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Severe cuts and 'changing role' of equalities body prompts strike action on 6 June
Friday 3rd June 2011
Unite welcomes Crossrail pledges on workforce employment, training and health & safety
Friday 3rd June 2011
Unite backs UK Uncut's banks' action to defend the NHS
Friday 27th May 2011
Going back to the beginning can't save your Health Bill - bin it, Unite urges government
Friday 27th May 2011
Unite reaction to 500 Barclays job cuts and disastrous week for sector
Thursday 26th May 2011
The NHS 'reform' bill should be scrapped, Unite says in submission to 'listening exercise'
Thursday 26th May 2011
Government's economic credibility in 'tatters'
Wednesday 25th May 2011
Big Society 'czar' quitting shows that Cameron's pet project is collapsing, says Unite
Wednesday 25th May 2011
NHS 'reforms' receive massive thumbs down from Unite members, survey reveals
Wednesday 25th May 2011
Unite reaction to over 700 Royal Bank of Scotland job losses
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Unite cautiously welcomes 'the halting of the privatisation of the blood service'
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Olympic Hotel fails to give workers fair pay
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Recycling the prime minister's big society 'mirage'
Monday 23rd May 2011
Kraft's secrecy will risk Cadbury's future unless the government acts, warns Unite
Monday 23rd May 2011
Unite's reaction to job cuts at steel giant Tata's long products division
Friday 20th May 2011
Unions join forces to build two million-strong alliance against coalition savagery
Friday 20th May 2011
Unite's reaction to the McNulty review
Thursday 19th May 2011
Unite welcomes the chief nuclear inspector's interim report
Wednesday 18th May 2011
Coalition in 'Grand Canyon' split over future of the NHS 'reforms'
Wednesday 18th May 2011
Unite questions how Cameron's 'substantive' changes to NHS bill are going to happen
Monday 16th May 2011
Top bosses' excessive pay needs to be curbed, says Unite
Monday 16th May 2011
Unite and British Airways reach agreement on cabin crew
Thursday 12th May 2011
Youth unemployment crisis - more needs to be done, says Unite
Thursday 12th May 2011
Plans to make 'a bonfire' of employment protection policies need to be extinguished, says Unite
Wednesday 11th May 2011
Unite anger over Unilever betrayal - plans to close final salary pension scheme for 5,000 workers
Tuesday 10th May 2011
Unite supports protest lobby over abolition of the Disability Living Allowance on Wednesday, 11 May
Monday 9th May 2011
Unite in legal challenge to CPI pension change
Friday 6th May 2011
Workers need stronger regulation and enforcement, says Unite
Wednesday 27th April 2011
Nokia job losses 'another dark day for the UK economy', says Unite
Wednesday 27th April 2011
UK training is model for new EU agreement for chemical and process workers
Thursday 21st April 2011
Coalition's plans to deny workplace justice for employees is based on 'myths', says Unite
Wednesday 20th April 2011
Protest rally over child mental health cuts
Tuesday 19th April 2011
Scotland's biggest union kick-starts push for prosperity
Monday 18th April 2011
Independent poll shows massive opposition to privatisation of the NHS blood service
Friday 15th April 2011
Osanloo given membership of Unite the union
Thursday 14th April 2011
Cameron should prioritise people's real concerns
Thursday 14th April 2011
£5bn hit is devastating the voluntary sector
Thursday 14th April 2011
Unite backs nurses 'No Confidence' in government's national health plan
Wednesday 13th April 2011
Unite names and shames 115 NHS trusts and PCTs refusing bank holiday pay for Royal Wedding
Monday 11th April 2011
ICB report: Unite reaction to banking report
Monday 11th April 2011
Swathes of middle England will be deserts of support for young people, Unite claims
Friday 8th April 2011
Unite's reaction to minimum wage increase
Thursday 7th April 2011
Unite's reaction to Honda's decision to cut production in the UK
Wednesday 6th April 2011
Is same government that shunned 100 amendments to Health Bill really ready to listen?
Wednesday 6th April 2011
Reckless Coalition leaving Britain worse off, warns Unite
Wednesday 6th April 2011
Universities 'could be operating an unofficial cartel' over tuition fees, says Unite
Tuesday 5th April 2011
Health Bill - must be no way back for coalition's destructive NHS plan
Tuesday 5th April 2011
Unite statement on Libya: Call an immediate halt to military intervention, press for a ceasefire
Monday 4th April 2011
National Blood Service staff lobby board over lab closures
Thursday 31st March 2011
BA vote shows cabin crew remain determined
Monday 28th March 2011
Unite's reaction to 680 Northern Rock job cuts
Monday 28th March 2011
Coffin symbolises coalition addiction to NHS privatisation
Monday 28th March 2011
Unite members say 'yes' to People's Port in Dover
Friday 25th March 2011
Another blow to the government's economic strategy delivered by the National Audit Office, says Unite
Friday 25th March 2011
Children and young people in South London could be hit by mental health services being axed, says Unite
Friday 25th March 2011
'Bleak Britain' - money worries, job fears, families hurting hardest
Thursday 24th March 2011
The Budget was the last rites for the Big Society, says Unite
Thursday 24th March 2011
'Manufacturing is the lifeblood of our economy', says Unite
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
The politics of vagueness haunts NHS 'privatisation' bill
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Budget 2011: Osborne re-arranged the furniture what Britain needed was a plan B
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Unite to stage mass demonstration against Southampton City Council's imposed cuts
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Unite urges the Bank of England to continue its balancing act
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Budget 2011: Budget should kick-start a coherent strategy for manufacturing
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Budget 2011: Last minute plea to chancellor over cuts to charity income
Monday 21st March 2011
No compromises on health and safety under the guise of cutting bureaucracy, says Unite
Monday 21st March 2011
Cable's attack on training is anti-growth
Friday 18th March 2011
Coalition at odds over the role of the state, as outsourcing services row escalates
Friday 18th March 2011
Coalition has an ''anti-women' bias, as flexible working is axed, says Unite
Friday 18th March 2011
Workers from the UK nuclear industry send messages of support to their Japanese colleagues
Thursday 17th March 2011
'Pincer movement' will make 1bn pound gap in social care funding worse, says Unite
Thursday 17th March 2011
Unite blames Tory-led government for BAE Systems' redundancies
Wednesday 16th March 2011
NHS privatisation bill 'hangs in the balance', says Unite
Wednesday 16th March 2011
No good news in jobless rise - aloof government out of touch on workers' fears
Wednesday 16th March 2011
Hutton review on fair pay is 'missed golden opportunity' says Unite
Tuesday 15th March 2011
Coalition 'dragging its feet' over 'Cadbury Law', says Unite
Monday 14th March 2011
BA shamefully stops pay of pregnant cabin crew
Monday 14th March 2011
Len McClusky urges Lib Dem MPs to come over to opposition
Friday 11th March 2011
Lib Dem 'conscience' set to derail party's 'love affair' with NHS privatisation
Thursday 10th March 2011
Joint statement following today's meeting between Unite and representatives of the fuel distribution sector
Thursday 10th March 2011
25,000 demand Cameron stops the 'BloodMoney'
Thursday 10th March 2011
Hutton pensions report 'another big salami slice' at the retirement incomes of public sector employees
Thursday 10th March 2011
Lord Hutton's public sector pension review will be 'cherry picked' by coalition for its own right-wing agenda
Wednesday 9th March 2011
Unite reaction to Northern Rock results
Wednesday 9th March 2011
Unite stands up for working women on centenary of International Women's Day
Monday 7th March 2011
BMA doctor's 'back to the 1930s' comment on health reforms is spot on, says Unite
Monday 7th March 2011
Lord Hutton's public sector pension review could be 'cherry picked' by coalition for its own right-wing agenda
Monday 7th March 2011
Government announcement on skills shortages today is 'yet another knee jerk reaction' says Unite
Monday 7th March 2011
Unite reaction to Barclays 6.5m pounds bonus reports
Monday 7th March 2011
Young people urged to stand up in cyberspace for their services
Friday 4th March 2011
Unite warns against privatisation of the National Blood Service: 'No to Blood Money'
Friday 4th March 2011
Unite comment on the Fair Deal pension policy consultation
Thursday 3rd March 2011
Unite expresses concern and disappointment with the government's decision to award a benefits payment contract to PayPoint
Thursday 3rd March 2011
Unite hails victory on government 'U-turn' on 14% 'NHS privatisation tax'
Thursday 3rd March 2011
Level of concern over NHS 'reforms' is becoming deafening, says Unite
Thursday 3rd March 2011
Unite welcomes support for UK train manufacturing
Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Unite's reaction to Jaguar's announcement on job creation from 2bn pounds worth of supply contracts
Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Minister in 'fantasy world' as charity funding crisis mounts, says Unite
Wednesday 2nd March 2011
'U-turn' on quango cull bill, says Unite
Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Public will be horrified by GPs' practices being quoted on the stock market, says Unite
Wednesday 2nd March 2011
UK Film Council's importance underlined by Oscar success for The King's Speech
Tuesday 1st March 2011
Fourth strike ballot in two years gets underway at British Airways; Unite tells company 'we're ready to meet, are you?'
Tuesday 1st March 2011
Unite survey to uncover scale of cuts to play services in the UK
Monday 28th February 2011
Put Britain's fuel supply stability before your mega-profits, Unite urges oil industry
Monday 28th February 2011
House of Lords to debate the fate of the UK Film Council, as Oscar glory beckons for The King's Speech
Friday 25th February 2011
Unite calls for support for manufacturing and expansion of UK skills base
Friday 25th February 2011
Unite reaction to Lloyds profit announcement
Friday 25th February 2011
Mental health services are in the forefront of cuts to NHS staff, says Unite
Thursday 24th February 2011
Unite's reaction to RBS' results
Thursday 24th February 2011
Unite's reaction to the False Economy report on NHS job cuts
Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Unite gives notice to BA of a new ballot of cabin crew members
Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Manchester City Council ballot result demonstrates 'very real anger' over 2,100 job loss threat
Tuesday 22nd February 2011
'Flood risk' to homes and businesses as British Waterways slashes staff and recruits more volunteers, warns Unite
Monday 21st February 2011
Amnesty International threatens workers' rights
Monday 21st February 2011
Skills, expertise and jobs lost as government abolishes the General Social Care Council
Friday 18th February 2011
Unite welcomes forests u-turn but warns job cuts will cripple the Forestry Commission
Thursday 17th February 2011
Cambridge University Press Unite members reject two per cent pay offer
Thursday 17th February 2011
Private companies cannot be allowed to profit from people who give blood for free, says Unite
Thursday 17th February 2011
Unite reveals 14 per cent 'NHS privatisation tax'
Thursday 17th February 2011
Government benefits policy to force people back to work is out of step with economic reality, says Unite
Thursday 17th February 2011
Unite calls on Bank of England to hold its nerve on interest rates
Tuesday 15th February 2011
'Work with us for a fair deal for farming', Unite urges the NFU
Tuesday 15th February 2011
Liberal Democrat-controlled Hull City Council speaks with 'forked tongue' on youth service cuts
Tuesday 15th February 2011
Bankers bonuses are 'shameful'
Tuesday 15th February 2011
Charities facing 'St Valentine's Day massacre', says Unite
Monday 14th February 2011
Communities minister Pickles to run gauntlet of angry Warwickshire citizens
Friday 11th February 2011
The plan to employ an extra 4,200 health visitors a victory for Unite's campaign
Wednesday 9th February 2011
Project Merlin lacks any magic
Wednesday 9th February 2011
Briefing documents from Unite on the NHS Health and Social Care Bill
Tuesday 8th February 2011
Statement on British Airways ballot
Tuesday 8th February 2011
Union members to lobby their MPs to save vital public bodies
Tuesday 8th February 2011
Coalition to spend £850m on NHS payoffs to pave the way for privatisation, says Unite
Tuesday 8th February 2011
Unite calls on new Lloyds boss to reverse decision to cut 200 jobs
Tuesday 8th February 2011
Union claims nobody will be convinced by 'political gesturing'
Tuesday 8th February 2011
Unite's reaction to the IoD's call to scrap collective bargaining
Monday 7th February 2011
Liberal Democrat ministers, Vince Cable and Ed Davey branded 'hypocrites' over support for NHS 'privatisation' Bill
Monday 7th February 2011
Big Society 'fantasy' turns into 'nightmare', says Unite
Monday 7th February 2011
Trade unions react angrily to PM's comments on Forestry Commission staff
Friday 4th February 2011
Liberal Democrat minister, Norman Baker branded 'a hypocrite' over support for NHS 'privatisation' Bill
Friday 4th February 2011
'Don't shoot the messenger - work with us for a fair deal for farming', Unite tells the NFU
Friday 4th February 2011
Concerns about the coalition's policy on mental health raised by Unite
Thursday 3rd February 2011
Forestry Commission trade unions pledge to fight job cuts 'tooth and nail'
Thursday 3rd February 2011
Apprenticeships are the lifeblood of manufacturing, says Unite
Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Unite reaction to Barclays decision to move jobs abroad
Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Industrial action at Manchester City Council moves one step closer over 2,100 job loss axe
Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Unite submits pay claim on behalf of 154,000 agricultural workers
Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Don't deny King's Speech support to London's children
Tuesday 1st February 2011
Close 25bn pounds of tax avoidance loopholes as economy goes into tailspin, says Unite
Sunday 30th January 2011
Cameron's 'Big Society' just empty words as cuts deny 400,000 young people the chance to volunteer
Friday 28th January 2011
Prime minister uses 'dodgy statistics' to undermine the NHS, says Unite
Friday 28th January 2011
Unite condemns ideologically driven plans by government to sell off England's forests
Thursday 27th January 2011
£4bn worth of world-class defence equipment scrapped by the government
Thursday 27th January 2011
Welcome to 'Get your coat, your fired' Britain
Thursday 27th January 2011
Unite brands 1,500 Liverpool City council job cuts as 'brutal'
Thursday 27th January 2011
Unite response to 1,000 Barclays job cuts
Wednesday 26th January 2011
Report exposes rotten safety culture for rail workers
Tuesday 25th January 2011
Unite's reaction to CBI leader's warning to the government on economic growth
Monday 24th January 2011
British Airways cabin crew ballot result
Friday 21st January 2011
NHS reforms likened to 'poll tax' by top city executive
Friday 21st January 2011
Unite to stage mass meetings over 2,000 Manchester City Council job cuts
Friday 21st January 2011
Unite rejects 'poisonous' two-year pay progression freeze proposal
Thursday 20th January 2011
Unite reaction to the latest unemployment figures
Wednesday 19th January 2011
Don't break Britain, union urges: jobs, anxiety and money worries mount as workers feel pain of cuts
Wednesday 19th January 2011
MoD firefighters 'to go under the hammer in fire sale' warns Unite
Tuesday 18th January 2011
Ministers urged to step in as Remploy disabled workers face redundancy
Tuesday 18th January 2011
Unite response to the report by the Health Select Committee into the government's planned NHS reforms
Tuesday 18th January 2011
Young people plea to the Prime Minister - "youth cuts hurt our hope for the future"
Tuesday 18th January 2011
Cameron's 'unpopular' NHS reforms are deeply flawed, says Unite
Monday 17th January 2011
Tanker drivers warn oil industry bosses to take their heads out of the sand
Friday 14th January 2011
Unite brands 2,000 Manchester City Council job cuts as 'savage'
Thursday 13th January 2011
Union calls for secretary of state to intervene in Billingsgate market dispute
Thursday 13th January 2011
Legal aid cuts 'could hit 100,000 vulnerable people', says Unite
Tuesday 11th January 2011
Reducing tribunal access nothing to do with growth and will usher in a 'rogue's charter'
Monday 10th January 2011
Coalition urged to rethink quango cull after MPs' stinging criticism
Friday 7th January 2011
Unite to oppose job cuts at Hull city council
Thursday 6th January 2011
Coalition's 'public service reform' being rushed through before the public wakes up
Wednesday 5th January 2011
