REVEALED: Unite union reps report surge in mental health issues at work
While some employers have stepped up during the pandemic, it’s public health bodies which are side-lining union reps.
Union reps reveal impact of Covid crisis on workplaces across Britain
A new survey of over 1,000 Unite representatives shows a surge in mental health issues at work amid the coronavirus crisis.
Report: How unions are facing down the industrial impact of Brexit at work
Brexit has to be treated as a collective bargaining issue, a new report for Unite shows.
Why the national minimum wage needs to rise to £10 for all workers
A report published this week shows how a rise in the minimum wage would see 9 million workers better off. And that can only be good for the country, John Earls writes.
The next government must act on the changing nature of modern work
A major review of modern employment publishes its recommendations next month
Trade unions are central to improving productivity
High quality jobs and a strong employee voice are crucial for sustainable, fair productivity growth
It’s time for a collective bargaining renaissance
The decline in the bargaining power of labour has been a contributory factor to the fall in living standards.
Cameron’s rush to outsource threatens our public services
The Conservative-led government’s ‘Open public services’ white paper is expected any day; it is a rush to outsource our public services on a scale that threatens the very notion of what is ‘public’, writes Unite’s John Earls.