Unite which represents thousands of car workers including those in supply chains and engine manufacturers, has warned that the government’s ‘Road to Zero’ strategy which proposes that all new cars…Read more…
Homes and Communities Agency strike
Members of Unite employed at the Homes and Communities Agency will begin a three day strike tomorrow (July 10) in a dispute over pay. The staff at the agency, which comprises Homes England and…Read more…
Win against NHS privatisation
The NHS’ 70th birthday on Thursday (July 5) wasn’t the only thing the health service had to celebrate last week. Only one day later on Friday (July 6), an NHS trust scrapped plans to outsource…Read more…
National Grid-lock
Unite has sent a message of solidarity to 1,200 United Steelworkers (USW) members who have been locked out of their jobs in Massachusetts by an US-based division of the UK’s National Grid. …Read more…
‘Like working for a big family’
Royal Sussex County Hospital – and cake Staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton were presented with a giant NHS 70th birthday cake from Unite today (July 5). Staff…Read more…
‘Market not always right’
Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell joined renowned economist Ann Pettifor at Unite’s policy conference on Thursday (July 5) to call for a radical rethink of the Tories’ failed economic…Read more…
Pathological service cuts?
Whenever ministers think a public service needs an overhaul, they bring in ‘the experts’. Ironically in many cases ‘the experts’ have limited expertise. And the very last thing ‘the…Read more…
Bring our NHS back to health plea
Policy conference delegates reaffirmed Unite’s commitment to saving the NHS from funding cuts and privatisation on the service’s 70th birthday.
First time speaker Moira Dawson, a nurse from the East…Read more…
Happy Birthday NHS from Unite
To the tune of Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday and lit by a sparkling laser display, Unite delegates gave greetings and thanks to the NHS, saluting Unite’s NHS members. Unite…Read more…
Health care like no other
The National Health Service was born on July 5 1948, delivered by visionary Labour health minister Aneurin “Nye” Bevan at a ceremony at Park Hospital in Manchester, which is now Trafford General….Read more…
Proper investment call for key NHS service
Tucked away out of public view at most hospitals is a nuclear medicine laboratory where radioactive materials are kept safely in thick lead containers. Dressed in bright white overalls, face masks…Read more…
Our NHS
Unite members joined health campaigners, trade unionists and people from up and down the country to pay tribute to the NHS for its 70th birthday at a march on Saturday, June 30. Tens of…Read more…
Health of the nation
1948 did not only usher in free universal access to primary health care; it also brought with it an idea radical for its time – that the NHS should “encourage a new attitude to health…the promotion…Read more…
Happy Birthday our NHS!
Here are some delegates’ selfies fresh from our Unite communications digital zone. We love you NHS! …Read more…
Squeezing the life from our NHS
Keep Our NHS Public has been one of the most used slogans for years as unions, patient groups and politicians campaign to end the privatisation of health services. Rallies and protests are…Read more…
Right to determine gender
Unite policy conference delegates agreed yesterday (July 4) that any worker has the right to determine their gender identity without unnecessary medicalisation and that they support a review of the…Read more…
Automation tide
Unite’s policy conference heard from delegates today (July 4) who have already been affected by a growing tide of automation. Speaking in favour of a motion to further Unite’s policies on…Read more…
‘Strong – but not immune’
Unite delegates shared personal stories of their struggles in an emotionally charged debate about the importance of mental health in the workplace on Monday (July 2) at Unite’s policy conference….Read more…
‘Hope can replace fear’
Speaking at Unite’s policy conference on Tuesday (July 3) Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Labour Party was “back as the political voice of the working class” as he pledged to bring about…Read more…
Fair wages for all ages
Unite young members met with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (pictured below) after his Unite policy conference address on Tuesday (July 3) to throw his support behind a new campaign for young people….Read more…