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Unite Construction members are swapping safety shoes for walking boots and tackling the West Highland Way to raise money for a Scottish Hospice. Four members of the Joint Trade Union Committee, including Unite’s Darren Burrows and Brian Sutherland, have set an ambitious goal, raising £20,000 for The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH), by […]
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Unite Construction members are swapping safety shoes for walking boots and tackling the West Highland Way to raise money for a Scottish Hospice. Four members of the Joint Trade Union Committee, including Unite’s Darren Burrows and Brian Sutherland, have set an ambitious goal, raising £20,000 for The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH), by […]
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Unite launched its new Apprentice Charter on Wednesday (February 11) to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week this week. The charter aims to lobby employers to sign up to minimum standards for apprentices in a bid to drive up their pay, terms and conditions. The charter covers seven areas, including fair treatment and respect, pay and […]
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Unite launched its new Apprentice Charter on Wednesday (February 11) to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week this week. The charter aims to lobby employers to sign up to minimum standards for apprentices in a bid to drive up their pay, terms and conditions. The charter covers seven areas, including fair treatment and respect, pay and […]
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Textile workers from Gloucestershire have spoken about why they are continuing to take strike action against a world famous employer who refuses to pay them properly for the skilled jobs they do. Striking tennis ball and snooker cloth makers are now in their third week of industrial action, in a dispute over pay that could […]
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Textile workers from Gloucestershire have spoken about why they are continuing to take strike action against a world famous employer who refuses to pay them properly for the skilled jobs they do. Striking tennis ball and snooker cloth makers are now in their third week of industrial action, in a dispute over pay that could […]
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Members of Unite’s Section of Architectural Workers (SAW) drew support from fellow Unite members at a noisy demonstration in the City of London today (3 Feb). The members were protesting outside the offices of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) architects about threats to slash its UK workforce by half with mass redundancies , along with the […]
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Nearly 100 tower crane operators at Wolffkran took their first day of strike action this week (Tuesday, January 27) after not receiving a pay rise in three years. Unite members at Wolffkran are furious that the company is now also seeking to cut some of their additional benefits including standby payments. Tower cranes are vitally […]
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Unite lab workers have taken on one of the biggest pathology companies in the world and won, with the successful campaign to improve pay and conditions resulting in a recruitment surge for the union and hundreds of new members joining. In October 2025 members working for Health Service Laboratories (HSL) and the Doctor’s Laboratory (TDL) […]
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Tower cranes across the UK could grind to a halt this winter as crane operators take strike action over pay and conditions. The strikes by workers from Wolffkran, one of the world’s largest rental companies of tower cranes, could see construction work at the UK building sites stop on days starting this January, and continuing […]
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With vet care in the spotlight once again after the BBC’s Panorama programme highlighted the subject this week, Unite’s British Veterinary Union (BVU) wants to set the record straight. The latest episode of BBC Panorama, Why are Vet Bills So High?, is now available on BBC iPlayer and will air tonight on BBC One at […]
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Tennis ball and snooker cloth makers started industrial action today (12 January) over pay that could result in shortages at tournaments. Workers at sports cloth manufacturer WSP Textiles are on strike action for the first time in their history which will see snooker and tennis tournaments under threat due to a lack of baize and […]
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Unite members employed by finance sector outsourcer Diligenta have today (January 12) restarted industrial action across five sites in a dispute over pay. The Diligenta staff in the head office site in Peterborough will now also be balloted for industrial action. Diligenta management have failed to meaningfully negotiate with Unite on pay and this strike […]
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Unite members are being urged to put safety first as Storm Goretti brings yellow and amber weather warnings to large parts of the UK. The Met Office has given multiple warnings for snow and ice, wind and rain from today (8 Jan) til Friday, with some highlighting a “danger to life”. In conditions like this […]
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We hope you enjoyed UniteLive’s 12 days of Christmas series, where every day for the last 12 days, we’ve highlighted one of our stories of the year. It’s been a busy year for our union, and, as our general secretary Sharon Graham highlighted – it’s been a successful one. Since Sharon Graham was elected, more […]
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On the eleventh day of Christmas, UniteLive looks back at one of the union’s longest strikes of the year, which ended in victory in June after members employed by Livv Housing in Merseyside took a brave stand. It was when Unite rep Dave spoke to a member on the phone who was in tears, that […]
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Workers at three of the UK’s largest casinos have taken strike action over the busiest time of the year over their employers’ miserly “unsustainable” pay offer. Whilst workers resorted to picket lines over the freezing cold Christmas period, it was revealed that the bosses refused them a cost of living pay rise, and had been […]
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Unite reps at Hinkley Point C have spoken about the vital role of Health and Safety reps in the workplace in a new video from Unite South West. The film hears from Unite reps Sam Thomas and Maria Boyle and focuses on the toll that working away from home and family for long periods of […]
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Party goers and Christmas shoppers may struggle to get home thanks to Scrooge bosses, while hard working public transport staff look for some Christmas cheers from their employers There are a number of disputes being planned over the festive season as transport staff struggle with poor pay at one of the busiest times of the […]
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Unite members sent cards to tight fisted Sports Direct bosses yesterday (17 December) telling them to “Stop being a Grinch and pay up.” The company is the biggest sports retailer in the UK, however despite this they feel they can’t afford a pay rise or permanent contracts for its workers. Earlier this month Unite branded […]
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