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The noise of whistles and supportive car horns sounded outside the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Headquarters in Poole yesterday (25 Aug) as striking boat builders and fitters from the Isle of Wight’s RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre traveled to Dorset to take their message to the charities bosses who have abandoned them. The Unite members, […]
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The spirit of Cable Street will be felt across the South West this weekend as Unite members join counter demonstrations and protests against far right attempts to divide their communities. As Unite continues its preparations for the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street in October members are saying “¡No pasarán!” in response to […]
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Highly skilled offshore medics who provide a “lifeline” for workers have received a pay win thanks to Unite that will see wages and allowances increase and lift pay by over £3000. Unite represents around a dozen medics employed by United Healthcare Global Medical (UK) who provide essential medical cover on assets owned by Adura which […]
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Trade union solidarity has won through after over 1,000 GKN workers based at the company’s Filton and Bristol aerospace factories, secured pay deals that were a vast improvement on the employers original offer. GKN Aerospace is a world-leading aerospace supplier, producing GKN airframe and engine structures, electrical wiring and landing gear which is present on […]
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Workers at the Isle of Wight’s RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre have taken a second day of strike in their ongoing campaign to protect jobs and skills on the island, and get a fair deal from the charity. Placards and banners on the picket line spell out the frustration of workers at the boat yard in […]
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“Nothing was ever done about it.” “I felt unable to report it.” “No one was reprimanded.” The overwhelming sentiment expressed in Unite’s landmark sexual harassment survey is one of devastating resignation. But the findings are also helping to drive a collective campaign for change across the sector. Sexual harassment remains so endemic in many workplaces […]
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The Northern Ireland Agricultural Wages Board (NIAWB) has agreed increased hourly rates for ove10,000 agricultural sector workers. This follows a Unite-led campaign to defeat plans to scrap the Northern Ireland agricultural wages board (NIAWB) proposed by the Northern Ireland Assembly rural affairs minister Edwin Poots and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU). The previous six-grade system […]
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Over 1,500 Arriva North London bus drivers started industrial action today (14 August) over hot weather working, as yesterday saw the hottest day of the year in the UK, a scorching 38.1C, recorded at Kew Gardens less than 20 miles from their garages. The drivers, who work at eight bus garages across North and East […]
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Unite has visited a sustainable cement plant in north Wales to see how the construction materials of the future will be produced. Unite reps at the Padeswood cement plant in Mold, Wales this week organised a visit for Unite Construction Officers and the TUC to the site of a new carbon capture and storage (CCS) […]
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Over 400 workers employed by Brake Brothers based in Newhouse, Motherwell, have secured a major pay increase after standing firm and rejecting an earlier offer from the employer. Brake Brothers provides wholesale food distribution services from the Newhouse facility to the hospitality and retail sectors, with a significant proportion of the company’s work comes from […]
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Unite the Union has today (Wednesday) announced the final results of its members’ vote for the two candidates which are as follows: (Papers found to be invalid – 265) The total number of votes cast was 100,089. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “It’s an honour to be re-elected by Unite members to serve as […]
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An already precarious agriculture and food sector could be tipped over the edge by the impact of the war in the Middle East, Unite has warned. Farmers and food producers could see already squeezed profit margins wiped out by rapidly rising costs and risk a crisis within the sector. Paul Travers, Unite national officer for […]
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Unite members working as refuse collectors, street cleaners, grave diggers and landscapers have gone on strike in Great Yarmouth after their demand for a reasonable pay rise was rejected. The workers are employed by Great Yarmouth Services (GYS), an arms-length company run by Great Yarmouth Borough Council, to deliver the Norfolk seaside authority’s waste and […]
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As the UK prepares for yet another heatwave, Unite is encouraging members to get involved with its “Beat the Heat” campaign and join the call for a legal maximum working temperature. Workers in all sectors are feeling the heat as climate breakdown supercharges extreme weather and fuels record breaking temperatures. Bus drivers have been campaigning […]
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Engineers at Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge are celebrating this week, after accepting an improved pay offer, and calling off potential strike action. The highly skilled engineers maintain C-130 Hercules aircraft and manufacture auxiliary fuel tanks for the Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, making a vital contribution to allied defence capability. In July around 250 […]
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With another heatwave forecast for next week passengers across North London and Essex are facing huge disruption to bus services from later this month, as Unite drivers prepare to walk out in an ongoing dispute about unbearable working conditions. Over 1,500 drivers at eight garages at Arriva North London are taking several days of action, […]
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Unite’s Fight Fatigue Now campaign bus visited striking estates workers at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust on Friday (31 July) in a show of workers solidarity with both groups joining each other on the top deck to discuss the issues and highlight their concerns to the public. Unite had been touring the […]
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Unite finds itself in a fresh battle to retain the panel which helps set the pay and conditions of agricultural workers in Wales following Labour’s disastrous results in the May elections earlier this year. Plaid Cymru is now the largest party in Wales after winning 43 of the 96 seats in the Senedd – six […]
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Christopher Feenan is taking over from Jim Leneghan as the Unite rep at the Northern Ireland Fishing Harbour Authority (NIFHA) and hopes to maintain recent progress in pay and conditions, reports Mark Metcalf. NIFHA, a public sector arms-length body funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), manages the ports of Ardglass, […]
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With only two months to go organisers are finalising plans to commemorate one of the biggest moments in working class history – The Battle of Cable Street. Unite is fully involved and taking part in the packed programme of events to mark the 90th anniversary of the pivotal moment in the fight against fascism – […]
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