Unite vows to defend workers from Tory attack on the right to strike A “predictable” attack from a Government that wants the country to take a pay cut Commenting on the transport secretary’s plans to introduce the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This is just another predictable attack on trade unions from […]
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PAY BALLOT
Pay Ballot Check Your Email! DO IT! DO IT NOW! This months branch (Dec 2021) voted to ballot our full membership over strike action due to the consistently poor pay deals we have been getting for years. You should have received your ballot in your email if not get in touch at CUBranch@unitetheunion.org Voting closes […]
Print this out, sign it, and pop it in the post,( or UMS). More details below Here’s where we need your help: It is essential that the senior management are made aware of the strength of feeling of the wider university, both against outsourcing and in the support of our colleagues who are threatened with […]
Secretary’s letter… Dear Colleagues, As some of us, had predicted the University’s COVID inspired benign support of professional staff has come to an end. Not only are we to suffer a below average annual pay rise, but also the University has begun to make compulsory redundancies. Not in keeping with past practices, the University has […]
For those unable to see inline PDFs (IPhones?). This is the cut and paste version of,London & Eastern Education Region Newsletter, March 2021. London & Eastern Education RegionNEWSLETTERMarch 2021 Advice and help during Covid -19 crisis Road map and Reality… The government, as always, finds it impossible to resist basking in the glory of the […]
Our country continues to battle against the most significant health and economic crisis of our generation. Unite, has been working tirelessly to protect your jobs, and pulling out all the stops to find new ways of working and new products to bring to the shop floor. But we are very alive to the huge challenges […]
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BA Cargo: Stop fire and rehire
SOS! Support the #BACargo strike this Christmas25 December to 2 January. British Airways is doing it again, still tearing up the contracts and raiding the wages of loyal UK workers. Firing and rehiring and betraying Britain. This time it’s the airline’s cargo workers who are in the line of fire. Now following the collapse of […]
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Here’s To a better 2021
Unite’s letter to Labour MPs and others on the day of the parliamentary vote on the Brexit deal: Dear Friends For years, Unite has been working with UK manufacturing to try to secure a future for the industry in this country. That meant securing a deal for future trade with the European Union. We are […]