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At least 500 Unite members employed by the University of Cambridge spent four days on strike demanding a ‘Cambridge weighting’ pay supplement to deal with the cost of living in one of the most expensive cities in the country. Unite members, including library, museum, estates management, finance, student services and IT staff, walked out on […]
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Hundreds of people marched through Barnsley yesterday (May 2) to mark the 100th anniversary of the General Strike and show solidarity with workers currently in dispute. The colourful parade of banners snaked from Glass Works Square to the NUM building, was led by the stirring sounds of the Tweit Silver Band. Earlier in the day […]
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Unite South West and The Landworker are back at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival this July, and are today, May Day, announcing the initial Unite Marquee line up for another packed weekend in the birthplace of rural trade unionism. Kicking off the weekend in the Unite Marquee, often seen as the beating heart of the annual […]
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Unite construction members are making final preparations this weekend, before starting a five day hike along the iconic West Highland Way on Monday (4 May) to raise money for a Scottish Hospice. The four Glaswegian construction workers have been training hard over the last few months in preparation for the 96-mile trail, where they are […]
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Every International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD), Unite members gather in droves by the Harry the Hod statue in Liverpool, just yards away from the union’s Jack Jones House. This year was no different, with members across sectors as well as politicians and campaigners coming to pay their respects on Tuesday (April 28) in one of […]
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Unite is inviting everyone to head to Barnsley this weekend to mark 100 years since the General Strike. The strike that brought the country to a stand still in 1926 is a moment in working history that still echoes in today’s fights for fair pay, secure work, and dignity on the job. Organisers have pulled […]
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Construction workers, activists and campaigners gathered at the Building Worker statue on Tower Hill yesterday (28 April) for Unites annual International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) commemoration. Though workplace safety was the focus of the event, the importance of supporting mental health at work was raised again and again. Unite Regional Officer Mark Soave started the […]
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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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