Under increasing pressure to change tack on Universal Credit, work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has herself admitted that the government’s flagship welfare reform has contributed to a rise in…Read more…
As determined as ever
In part 2 of our I Heart Unions series, we speak to some of Unite’s retired members about how they’re still carrying on the fight for their communities through Unite. Thanks to all the…Read more…
Economy in the ‘deep freeze’?
The economy is heading for a “deep freeze” Unite warned after it was revealed growth last year was at a six year low and that manufacturing has gone into recession. Overall growth during 2018…Read more…
Scrap ‘tax on our work’ call
A 38,000-signature petition protesting at the proposed 18 per cent fee hike for registration to the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) was handed into the council’s chief executive today…Read more…
‘Remember the past’
Unite, has launched an exciting new history project aimed at engaging directly with a new generation of workers and activists. The project – a centenary history of the Transport and General…Read more…
Austerity far from over
Chancellor Philip Hammond will fail to end austerity as he pledged in October unless he ploughs an extra £5bn into Whitehall spending by 2023-24, a new report reveals. An analysis from the…Read more…
Ban zero hours contracts call
Zero hour workers are paid £4 an hour less on average and more likely to work at night, research released as part of Heart Unions week shows. In response to the shocking analysis, which found…Read more…
‘Our voices must be heard’
For the TUC’s I Heart Unions week (February 11-15), we’re highlighting the wonderful work trade unions do to empower workers — in this instance through peaceful protest. On Monday…Read more…
‘Find their voice’
This week is the TUC’s I Heart Unions Week (February 11-15). Each day on UniteLive, we will bring you an inspiring story. Today (February 11) we meet the Unite members from TGI Fridays who are…Read more…
Major strides forward
Last week (February 11), thanks to Unite campaigning, Rolls-Royce took the unprecedented step of adopting the union’s period dignity charter – now, toilets at Rolls-Royce facilities in 50 countries…Read more…
‘Look to the future’
Trade union leaders and Tudor manor houses may have little in common but Sutton House in Hackney, London is not your usual period building, nor was Clive Jenkins your usual general secretary. …Read more…
Pantomime drama to pay victory
Unite has negotiated an inflation beating pay increase for hundreds of workers at Bristol Waste, following a sustained organising campaign to overturn the company’s original pay offer which fell well…Read more…
Come clean call
Unite has called on the NHS Trust responsible for building the new Midland Metropolitan hospital, to come clean with patients and staff over further delays to the vitally needed hospital. …Read more…
‘Toxic’ work culture
Unite has called for a radical change in the existing senior leadership at Amnesty International following a new report into the health and wellbeing of the workforce. The report by the…Read more…
Cottam power station to shut
Unite will be exploring alternative employment for the workers who will lose their jobs when the Cottam coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire ceases generation on September 30. EDF…Read more…
‘Stop playing games’
Unite announced today (February 6) that it was seeking a high court injunction to stop Birmingham city council from breaking the agreement cemented in law that brought an end to 2017’s long-running…Read more…
‘Kick in the teeth’
The shipbuilding industry suffered another setback today (February 7) after Babcock announced 150 redundancies at its Rosyth shipyard. Unite said the losses, which follow on from the decision…Read more…
‘Right thing to do’
Unite’s period dignity campaign is spreading like wildfire as more and more workplaces sign up to provide free sanitary products in toilets – since its launch in September last year dozens of firms…Read more…
It’s time to talk
The majority of people will suffer from mental ill health at one point or another in their lives – but a protracted stigma has kept so many of us in the ‘silent majority’, unable to reach out for…Read more…
It’s time to talk
The majority of people will suffer from mental ill health at one point or another in their lives – but a protracted stigma has kept so many of us in the ‘silent majority’, unable to reach out for…Read more…