballot opens

Unite ballot kicks off in finance and outsourcing company, Capita

Unite calls off strike action at BAA's six airports

Rising prices plus public sector cuts equals the Con-Dem double whammy

Unite welcomes 700 new IT jobs at HP in Scotland

RBS staff paying price for bank's failures

Unite’s leaders urge 400,000 to vote for Ed Miliband

Sale of Teesside Cast Products is long overdue and great news, says Unite

BAA's pay offer to set the standard for aviation workers

Ken Clarke determined to stop the most marginalised having access to justice

Unite welcomes jobs and investment at Corus

Unite's reaction to Delphi's decision to close its Kirkby plant in Liverpool

Unite survey of Porton Down Health Protection Agency staff shows they oppose the proposed move to Harlow

Thousands of Unite members at Corus to be balloted on improved pay offer

Unite hits out at Scottish local government pay imposition

Unite reaction to RBS bank branch sale to Santander

Unite’s reaction to Lloyds’ profits announcement

Dover too important to national interest to be passed to private owners

Unite statement on RBS financial results

Government must not play Russian roulette with recovery, warns Woodley

Premier league football manager endorses campaign to ‘Save Billingsgate market’

Glasgow city centre ‘bus ban’ threatens jobs, says Unite

Unite to hold press conference to announce BAA ballot result - 16.00

Unite members at BAA vote to take strike action

Unite comment on Cadbury cost savings

Unite challenges HSBC on changes to managers’ contracts

Jersey’s 80,000 population to be canvassed on public sector cuts

Tolpuddle Martyrs’ guide dispute attracts Unite support

Launch of campaign as Billingsgate fish porters say “Save the market”

Unite fears ‘lynch mob’ mentality to public sector pensions

Unite's reaction to the IFS' criticisms of Osborne's budget

Blair memoirs show that it's time to move on from New Labour

‬‪‬‪Strike action set to fizz at Coca Cola’s North London plant‬‪

Staff to ballot on industrial action to halt London hospital pathology privatisation

BBC staff deliver massive mandate for action on pensions

Coca-Cola's pay stinginess leaves a bitter taste

Trade unions should have ‘say’ on top bosses’ pay, says Unite

Unite meets the City of London corporation in bid to ‘Save Billingsgate’

Unions warn BAE Systems job cuts may be tip of the iceberg

Coalition's ‘Genghis Khan’ policies will destroy communities in the UK's heartlands, says Unite

Unite calls for an alternative economic strategy to save jobs and boost demand

Coke talks break down - strike now likely

Hundreds of bus workers demonstrate against cuts outside City Hall

Strike: It's the real thing!

Cameron and Clegg’s cuts will destroy communities, Unite tells TUC

100,000 job losses marks third anniversary of run on Northern Rock

SNP produces ’feeble‘ case for defence industry in Scotland

Unite hosts rally to combat onslaught to the legal advice system

Cameron has put the trade union movement on the front line says union leader

Unite conference note

Unite's reaction to government's decision to press ahead with the privatisation of Royal Mail

Unite to consult across BA membership on union-busting

The elderly, children and the poor already feeling the pain of cruel cuts, public sector workers warn

RBS staff told of job loss ‘horror story’

Unite reaction to drop in passenger revenue at British Airways

Civil servants to protest at cuts to redundancy pay being ‘sneaked through’ by the coalition

Network Rail chairman must claw back bonuses over health and safety

Harbour Board risks 'asset-stripping' Dover in haste to sell-off port

Strike action at Coca-Cola suspended

Unite members at Tunnock’s hold mass meeting to discuss offer

Unite launches petition to protect Devonport dockyard

Unite welcomes Defence Committee Report

Unite’s 10-point plan to revive British manufacturing outlined to the TUC Congress

Unite's reaction to reports that SNP and ConDems are at odds on defence cuts talks

Unite members at Tunnock’s set to strike as talks crumble

Sort this out through negotiation Unite tells Coca-Cola - or unrest could spread

Tony Woodley on Ed Miliband's speech

Unite welcomes Ed Miliband’s election as the new Labour party leader

Tony Woodley on public spending cuts: It's a no brainer - jobs, not cuts, is how to boost the economy

NFU has ’no answers‘ on Agricultural Wages Board abolition say Unite

Unite to sign national collective bargaining agreement with Sun Chemical

Unite and TUC take fight for public services to Liberal Democrat conference

Unite calls on Lib Dems to back campaign to save agricultural workers’ wages

Unite urges transport secretary to support Hitachi’s high speed train bid

Strike action at Tunnock's to go ahead

Strike action continues at Tyneside glass factory

Unite welcomes sale of Kemfine

Unite: ‘there is an economic alternative'

Sheffield council cuts hit the most vulnerable

Coalition upholds women and children first - for cuts

Unite steps up fight for human rights for Moroccan workers in Gibraltar

Blindcraft: Edinburgh City Council has lost its morals and humanity

BMI to land in high court as Unite's legal action takes-off

Billingsgate fish porters take campaign to City of London corporation

Is now the time to reform the unions? - article from The Times

Don't sell Birmingham's family silver

Unite to oppose cuts at Tubelines

Unite calls for education to be at the heart of the recovery

Derek Simpson's reaction to Labour leader's speech

Unite safety representative from Unilever is runner-up in major food industry health and safety awards

Unite national officer for the food and drink sector Jennie Formby on United Biscuits

Unite angered by proposed closure of Leamington emergency operations centre

Unite condemns closure of TRW Resolven plant as a betrayal

Unite’s reaction to AEGON cost cutting announcement

Waiting staffs' anger on first anniversary of tips’ law change

Unite welcome's Scottish Labour leader’s commitment to living wage

Unite welcomes Ken's selection

Woodley: we won't stand by while our services are assassinated

Strike at Wigan factory over pay

Unite seeks resolution to Tunnock’s dispute through Acas

Coca-Cola workers continue to strike over pay

CBI's proposals will deny workers any voice in their working lives

Unite intervention delivers independent review of accident reporting at Network Rail

NHS white paper is the biggest onslaught on the health service since 1948, Unite tells Labour conference

Waiting staff anger on first anniversary of tips law change

Equality Act an important milestone says Unite

Report exposes Con-Dem's plans to ‘raze UK defence industry to the ground’

BBC pensions: staff protests win improved offer

NHS ‘privatisation’ white paper has no democratic mandate, says Unite

Unite comes to Norwich to demand respect for rural workers

Defence workers snubbed by prime minister

Unite seeks meeting with Boris Johnson to resolve bus dispute

Asbestos victims face compensation uncertainty

Unite says 'Coke, don't dictate, negotiate'

Attack on public sector pensions will hit women the hardest

Meet with your workers' union, Unite urges Kraft CEO ahead of Bournville visit

Unite members to decide on new civil servant compensation package

CT Plus tries to break strike with 30 pieces of silver

Unite, proud sponsor of the Dagenham performance of Striking the Balance

Tyneside Safety Glass – Unite members take official strike action

European trade unions plan action at Coca-Cola Enterprises

Workers at Tyneside Safety Glass to take two weeks of strike action

NHS ‘privatisation’ white paper in breach of NHS constitution, warns Unite

Unite to strongly recommend Tunnock's new pay offer to its workforce

Unite brands HP's job cuts 'butchery'

Public health minister to be quizzed on coalition pledge of 4,200 more health visitors

Oxford University Press: Unite members taking strike action at Corby

Rally in Dover to oppose dock privatisation and support workers’ rights

London Underground has no excuse to cut permanent posts

Ballot at Gateshead company on improved pay offer

Unite rejects case for the privatisation of Royal Mail

Unite: Secure future for JLR's UK plants ‘just reward’ for loyal workforce

Derek Simpson: JLR deal shows the way forward for UK manufacturing

Unite warning on cuts

Call for public debate over ‘40 per cent drop’ in Hampshire health visitors

Unite to oppose abolition of Agricultural Wages Board

Tunnock’s biscuit plant dispute settled with improved pay offer

Unite turns to courts to prevent rural poverty

Defence axe will be ‘body blow’ for Ministry of Defence jobs, warns Unite

Unite demands answers as Lloyds cuts 4,500 jobs with work going abroad

Don't Break Britain! - public and private sector workers unite ahead of cuts

Student ‘market rate’ interest loan plan will create social division, says Unite

Local government unions lodge pay claim

Petition calls on government to endorse Hitachi's bid for the Intercity Express Programme

Quango cull ill-thought out ideological exercise, says Unite

Unite in talks over Blackpool bus drivers suspended for allegedly being obese

Union leader calls for an end to the deaths in the shipbreaking yards of Bangladesh and India

Unite calls for consultation over abolition of Agricultural Wages Board

Food workers determined to fight for a future as job axe poised in new year

Unite anger over fears government's plans for British Waterways will compromise water safety

Unite: Show Chilean PM safety at work matters to UK

Unite statement on British Airways offer

‘Muddled thinking’ by coalition dooms St Athan’s defence training college

Bad taste as Coke seeks to bury bad news over Malvern Water closure

Coalition myth of ring fenced NHS exposed, says Unite

Protest as poorest hit hardest by Sefton council’s 28 per cent funding cuts

Unite: Supersizing councils could see service users lose out

Unite: reform City laws or there will be more takeovers like Cadbury’s

Staff at South London and Maudsley NHS trust balloted for industrial action

Wave of demonstrations across UK and Europe as Coca-Cola Enterprises prepares to cut jobs and pay

Audit Commission report on social care budgets points way to ‘toxic cocktail’, says Unite

Con-Dems raze public services to the ground

Unite races forward to tackle discrimination

Unite: Cowardly coalition cuts deceit must be exposed

Unite on housing hit

Defence review lacks strategy

Iain Duncan Smith callously tells unemployed to get on the bus but the Tories are cutting bus services

Unite: Takeover Panel one step towards a Cadbury's Law, but much more needed

Big Apple leads local food workers' fight for a future

Royal Mail managers will vote on industrial action

Unite secures pay increase for thousands of plumbers

Oxford University Press workers strike for fair pay

Not for Profit workplace stress focus for Unite conference

Unite comment on Coca-Cola profits

Announcement of winners of 2010 Mary Seacole awards

Unite to seek clarification on the expansion of ‘Family Nurse Partnerships’

MPs urged to scrutinise ‘quango cull’ bill, says Unite

Increase in air passenger duty tax will hit already stretched working families

Heinz meanz mean - workers reject pay deal not worth hill of beanz

Unite to take asbestos victims’ fight to supreme court

Unite urges to National Express to talk to them as Kent bus strike looms

Unite: workers delighted as union seals the deal at Jaguar Land Rover

Unite stands up for women on 'No Pay' day

Unite's joint leader to address union activists from Yorkshire and Humberside and the North East

Unite urges transport minister to support Bombardier and Hitachi

Britain is ‘sleep walking’ into the privatisation of the NHS, warns Unite

Unite members in the corrugated board industry ballot for industrial action

The ‘Quiet Man’ imports the US ‘soup kitchen’ culture for the poor, says Unite

Unite’s reaction to Southampton city council’s announcement to cut 250 jobs

London funding shake-up could see hundreds of voluntary sector organisations axed

Listen to MPs as they point to false economy of cuts, says Unite

Mass protest against cuts outside Liverpool town hall

Unite disgust at Northern Rock boss pay off

Shipbuilding unions respond to publication of BAE's letter to Cameron

Unite to meet Welsh Assembly ministers as cuts to the not for profit sector start to bite

Unite warns Lib Dems - your broken promise will force rural workers into benefits trap

BA Cabin crew ballot halted

Plymouth NHS staff vote ‘no’ to move to steamroller through social enterprise plans

Ten questions that MPs must ask about the future of the NHS

Unite welcomes decision of Northern Rock boss to waive bonus

NHS managers accused of ‘closure by stealth’ of Cambridgeshire mental health ward for the elderly

Unite raises fears over potential sale of E.ON's UK electricity distribution business

Care staff demo as leading disability charity gears up for slashing wages

Unite calls on Goldman Sachs to investigate race discrimination

Ken Clarke silences the voices of the weak as legal aid is cut, says Unite

Unite statement on British Airways dispute

Construction company found guilty of blacklisting prominent trade unionist

Government plans for ‘DIY’ public services condemned by Unite

HSBC’s increase to investment bankers' pay provokes union anger

Unite's reaction to latest announcement of job losses at Lloyds

Mean Heinz forces strike closer

Unite attacks 'loophole' in government's migration cap policy

Unite reaction to FSA ruling on RBS

Pay fair or prompt a strike, Unite tells Heinz as earnings swell by 8.6 per cent

Bradford city council puts entire workforce at risk of redundancy a month before Christmas

Unite general secretary designate to hold media briefing

Unite anger as BA suspends crew member for Christmas collection

North West activists plan next steps in cuts fight

Unite encourages members to tackle violence against women

Unite statement on rail investment

Claptrap shows government out of touch, says Woodley

Young people’s guide to help plan their careers has been axed in Oxfordshire – to save just £10,000

Henley Youth Centre threatened with closure due to loss of council grant

Greencore and Northern Foods merger: Workers deserve better than to find out their futures from the radio

Hutton report ‘a smokescreen’ for hiding glaring UK pay inequalities, says Unite

Billingsgate porters challenge City of London Markets Committee

New ballot at BA as Unite says end victimisation and punishment of cabin crew – put passengers first

Coalition rides ‘roughshod’ over NHS pay review body, says Unite

Jack Frost highlights importance of public services during cold snap

Cabinet policy wonk’s intervention prompts serious questions over NHS privatisation, says Unite

Plans for local authorities to administer the new public health budgets are ‘ill-thought out’, says Unite

Unite calls for 'dignity and justice' for disabled workers on International Day of Disabled People

Unite’s new leader pledges to mobilise members against misery of a Cameron Christmas

Prime minister challenged on tips system in restaurants

Unite’s reaction to the LGA's prediction of 140,000 council jobs to be lost next year

Unite general secretary-elect responds to Cameron's decision to introduce a well being index

Swansea auto components plant closure leaves Unite members devastated

Unite to announce latest developments in BA cabin crew dispute

Unite highlights parallel economic universe as coalition promotes upbeat forecasts

2009 archived press releases

Unite to ballot for industrial action after Action for Children sacks workers just before Christmas

Sort out pay mess to avoid baggage handling strike next week, union urges SAS

Charities have key role in helping end recession, says Unite

Unite members strike at EDF Powerlink may halt tube at Christmas

‘Too few’ health visitors to meet call for more postnatal depression treatment

Unite condemns ‘death by a thousand cuts’ at Barclays

Unite's reaction to the proposed merger between CFS and Britannia Building Society

Urgent action needed to save 500 jobs as Anglesey Aluminium Metal threaten closure, warns Unite

Derek Simpson meets finance workers in Leeds and asks - how far are we from fully nationalising the banks?

Local government unions submit joint pay claim

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority must act to extend the life of Wylfa Power Station

Union leader to address union activists from across the Lloyds Banking Group as they join forces for the first time

Unite comment on Ericsson and TT redundancy threats

NHS constitution should not be ‘a smokescreen’ for more privatisation

Honda four month shutdown underlines urgent need for car industry support

Unite's power station protest: we'll keep on knocking until you let us in!

Waterford Crystal workers hold general meetings in city

Unite's reaction to new bailout for banks

Banks must use taxpayers' money to support jobs and our car industry

Government support for the north east is welcome but money should be aimed at saving Corus in Teesside

Keep Cadbury independent - UK and Irish workers unite to stop Kraft swallowing Cadbury

Diageo workers' courageous fight wins them a better deal

Jobs and fairness must come first: Unite's reaction to the Pre-Budget Report

Strike looms over Christmas working at West Midlands poultry supplier

Jobs under threat at the Legal Complaints Service, following shake-up

Unite to announce result of BA cabin crew ballot

Cut-throat airport competition forces Go Ahead to exit aviation, claims Unite

Photo opportunity: Scrooge visits Fujitsu HQ at first national strike day in a UK IT company

Global union calls on governments to support steelworkers

Kingston NHS social enterprise experiment ‘could cost £578,000’

Unite members at National Grid to be balloted for strike action

Bus drivers from CT Plus and the East London Bus Group confirm further strike action

2 Sisters faces strike ballot triggered by racist abuse

'Hire and fire' disposable labour force is Gatwick's shame, says Unite

Government support for nuclear industry will create skilled manufacturing jobs, says Unite

Unite says sale of Gatwick to GIP must bring security to workforce

Unite union calls on Lord Mandelson to clear up tips system once and for all

Unite members at HP to strike over transfer of customer engineer jobs

Unite the Union calls for action on stress at work on the International Day of Disabled People

BP Sainsbury's dispute settled: A victory for common sense

Unite reaction to 410 Lloyds job cuts

Government consultation on Post Office must go further

Unite fears Kraft will pay for Cadbury bid with workers' jobs

Unite and Coventry MPs meet Government to save Ericsson R&D plant and UK high tech skills

Unite urges French government not to put 2000 UK jobs at risk

Unite welcomes government's announcement to introduce new rules to ban blacklisting

Unite's reaction to the government's proposed public sector pay cap

Unite and CSEU's reaction to jobs cuts and BAE System's Insyte operation

Unite members demonstrate against Plymouth City Council’s proposal to sell CityBus

London bus drivers step up strike against basement level wages

Superdrug workers claim major victory following two-week strike action

Unite to fight cuts at Sefton council

‘National service’ community scheme should not become ‘cheap labour’

Tax the bankers and close the loopholes says Unite

Promotion of ‘choice’ undermines charities’ services

Unite outraged by Cabinet Office announcement on the Civil Service Compensation Scheme

Super union debates challenges for UK's workers

Union leader calls on working people to fight to keep the Tories in opposition

Unite members at First Essex suspend strike to allow for talks

Workers agree new construction deal with employers

Unite confirms strike action decision for three more London bus operators

US safety study prompts transatlantic campaign to prevent deaths in paper industry

Finance workers launch fight back in face of unprecedented numbers of job losses

Global union launches investigation into Department of Health NHS preferred private bidders

Unite reaction to Walker Report

Scrooge visits Fujitsu HQ as Unite announces first ever national strike in a UK IT company over jobs, pay and pensions

Unite calls for urgent action to save Corus' Teesside plant

Health workers demo at Kingston over failure to hold ballot into social enterprise plans

Unite pushes Kraft to come clean on guarantees for Cadbury workers

Cabin crew ballot opens as BA imposes contractual changes

Forecourt fuel supplies threatened as ballot of BP Sainsbury's drivers opens

Unite members at HP vote for strike action over transfer of customer engineer jobs

Unite welcomes national skills academy for railway engineering

Unite's reaction to the Queen's speech

Unite calls on UK and Swedish governments to intervene to save Ericsson R&D plant and UK hi-tech skills

Unite the union offices are closed for the seasonal break

Bus drivers at the East London Bus Group confirm strike action

Prospect of 180 new jobs at Margam, welcomed by Unite

Unite announces dates for ballot of BA cabin crew

Angry Johnnie Walker workers tell visiting Diageo CEO Walsh: 'Have the bottle to face us'

Charities are being used as ‘the privatisation trojan horse’ in the NHS

London Underground waste another opportunity to settle pay dispute, says Unite

Unite slams 5,000 Lloyds Banking Group job losses as 'corporate arrogance'

Unite condemns closure of Ericsson R&D site in Coventry

Unite outrage as firm docks workers' wages for loo breaks

Unite calls on UK banks to learn from their mistakes and abandon the sales culture

Tony Woodley on the Gordon Brown speech on immigration

Unite withdraws notice of industrial action after talks with Fujitsu

Unite urges Falkirk coach builder to save jobs

Union calls on Government to re-mutualise Northern Rock

Unite tube workers vote for industrial action

Unite reaction to BMI job cuts

Kingston NHS trust ‘rides roughshod’ over government policy, as it presses ahead with social enterprise

Unite begins first ever industrial action ballot at HP over transfer of customer engineer jobs

Staff need to be consulted on NHS Hull plans for a social enterprise

Charity bosses’ ‘City pay culture’ should be curbed, says Unite

BA cabin crew case fast tracks to High Court as ballot looms

Unite calls time on obscene 'Ten to One' pay gap at London Underground

Unite announces first ever national strike in a UK IT company over jobs, pay and pensions

Unite comment on Petroplus’ announcement to close its refinery function