Merry Christmas everyone!
(View on way up to to Snowden, Yr Wyddfa, looking back on the Watkins Path. Now looking forward to Easter 2022 climb). Read more…
Videos of the year – ‘Trucked off’
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Merry Communist Christmas!
This is my traditional Christmas Eve Video. A little bit of Crimbo silliness that makes me smile at least.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!
Hat tip Stroppybird! Read more…
Videos of the year – Scunthorpe scaffolders
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – critical care staff shortage crisis
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at an interview with Unite rep and ICU nurse Dave…Read more…
“Trade unions are more vital than ever – so why is the government attacking them?”
Hat tip Frances O’Grady – TUC General Secretary “PoliticsHome”
“As 2022 begins, a pandemic is raging, nearly a million workers are on zero-hours contracts, two million workers have no right to sick pay and five million earn less than the real living wa…Read more…
100 days – millions of pounds for our members
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has only been in office for a short few months but in her first one hundred days alone, the union, under her leadership, has won pay increases worth over £25m in…Read more…
Videos of the year – a time like no other
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – climate change
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at UniteLive’s investigation into…Read more…
Health staff ‘wrung dry’ by pandemic pressures, says UNISON survey
Findings show more than two thirds have experience burn out and three in five overwhelmed by long shifts
The article Health staff ‘wrung dry’ by pandemic pressures, says UNISON survey …Read more…
Bad Regulation = Bad Landlords
Hat tip “Nearly Legal” and check out this sobering report on the regulation of private sector renting by the National Audit Office.
There are 4.4 million privately rented “households” in England. Those who have bad experiences of such renting may “fi…Read more…
Harry Lowerison – Clarion Field Club 1895 and Ruskin School House
Royal Mail managers – Covid’s unsung heroes
Christmas was once a ‘busy’ period for Unite’s Royal Mail manager members, who ensure the cornerstone of UK communication, the Universal Service Obligation to deliver post anywhere in the UK, is…Read more…
Chile: Another Good-Sized Nail In Neoliberalism’s Coffin
The Chilean Presidential Election Explained. By Francisco Dominguez Men [and women] make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected…Read more…
Introducing the Retirement Living Standards (& Future Christmas Dinners)
This is a really clever approach by the PLSA to encouraging people think about their pensions seriously Once you decide what lifestyle you want after retirement you can then think about what you have to do to achieve it.
Do you want a “Minimum”, …Read more…
Woolwich Ferry members’ suspension ‘must be rescinded now’
Transport for London (TfL) bosses were today (December 21) accused of ‘declaring war’ on the Woolwich Ferry’s workforce by Unite the union, as seven workers were suspended with no reason given. Unite…Read more…
‘Too little, too late’ for hospitality
Unite has today (December 21) hit out at the support package announced by the chancellor for the beleaguered sector. According to Unite, the package could mean as little as £50 per worker for an…Read more…
‘We stand 100% behind Cambus members’
About 400 workers at Cambus, who have not had a pay rise since April 2019, have voted to hold 10 days of strike action next month, starting on Tuesday, January 4, Unite the union said today (December…Read more…
Booker delivery drivers strike off
The two-day strike, including Christmas Eve, by drivers employed by the Tesco-owned Booker Retail Partners at its Thamesmead site, which could have hit deliveries to 1,500 convenience stores in…Read more…
Results in from first ever Unite all members’ survey
Unite has just published the report of its first ever all members’ survey and, although produced before the recent discovery of the Omicron variant, its findings reveal the reality of a sharpening…Read more…