Author: Unite news releases

The health visiting crisis in Hounslow, west London, is still unresolved – nearly two years after Unite, the largest union in the country, first raised the issue.

One specialist school nurse is looking after an estimated 6,900 children in England, according to Unite, the largest union in the country, which is calling for a massive recruitment campaign.

Unite the Union’s thoughts are with the families, friends and work colleagues of the crew at this very difficult time.

Derek Simpson, Unite joint general secretary, said: "The announcement by Aviva to cut 1,100 staff will cause alarm across the insurance industry.

Bernie Hamilton, Unite's national officer for aerospace said: "The workers in Belfast are highly skilled. Bombardier needs to do everything possible to retain these workers for when the recession comes to an end.

Unite, Britain's biggest union, is supporting the National Union of Students’ (NUS) three day annual conference in Blackpool from 31st March until 2nd April 2009.

Unite warned that the closure today (Tuesday) of the Visteon plants at Belfast, Basildon and Enfield once again pointed up the desperate problems besetting UK manufacturing, and hammered home again the need for strategic governmental support for the sector

Workers Uniting, the first global union created through the coming together of Unite, the UK’s biggest union and the USW, the largest private sector union in the USA and Canada, has today (Tuesday) set out their response to the global crisis ahead of the meeting of G20 world leaders.

The Higher Education unions: EIS, GMB, UCU, UNISON and Unite expressed their amazement that the national HE employers: The Universities, Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) failed to make an offer at pay talks yesterday (30th March 2009).

Unite is running an on going campaign to promote prostrate cancer awareness. While we all know about the more common forms of cancer and the screening programmes particularly for cervical and breast cancer, screening for male cancers such as testicular and prostate cancer have tended to receive less publicity.