The Latest Breaking News from Unite

Labour’s Wes Streeting says he ‘would be voting’ to go on rail strike

Labour’s Wes Streeting has said he “would be voting to go on strike” if he worked in the rail industry.

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2022

Strike ballots planned at CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway and West Midlands Trains

Union boss: 'Unless these demands are met, we could be seeing a summer of discontent across our railway'

Birmingham Post · Jun 10, 2022

UK 'summer of discontent' as Boris Johnson goes to war with workers asking for pay rises

Staff across sectors from ­transport to telecoms asked for pay rises, but Boris Johnson claimed increasing salaries could force the Bank of England to up interest rates

Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2022

Unions warn that council worker strike could see rubbish piling up

Leaders argue that local government was 'the biggest loser' in the recent spending review

Insider UK · Jun 7, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon warned schools will close and rubbish left to rot on street amid strike threat

Leaders of Unison, Unite and GMB unions have written to Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes calling for talks on local government pay to take place as a "matter of urgency".

Glasgow Live · Jun 7, 2022

Pay increase agreed for more Glasgow Airport workers

The hike of up to 15 per cent affects 250 security staff

Daily Record · Jun 6, 2022

Passengers warned of disruption at Scottish airports on 'scale never witnessed before'

Union leaders say Glasgow and Edinburgh airports are facing the perfect storm as the peak holiday season approaches and aviation firms continue to struggle to recruit enough staff to cope with the influx.

Glasgow Live · Jun 6, 2022

Airport chaos that ruined half-term breaks could last until next year, Brits warned

Britain’s biggest union, Unite, is blaming the airport shambles on the Government for failing to attach job guarantees to the £8billion in furlough wages it gave to airlines

Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2022

Scots holidaymakers warned of 'summer of chaos' at airports fuelled by serious staff shortages

Unions warn of major disruption and claim they warned aviation firms and government that chaos was in the pipeline with mass redundancies

Daily Record · Jun 3, 2022

Reasons behind Manchester Airport's delays, cancellations and huge queues

The airport has faced many problems over the month

Liverpool Echo · Jun 2, 2022