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A sea of Unite flags filled Blake Gardens in Bridgwater on Friday (April 24th), as construction workers from Hinkley Point C (HPC) and trade union activists gathered around the Unite Workers Memorial to mark International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD). A large crowd gathered in the sun for the annual commemoration and heard from speakers including, […]
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Union members and radical history enthusiasts have been hard at work organising a new one day festival to recognise a little known piece of Kent’s rural past. The Swing Riots & Bossenden Rising Festival takes place near Faversham, at Mount Ephraim Gardens, on May 31st, starting at 1pm and finishing at 7.30pm. The festival is […]
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Hard working NHS workers, and supporters, held a rally at Westminster yesterday (22 Apr) calling for our NHS to be fully and properly funded. Hundreds of Unite members from across the UK joined the protest at planned cuts to NHS budgets and headcounts, with the union saying that the NHS is “running on empty” and […]
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Unite member Jon had been working in a large local government organisation in West Yorkshire for more than a decade in a job he loved. A capital programme manager in housing, he never imagined he’d become the victim of a relentless, years-long bullying campaign that would totally upend his life and destroy his self-esteem. But […]
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London bus passengers face disruption this month as over 150 Unite members at Transport for London will strike over roster changes that will leave them fed up and fatigued. Workers, who are bus station and network traffic controllers, will walk out from 23 to 25 April, to coincide with RMT workers taking action on the […]
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The sun shone down on Unite members as they started a 24-hour strike at three universities across Scotland today (10 April) over an imposed real terms pay cut. Staff joined pickets and rallies at the gates of some of the country’s biggest education institutions, with strike action involving 1,000 Unite members at Glasgow, Strathclyde and […]
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Hundreds of NHS workers will be coming to parliament on Wednesday 22 April to protest against NHS cuts to jobs and services and tell MPs to save our NHS. Unite is encouraging people to join striking health visitors from Wales and Unite members from across the UK to make our voices heard and take a […]
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A Unite branch in Devon has launched a new festival this summer to bring people together in troubled times, and is free to Unite members. Unite on the Hill is a two-day family event that aims to combine the energy of a music festival with the relaxation of a seaside holiday. The festival takes place […]
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IWMD is held on 28 April every year. It brings together workers and their unions from all over the world to remember all workers who lost their lives to workplace illness or injury. It is the day to recommit to fighting to keep workers safe. Unite notes that the themes for 2026 are fairly wide, […]
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The streets of London on Saturday (March 28) were filled with thousands of people demonstrating against the far right as part of the Together Alliance march, showing that the majority believe in hope over hate. The route from Park Lane to Whitehall was packed full of trade unionists and environmentalists, community activists and faith leaders, […]
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Unite is encouraging members from across the UK to join together with thousands of people at a massive demonstration in London on Saturday March 28th. The Together Alliance “March to stop the far right” takes place in central London and has the backing of over 50 organisations and hundreds of individuals, who together are saying […]
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“Not a penny off the day, not a minute on the day!” was the rallying cry of workers involved with the General Strike in 1926, and Unite is commemorating the centenary of the strike and its importance to working class history with an event this May. Today’s workplaces might look very different, but those words […]
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Workers at one of the world’s leading manufacturers of authentic tartan has secured an inflation-busting pay rise thanks to the hard work of the union and reps. Around 70 workers at Lochcarron Mill in Selkirk will see they pay increase rising by up to 6.7 per cent, and with inflation currently at around 3 per […]
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham paid tribute to women around the world at an International Women’s Day event on Thursday (March 5). The event, organised by the Unite Northeast, Yorkshire and Humberside (NEYH) region, took place at Wortley Hall in Sheffield, where Unite members and activists gathered to honour inspirational women. Graham cut the ribbon […]
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After weeks of determined strike action that began in mid January, WSP Textiles workers in Stroud and Dursley yesterday (5 March) voted to accept an improved pay offer from the company. The workers at the sports cloth manufacturer were on strike for the first time in their history, and the industrial action saw snooker and […]
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Unite has strongly welcomed the government’s announcement that it has awarded the contract for the new medium lift helicopter (MLH) contract to the Leonardo factory in Yeovil. The government’s decision to award the contract follows a year plus campaign by Unite and its defence members to ensure that the contract was awarded. The awarding of […]
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Unite representatives from across the UK’s defence sector walked up Downing Street today (25 February) to deliver a petition to the Prime Minister demanding that the government protect jobs and skills in the sector and invest in British manufacturing. Just yards away hundreds of defence and aerospace workers had descended on Westminster to protest at […]
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A taxi driver from Swansea has expressed her concerns about out of area licensing and called on the government to urgently implement Baroness Casey’s recommendations on ending cross border taxi hiring, as Unite activists meet MPs to discuss the issue today (25 February). Clare Johnson, drives a taxi in the south Wales city and explained, […]
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Unite members from WSP Textiles made their voices heard last week at the Players Championship snooker tournament in Telford, as part of their ongoing campaign for better pay and conditions. The highly skilled workers produce world-class snooker cloth used in many elite tournaments, such as the Players Championship, around the world – yet many are […]
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Unite Construction has escalated its campaign for better pay and conditions for tower crane drivers working for Wolffkran this week with a second strike day and a protest outside a central London office. Yesterday (19 Feb) activists from the Unite Construction sector were joined by fellow Unite members from Unite Community Tower Hamlets and campaigners […]
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