The aim of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history month is to celebrate and recognise LGBT people’s contributions to society. Having started in the US in 1994, with the support…Read more…
Don’t expect govt bail out
As the steel industry cries out for government support, business secretary Savid Javid told manufacturers yesterday (February 24) that it could not expect to be bailed out like the banks were in 2008…Read more…
Happy birthday Harry
Harry Leslie Smith, a political activist who has worked with Unite and the wider Labour movement on various campaigns – most recently in getting out the vote at the last general election – celebrated…Read more…
Junior doctors: More strikes planned
Junior doctors have escalated their dispute, with the British Medical Association yesterday (February 23) announcing an additional three 48-hour strikes as their battle against health secretary…Read more…
‘Hidden because of fear’
Between 2012 and 2015 hate crimes against transgender people more than doubled, according to Home Office figures. But they do not tell the whole story: It is estimated that as much as 80 percent of…Read more…
A history worth fighting for
Unite took its fight to save Somerset cider all the way to Parliament yesterday (February 23) in a meeting with Unite shop stewards and MPs. The meeting with the all-party parliamentary group…Read more…
‘Landmark’ investment by Aston Martin
Aston Martin has today (February 24) announced its new SUV vehicle will be built in Wales creating 750 new highly skilled jobs and up to 1,000 jobs in total in the wider supply chain. Unite…Read more…
On the ‘brink of collapse’?
More bad news for the oil industry hit the headlines late last week (February 19), as the Aberdeen-based oil services firm Wood Group slashed contractor wages for the third time since the downturn in…Read more…
Freedom is a beautiful thing
For LGBT history month this special Unite film shows Unite LGBT members talking about the fight for equality and the many achievements so far. But members also discuss the still present…Read more…
Cider workers fight to save mill
Unite senior shop steward at Shepton Mallet Cider Mill, Stephen Faulkner (second left) leads Unite delegation on West Country job creation to Somerset MPs at House of Commons, today (February 23)….Read more…
Not listening
Unite Scotland says the Scottish Government is ‘not listening’ to local government workers, who will descend on the Scottish Parliament again tomorrow (February 24) in protest against a £600…Read more…
We’re not quite there yet
Mark “Pasty” Turner was ‘a confused kid’ – but it didn’t stop him standing out from the crowd. At school he never saw the problem with wearing pink shirts – even if his classmates did. The…Read more…
TTIP: ‘Real and serious threat’
The government has repeatedly dismissed fears that an EU-US trade deal, currently being negotiated in secret, would threaten the National Health Service. Critics have long warned that clauses…Read more…
Bill’s tip dipping
Bill’s restaurant is the latest chain to be accused of keeping tips left for waiting staff by customers. Bill’s is one of the fastest growing restaurant chains. It has 67 restaurants…Read more…
Tata Steel: deal in the offing?
As private equity firm Greybull Capital may be set to take control of Tata Steel’s Long Products division in Scunthorpe in April as part of a £400m deal to rescue the operation, steel unions have…Read more…
A ‘hidden history’
“Who hates the miners? Thatcher. Who else? The police, the public and the tabloid press,” says the character of legendary campaigner, Mark Ashton, to fellow activist Mike Jackson, during a Gay Pride…Read more…
North Sea ‘race to the bottom’
Unite, the UK’s biggest offshore trade union, has reiterated its warning to the UK and Scottish governments that a new wave of cuts to offshore contractors pay rates will intensify a race to the…Read more…
Save Somerset cider
A delegation of workers from the threatened Shepton Mallet Cider Mill is due to meet Somerset’s MPs on Tuesday (February 23) to explore ways of creating new employment opportunities in the county….Read more…
No bonus for NHS lifesavers
As UNITElive reported last year, NHS workers risked their lives – many of them travelling thousands of miles over Christmas – to help fight Ebola, a disease that ravaged West Africa, killing more…Read more…
Don’t let British democracy die
Do you vote? Perhaps you feel that marking your X won’t make any difference. It may be you are one of nearly a million people who have gone missing since the way we register to vote was…Read more…