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On Thursday (April 25) striking canteen workers based at Drax Power Station descended on Drax’s AGM in London. Watch the inspiring film below to find out more about this brave group of women who are taking a big stand for fair pay. Film by Anna Burton
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In the week ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day, UniteLive has explored this year’s theme – workers’ health and the climate crisis. Earlier this week, we looked at the impact of rising temperatures on two very different groups of workers – farmworkers and commercial kitchen staff. Today, we look back at a story that was […]
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Drax shareholders heard Unite’s message loud and clear at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in London on Thursday (April 25) as striking canteen workers based at Drax power station fight for fair pay. Unite reps and activists descended on the AGM in support of the canteen workers, who have been in dispute with their […]
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April 25, 1974 – and the world witnessed a 48-year authoritarian reign of terror that had stunted industrial development being swept aside in Portugal by a coup led by middle ranking army officers. Known as the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) they had become radicalised by the Iberian nations determination to retain its sprawling colonial empire, […]
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In the week ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day on Sunday (April 28), UniteLive turns its attention to this year’s IWMD theme – workers’ health and the climate crisis. Earlier this week in our IWMD series, we looked at the affect of rising temperatures on farming and forestry workers, who are toiling in increasingly unsafe […]
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Unite has secured an access agreement for HS2 Old Oak Common after a ‘relentless’ campaign. Unite officers’ hard work in the construction sector has resulted in a new agreement being signed with BBVS. This leaves SCS as the only joint HS2 venture without a union access agreement. The agreement to allow trade union access to […]
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It’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on Sunday (April 28), where workers and their trade unions get together to honour those who have died or have been injured in work, and to fight for better health and safety in all our workplaces. Nothing sums IWMD better than ‘Remember the dead, fight for the living’. Unite is […]
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Every year on April 28, trade unions and their members unite to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD). Events are held across the world to remember those who have lost their lives at work, or from work-related injury and diseases. IWMD has turned its attention to ‘climate change and workers’ health’ this year. In today’s […]
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In the lead up to International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) on Sunday (April 28), UniteLive will explore this year’s IWMD theme – the climate crisis and workers’ health. Today, we highlight the untimely death of Unite member Matthew Campbell (pictured), who was killed because his employer failed to protect him in work during a storm. […]
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In a shocking turn in the DHL Aviation East Midlands Airport dispute, ITV Central News reported earlier this week that a Unite member has had his place taken away in the London Marathon by his employer because he’s involved in strike action. Michael ‘Marathon Man’ Dallard told ITV Central News how he’d been selected in […]
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TODAY (Tuesday, April 16) by midnight is your last day to register to vote in time for May’s local elections, with the deadline to apply for a postal vote tomorrow (Wednesday, April 17) at 5pm. Unite has spearheaded a campaign to educate members and the wider public about new voter ID laws, as well as […]
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Unite is urging its army of health and safety reps to carry out workplace building inspections as part of a Building Safety Week of Action. With multiple risks in workplaces across the country such as Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), asbestos, poor fire safety and ventilation issues, safety reps are being encouraged to take a […]
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Unite’s London and Eastern region has organised a history walk to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28) this year. Last year, the region ran a highly successful series of working-class history walks that helped members discover past struggles and the lessons trade unions today can learn from them. The walks were led by a […]
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Around 1,500 Tata steelworkers based in Port Talbot and Newport Llanwern have voted decisively for industrial action over the company’s plan to close its blast furnaces and shed 2,800 jobs. It is the first time in over 40 years that Port Talbot steelworkers have gone on strike. The ballot for strike action by members of […]
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The Unite London Building Workers branch was out in full force this week as they handed out hundreds of copies of the latest issue of the BuildingWorker magazine at a construction site in West London. The active branch regularly distributes the magazine as a recruitment and organising tool outside various sites throughout the capital, especially […]
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Library staff from Greenwich and Bromley gathered outside Woolwich Central Library last week to highlight their demands for improved pay and conditions. But they also came to hail an important victory in the dispute after a shocking 20 per cent pay cut for sick workers was scrapped following campaigning by Unite. As the early morning […]
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All of us can remember the fear and uncertainty that collectively gripped the UK when the pandemic first hit. But for Unite rep and Barts hospital domestic assistant Mirela, that fear will never leave her. Mirela and her colleagues were among the first frontline health workers to come face to face with the virus. Barts […]
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The importance of the 2024 IWMD theme, Climate Crisis and Workers Health, was brought home on Tuesday (March 26) after a court fined a company and council £50k following the death of a Unite member in a storm. Matthew Campbell was an electrical engineer working for Lagan Construction Ltd with a colleague at a forest […]
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Two years ago, P&O illegally sacked nearly 800 ferry workers on the spot over zoom. Last week, Unite Eurotunnel rep Patrice Godefroy travelled to Parliament to a demonstration condemning the government for its inaction. Shamefully, despite ministers expressing outrage when the workers were sacked, P&O has not been held to account for breaking the law, […]
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