The joint general secretaries of Unite, Britain's biggest union, met with Alistair Darling at Number 11 today for crisis talks on manufacturing.
Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of Unite, has written to the chairman of BMW's board of management to protest in the strongest possible terms the union's 'outrage' at the manner in which 330 BMW agency workers were summarily sacked earlier this week.
Unite, Britain's biggest union, is continuing its national demonstrations outside Tesco stores.
Unite, Britain's biggest union, is continuing its national demonstrations outside Tesco stores.
Unite members at Sogefi Filtration Ltd in south Wales are continuing their strike action today following action by management which the union believes breached long standing agreements.
Unite, the UK’s largest union, is backing a private members' bill that will restore free parking for patients, visitors and staff at all NHS sites in Scotland.
Responding to the government announcement Unite said staff at RBS, and across the financial services sector, are not the culprits of the financial crisis and must not face cuts in their pay packets.
Every job lost in the car and components sector is another urgent message to the government that action is needed to support the automotive sector with a strategic support package.
Unite, Scotland's largest trade union, has today kept-up the pressure on the SNP over the policy not to consider all viable and established low carbon technologies.
Responding to the ACAS inquiry into the recent unofficial action at Lindsey oil refinery, Unite's joint general secretary Derek Simpson said: "The law wasn't broken the law was wrong."