Author: Unite news releases

Unite, the union for rural and agricultural workers, will demand that the National Farmers Union improves the pay rates for farm and horticultural workers.

Unite is bitterly disappointed that the joint receiver PricewaterhouseCoopers will close the Bridgend factory resulting in the loss of 270 jobs.

A commitment from the new health secretary, Andy Burnham that public health is one of his four key priorities has been welcomed by Unite.

The government needs to move faster to revamp legal aid funding, as the recession pushes advice services to breaking point.

Union TV to highlight how British, American and Canadian workers are suceeding in joining forces to create the first global union - Workers Uniting.

Unite, Scotland’s largest trade union, has confirmed that parking attendants for Edinburgh city council will undertake a 24-hour strike action on Wednesday 17th June in a dispute over pay.

The Church of England should revamp its more than 6,000 vicarages and rectories to bring them up to modern environmental and safety standards.

The Unite trade union, representing 60,000 workers, has called for an achievable, affordable and essential stimulus programme for the Irish economy aimed at getting Ireland back to work. The plan is aimed at providing a credible alternative to the economic policies of the present government which were so emphatically rejected in last week’s elections.

Unite has welcomed the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board's decision to increase the rate of pay for agricultural workers in Scotland.

Unite convenor Rob Williams has been reinstated to his post at the Swansea plant of car components maker Linamar.