Thousands of workers at the Italian-owned aerospace and defence company Leonardo, which runs Britain’s only helicopter factory have won a pay increase worth 8 per cent over two years
15 December 2025
Leonardo workers have won their pay dispute after rejecting the low initial offer and taking strike action. But their Yeovil helicopter factory faces the threat of closure waiting for a government contract.
4 December 2025
BAE aerospace workers in Lancashire are in dispute over pay. The company turned to the courts to stop strikes but lost. Their union, Unite, has announced continuing action during December.
Rolls-Royce engineering workers have finally settled their pay fight in a multi-year agreement.
18 December 2024
Rolls-Royce aerospace workers have eventually settled a multi-year pay agreement after prolonged negotiations. The industry has often led the way on pay levels, but that may change with the employers exploiting fragmentation and outsourcing.
3 June 2024
Rolls-Royce workers have overwhelmingly rejected the latest pay offer. Despite improving results the company is proving intransigent, and trying to create division among its workforce.
Workers at aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce plc recently rejected the company’s pay offer in response to the workers’ cost of living claim made on 2 February this year.
9 June 2023
Workers at Rolls-Royce plc have rejected the company’s pay offer. They are considering their next step in the face of obstructive tactics by the company.
13 November 2021
With the COP26 climate conference coming to a close Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Shell called for further collaboration to enable the transition of long-haul aviation towards net zero.
13 May 2020
While the aerospace industry is looking for handouts, manufacturing union Unite is calling for a new industrial strategy based on making more in Britain.
29 October 2018
Boeing's first European manufacturing facility has opened in Sheffield. Despite the doom-mongers, substantial investment in Britain continues.
With its decision to block Britain from sensitive parts of the Galileo project, the EU is treating us like an enemy…
20 March 2018
A year after aerospace companies called for a post-Brexit transition deal as soon as possible to protect jobs in the sector there seems to be an uneasy lack of detail from the government.
13 February 2016
Concorde was a great British engineering achievement. This book tells the story and explains the significance of Concorde for British engineering against the backgound of industrial decline.
5 September 2015
In the midst of significant investment on the back of large order books workers at aero engine giant Rolls-Royce have cooperated with the company during closures, restructuring and redundancies. But where has this left the British workforce?
In November Rolls-Royce announced proposals to reduce its Aerospace Division workforce by 2,600 jobs worldwide over the next 18 months.
12 November 2014
Over a week after Rolls-Royce said it is cutting thousands of aerospace jobs, unions have still not been told where the axe is going to fall – even though local negotiations have begun.
The aerospace industry is a jewel in the crown of our high-tech manufacturing and a big source of skilled jobs. But there are clouds on the horizon.
On the military side, Rolls-Royce has a $49 million contract to establish an engine maintenenace facility at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
