Workers at two TGI Fridays restaurants in Milton Keynes and Covent Garden in London will walkout for a historic fifth time, with workers at Stratford City in London, joining the action for the first time in an ongoing dispute over the company’s refusal to address concerns over tips and minimum wage abuses.y
Unite is urging the government to beef up statutory youth work framework provision and give young people a firmer voice on youth provision in their local areas. It also needs to fund councils properly and provide ring-fenced funding to reverse the damage it has caused.”
Unite regional officer with responsibility for Sports Direct Scott Lennon said: “Sports Direct is a leopard that has not changed its spots and we hope that its poor record on pay and employment practices are not transferred to the House of Fraser."
Unite acting regional secretary for the south west Steve Preddy said: “This crisis is entirely of this Tory-controlled council’s own making. If it had taken the advice of its financial advisors and raised council tax in line with inflation in recent years, the budget would now be running a surplus."
The action follows talks with the company yesterday which broke down after the management made a revised offer that was worse than the original package the workforce had turned down
Unite, the UK’s largest union, is warning London bus contractor Metroline Travel to end the religious discrimination currently being experienced by one of its drivers.
Unite national officer for the food industry Joe Clarke said: “We held three hours of talks with the Sainsbury’s management yesterday where we made robust representations on behalf of those members who will be adversely affected by the introduction of the new contract in September."
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has reached an agreement which bans workers from being employed via exploitative umbrella companies on a major highways contract in the North West of England.
Unite’s Construction Charter will help local workers to operate in a safe environment on construction sites and to ensure they can raise health and safety issues without fear.
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has launched legal action on behalf of a group of low paid workers employed at Ministry of Defence establishments in the Gosport area who have had their working year unilaterally cut by their employer ESS, part of the Compass Group.