Local government unions representing more than one million council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will today (14 January) submit their annual pay claim for an increase of at least the level of retail price inflation, with additional salary increases for the lowest paid.
Unite the union have placed an ad on Google calling on Tesco shoppers to spare a thought for the workers employed by companies in the supply chain that produces meat for Tesco stores. The ad has already received over half a million sightings since it was placed before Christmas.
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has today (Tuesday, January 13th) branded the latest 500 job losses announced by Barclays as a strategy of ‘death by a thousand cuts’.
Unite Regional Industrial Organiser, Neil Clarke, commenting on the announcement of 400 job losses at Wincanton Chilled, Trafford Park, Manchester said:
Workers from Heathrow and other UK airports will take the case for a third runway to Parliament tomorrow, concerned that further delay puts jobs and development at risk.
Unite, the largest trade union in the country, is suspending its industrial action over the imposed three-year NHS pay deal.
Derek Simpson, joint leader of Unite, will meet Jaguar Land Rover workers at the car manufacturer's Castle Bromwich and Solihull plants today (January 13th), where he will tell the workers that Unite will be doing everything in its power to support manufacturing workers during the financial downturn.
David Isbell, Unite regional officer said: “Staff at Newcastle Building Society will be devastated to hear the news of 150 job cuts. Following the announcement by Nissan this ends a dark week for workers across the North East.
The UK's leading union is urging the Government to give the green light to the construction of a third runway at Heathrow airport.
The decision by home retailer Argos to close its Trafford Park distribution site with the loss of over 200 jobs has been condemned today (Monday) by Unite, the UK's biggest union.