Ford workers angry after ‘years of loyalty’

With Ford showing “corporate greed” by refusing to give salaried staff and managers at UK plants a decent pay rise — and rejecting Unite’s demand for Acas to be involved — Unite members and reps from across the UK speak out. They are still hopeful that an agreement can be reached with the car giant, […]

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#HeartUnions Week: Want a pay rise? Join Unite!

It’s the conclusion of #HeartUnions week this week, and what a week it was! The theme of this year’s #HeartUnions week is ‘Want a pay rise? Join a union!” — and no other union has embodied this theme more than Unite. In the last year, Unite has secured hundreds of millions of pounds in pay […]

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Rally for steel

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham will be among the speakers at the trade union steel rally taking place in Port Talbot this Saturday (February 17). The rally will be followed by a march around the town centre involving trade unions and members of local businesses and organisations. The march and rally will allow local people […]

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#HeartUnions Week: ‘You’ve got to be in a union’

It’s #HeartUnions week this week, and perhaps no one has shown more love for their union than Unite deputy branch secretary and bus driver Len Newham (pictured above right) — he’s been a member of Unite and its predecessor union for nearly 60 years. This week UniteLive caught up with Len, 77, who not only […]

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