Continuing our celebration of trade unions during Heart Unions week – today we look at the captivating story of how Unite took on bus giant Stagecoach and won, with a new strategy that turned a pay…Read more…
Boris “eyes up” council pensioner money to invest in his “vanity” infrastructure projects?
Many of us are worried about the recent Government announcement on “levelling up”, not least because it included a legislative commitment on Council pension funds to “publish plans for increasing local investment, including setting an ambition of up to…Read more…
Weymouth bus drivers celebrate pay win
Bus drivers and mechanics at the First Wessex depot in Weymouth, Dorset have won a significant pay victory which will see an extra 8.2 per cent in pay packets by November 2022. Unite the union said…Read more…
GE Steam Power workers to strike
Workers at GE Steam Power’s historic factory in Rugby will begin pay strikes on Thursday (February 18), Unite has said. More than 75 Unite members, comprising nearly the entirety of the factory’s…Read more…
‘A crisis not of our making’
Unite members will continue to fight for substantial pay increases to protect their already squeezed living standards as inflation continues to soar, according to the latest figures published today…Read more…
English Republican Flag
“Choose for hope the sky serene, freedom Albion’s cliff’s so white,
And the eternal ocean’s green choose we for our native right:
Blue and white and green shall span England’s Flag republican.”
W. J. Linton, ‘The English Republic’, 1851.
Give u…Read more…
Pensions hike could be ‘a step too far’ for many NHS staff, says UNISON
Sara Gorton says majority of full-time employees will be worse off under government plans
The article Pensions hike could be ‘a step too far’ for many NHS staff, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Inflation figures a nightmare for families and public services, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says extra cash needed for inflation-busting wage rises
The article Inflation figures a nightmare for families and public services, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Heart Unions week: ‘If you’re part of the union, they’ll help you the whole way’
This week, Unite is celebrating the TUC’s Heart Unions week. Each day this week on UniteLive, we hear from Unite members how being in our union has made a huge difference in their lives. The theme…Read more…
Bernie Sanders is wrong about Ukraine
A few days ago the Guardian ran an article by Bernie Sanders entitled “We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine.” He’s certainly right about that – no…Read more…
Bernie Sanders is wrong about Ukraine
A few days ago the Guardian ran an article by Bernie Sanders entitled “We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine.” He’s certainly right about that – no…Read more…
Message to our General Secretary Christina from a female UNISON member
“Hi Christina
Trust you are well I’m writing to express my concern and dismay about the President Paul Holmes addressing Women’s Conference next week. It is my understanding that he has now been dismissed by the Empl…Read more…
Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse
Dear Colleagues,
Whilst there is never enough time to read the vast wealth of relevant, topical material out there, I like to keep an eye for particularly valuable new books to promote.
And so, I came across Shane Burley’s new book, Why we Fight, when …Read more…
Airbus workers to strike
Airbus workers at the company’s factories in Broughton, North Wales, and Filton, Gloucestershire have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay. Around 3,000 Airbus employees, members of Unite,…Read more…
Victory at Liverpool Mooring Services
Unite has secured a pay increase and a major improvement to their conditions for workers employed by Liverpool Mooring Services (part of the Briggs Marine group). The workers will receive a three per…Read more…
‘Everyone is feeling the same pinch’
A soggy and bitterly cold afternoon on Saturday (February 12) did not stop hundreds of people taking to the streets in Manchester to protest a cost of living crisis now engulfing the UK. The…Read more…
‘Full and solid support’
A rally in support of striking workers at pallet suppliers Chep UK will be held at the Trafford Park site tomorrow (February 16) as bosses agree to hold pay talks in the three month-old dispute….Read more…
‘Catastrophic’ health and care bill must be axed
This week Unite, alongside Your NHS Needs You and Diem 25, has unveiled billboards, ad vans and bus stops across the so-called ‘red wall’ that will carry direct messages to voters in constituencies…Read more…
Beyond the GDP headlines, alarms ring as households cut back
Real wages are plummeting whilst the cost of living soars; a toxic combination that is hitting economic demand and weakening our recovery from the pandemic.Read more…
Ministers’ Brexit law plans could sink future workers’ rights wins
Plans to give precedence to domestic law over EU-derived law could have dramatic effects on workers’ rights, despite a major court win secured by plumber Gary Smith over holiday pay.Read more…