Connecting communities through steel

Nov 24, 2023By UNITElive

A quiet November Saturday afternoon in Sheffield. The steel-grey sky hangs heavy over the Sheffield United FC club house on Bramall Lane, home to the famed local team, the ‘Blades’.

A line forms outside the building. Men, women, children, jostle for position. The crowd is excited, the mood is good. Nothing unusual here you may think. But the Blades aren’t playing at home today. The crowd has not come for football. So why are they here?

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Nov 24, 2023UNITElive

‘Failure for workers’

Nov 22, 2023By UNITElive

Calling it an ‘abject failure for workers’, a ‘missed golden opportunity to tackle the issues threatening jobs and livelihoods,’ and ‘leaving consumers at the sharp end of the economy’, you could tell that Unite was left far from impressed by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, delivered this afternoon (November 22).

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Nov 22, 2023UNITElive

‘It shouldn’t be like this’

Nov 22, 2023By UNITElive

Unite members in Deeside, North Wales, employed by DE&S DECA, formerly known as the Defence Electronics and Components Agency, are currently out on strike in a dispute over pay.

Following over a decade of extremely low pay increases, workers voted overwhelmingly to support strike action and began a series of 24 hour strikes in October 2023.

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Nov 22, 2023UNITElive

Plan to save UK steel

Nov 20, 2023By UNITElive

Unite steel reps met in Port Talbot on Friday (November 17) and unanimously agreed a Workers’ Plan for Steel for all steel plants including Port Talbot. Commenting on the meeting, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said that Unite’s plan “is about growth in steel jobs that will transform the UK into the global green steel […]

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Nov 20, 2023UNITElive

‘A basic human right’

Nov 19, 2023By UNITElive

The United Nations World Toilet Day has been observed annually since 2013 and is held on November 19th. The day celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation.

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Nov 19, 2023UNITElive

‘Bringing people together’

Nov 14, 2023By UNITElive

Port Talbot sports teams and steel workers rallied at the beachfront on Saturday (November 11) to demand political action to save the industry. The rally comes as a petition calling on politicians to sign up to Unite’s Workers’ Plan for Steel reached over 21,000 signatures. Local sports teams in attendance will included Afan Lido FC, […]

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Nov 14, 2023UNITElive

‘We will win’

Nov 13, 2023By UNITElive

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham on Friday (November 10) stood shoulder to shoulder with striking Go North East members who are fighting for fair pay. They are now in their second week of all-out continuous strike action. You can watch Sharon Graham’s speech on the picket line in the video below – and you can […]

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Nov 13, 2023UNITElive

Go North East strike continues

Nov 10, 2023By UNITElive

Unite members working for Go North East are poised to enter their second week of all-out continuous strike action. On Friday (November 10) Unite staged a rally, attended by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, which drew bus workers, community groups and members of the public who are united in support for the striking workers. The […]

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Nov 10, 2023UNITElive

‘Future-proofing for the next generation’

Nov 7, 2023By UNITElive

Unite’s Workers’ Plan for Steel campaign has lit a fire in people from all walks of life — and all ages. Last week, the campaign held a day of action in the UK’s major steel towns including Port Talbot, Scunthorpe and Sheffield. The campaign has only just begun but it’s already making major waves. And […]

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Nov 7, 2023UNITElive

A King’s Speech for the people

Nov 6, 2023By UNITElive

A plan for steel, binding employment rights and an end to energy rip-offs should form the centrepiece of next week’s King’s Speech, Unite has said. The call comes as ministers finalise their plans – that will be laid out on Tuesday 7 November – for what will be the final legislative programme before the next […]

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Nov 6, 2023UNITElive

‘Step up to the plate’ on steel

Nov 3, 2023By UNITElive

Unite campaigners held a day of action this week on Thursday (November 2) in the UK’s major steel towns to raise public support for Unite’s plan to save the steel industry. The actions, held in Sheffield, Port Talbot, and Scunthorpe drew scores of people from their local communities. They sent a unified message to the […]

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Nov 3, 2023UNITElive

UniteLive stories of the year – Equalities ‘part of the fabric of our union’

Nov 1, 2023By UNITElive

Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today, we look back at Unite celebrating its first-ever National Black History Month awards gala in October. — Unite celebrated its first-ever National Black History Month awards gala in Birmingham last week – and what a celebration it […]

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Nov 1, 2023UNITElive

‘Bizarre and deeply disappointing’

Oct 27, 2023By UNITElive

The following article is a follow-up story to a Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) feature we re-published yesterday, which you can view here. The head of the independent watchdog for immigration has criticised the Home Office for failing to publish a promised review of the UK’s seasonal worker scheme. David Neal, the government-appointed independent chief […]

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Oct 27, 2023UNITElive

‘Pushed to the brink’

Oct 27, 2023By UNITElive

More than 1,300 Unite members working for bus company Go North East will embark on all-out continuous strike action from Saturday (October 28) in a determined fight for fair pay and conditions. Their latest brave stand follows two weeks of strike action that ended last week (October 20) and a resounding rejection of a new […]

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Oct 27, 2023UNITElive

Black History Month awards gala

Oct 26, 2023By UNITElive

Unite hosted its first ever Black History Month awards gala on Tuesday (October 24) in Birmingham. The event drew more than a hundred of Unite’s BAEM reps and activists and paid tribute to their vital contributions to the trade union movement. Addressing guests in her speech, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “What’s taken us […]

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Oct 26, 2023UNITElive

‘All that’s missing is a whip’

Oct 26, 2023By UNITElive

On a farm in Herefordshire, thousands of miles from her home in Bolivia, Julia Quecaño Casimiro went on strike for the first time in her life. Julia had worked on farms in Chile for several years but said she had never experienced bullying, discrimination or wage deductions until working in the UK. “As soon as […]

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Oct 26, 2023UNITElive

Miller & Carter Steakhouses ripping off staff tips

Oct 24, 2023By UNITElive

Steakhouse chain Miller & Carter has been blasted for ripping off waiting staff by making them pay up to two per cent of the sales they serve out of their tips to give to the kitchen, bar and management. The policy has led to waiting staff receiving no tips at all and even being in […]

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Oct 24, 2023UNITElive

To cut a long story short – we won!

Oct 20, 2023By UNITElive

Hundreds of Unite members at homelessness charity St Mungo’s have just ended their long-running strike after accepting an inflation beating pay increase.

After three months of strike action and tireless campaigning, the workers have agreed to a pay increase which works out at 10.74 per cent based on a median wage or £3,125 in cash terms.

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Oct 20, 2023UNITElive

‘Go North East – just pay us what we’re worth’

Oct 20, 2023By UNITElive

More than 1,300 Go North East bus workers have taken two weeks of strike action ending today (October 20) over fair pay and conditions. But their fight is only beginning – as management continues to dig its heels in, the bus workers will now embark on all-out continuous strike action from next Friday (October 28). […]

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Oct 20, 2023UNITElive