Same-sex marriage became a hard-won reality two years ago –while it was an important milestone, the fight for LGBT rights is far from over. Homophobia still plays a pervasive and odious role…Read more…
Slim chance
New Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that bungling Chancellor George Osborne has overshot borrowing targets for 2015/2016 by £2.7bn and is on course to miss them again this year….Read more…
Momentous decision
As voters head to polling stations today (June 23), in what’s set to be the most important decision in a generation — whether to remain in the European Union or leave — leaders of…Read more…
Airport strike on the horizon
Unite, Scotland’s biggest union, today (June 22) said it would ballot about 480 workers at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports for strike action, after 98 per cent of workers rejected proposed changes to…Read more…
Construction deal secured
Following protracted negotiations, the construction unions (UCATT, Unite and GMB) have secured an improved two-year pay deal for workers covered by the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC)…Read more…
Living Wage win
Unite has won staff working in schools in Hackney the London Living Wage following a yearlong campaign. Catering and cleaning staff employed through OCS, a subcontractor, have been promised a wage…Read more…
Freedom of movement changed my life
In UNITElive’s third and final instalment of our series talking to members about what the EU has meant to them, Unite’s Myles Derbyshire explains how freedom of movement helped him find…Read more…
Keep the business together
Unite has responded with concern to the emerging news that Tata steel is looking to break up its remaining UK operations as it continues to seek a buyer for its businesses. According to…Read more…
Project hope
There is no need for a spoiler alert – Unite is fighting all the way for a remain vote and for Britain and British workers to build their future in unity with workers in the rest of Europe….Read more…
‘Broken promises’
Weymouth bus bosses have been accused of ‘broken promises and bad faith’ as a further four days of strike action from (June 27) were announced to follow on from this week’s strike in the ‘poor…Read more…
‘Absolutely disgraceful’
Protests were held outside the French embassy in London over the weekend, after a 250 vehicle aid convoy on its way to Calais was refused entry into France. The convoy, organised by a number…Read more…
Diseases don’t respect borders
In UNITElive’s second instalment of our series in which we ask members what being in the EU has meant to them, we talk to Beverley, a biomedical scientist. The EU referendum debate has…Read more…
Save Chorley A&E
Unite members are leading the battle to reopen the Chorley District Hospital A&E. The A&E was closed on April 18, when Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust, which runs Chorley and…Read more…
Being in the EU saved my job
With just days left before the UK makes a historic decision on June 23 – whether to leave the European Union or remain – UNITElive this week speaks to members about what being part of the EU has…Read more…
When we stand together, we thrive
As this referendum campaign draws towards a close, I think everyone can agree on two things. First, it matters. As the moment of decision looms, this will be one of the most important…Read more…
No James Herriot idyll
The reasons why almost half the vets regularly think of leaving the profession – with nearly 10 per cent of young vets planning to leave as soon as possible – will be explored at the inaugural…Read more…
Stand and deliver!
Unite Community in Chesterfield staged on Monday (June 13) a protest outside the offices of Best Connection, one of two employment agencies that supplies Sports Direct with labour. Singing a…Read more…
‘Let’s carry on her work’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has offered Unite’s most sincere condolences to the family of Jo Cox, the MP who tragically lost her life in her constituency today (Thursday, June 16). …Read more…
Extra, extra, read all about it?
Newspaper deliveries to newsagents across the UK could be hit as staff at Menzies Distribution gear up for strike action for the first time ever over a ‘pitiful’ pay offer. Unite warned that…Read more…
‘You are welcome here’
Unite will join trade unions and social justice movements from across Britain in a “Convoy to Calais” on Saturday (June 18), to provide aid and show solidarity with desperate refugees prevented from…Read more…