Govt ‘guilty of criminal negligence’

Just before Christmas around 1,000 Unite Welsh Ambulance Service workers announced they would be staging industrial action. 

The members, including paramedics, EMTs and emergency call handling staff, voted by 88 per cent to strike. Unite will be announcing the strike dates for Wales shortly.

They will join over 1,600 ambulance workers and Unite members in England, who took strike action on December 21. 

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‘Who do politicians’ choices serve?’

Recently the government made two major policy interventions. One was a proposed attack on workers: “new tough laws” against the right to strike, while refusing to negotiate with NHS workers. The other was a gift to the City: uncapping bankers’ bonuses and looking to remove safeguards brought in to tame markets after the 2008 crash.

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Unite wins of the year – Arriva North London

2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]

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Top 10 Scrooge bosses of the year – the Tory government

This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. On our last day of featuring Scrooge bosses, we look at the government. It is arguably the most Scrooge boss of all. That’s because it’s […]

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Unite wins of the year – Mid Ulster and Coventry council workers

2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]

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Top 10 Scrooge bosses of the year – Co-op Funeralcare

This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. Today we look at Co-op Funeralcare, which Unite has accused of “using a model of industrial relations straight out of Charles Dickens”. The company operates […]

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Unite wins of the year – Cadbury and Lerwick Port

2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]

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Unite wins of the year – Gatwick Airport workers

2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]

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Top 10 Scrooge bosses of the year – 2 Sisters

This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. Today we look at chicken giant 2 Sisters, which in September pulled a classic Scrooge – it refused workers a day off for the Queen’s […]

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Top 10 Scrooge bosses of the year – Veolia

This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. In the original Christmas Carol, Scrooge is described as “squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous” – and that about perfectly sums up today’s Scrooge employer, […]

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Unite wins of the year – Oxford MINI pay win

2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]

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Top 10 Scrooge bosses of the year – Fawley refinery contractors

This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. Today, we look at not one employer but four, who are all essentially working in concert at the Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire to ensure […]

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Top 10 Scrooge bosses of the year – Hestia

This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. Today we look at bosses at a company called Hestia, a referral service which provides adult services in Hounslow in London. Hestia’s workers, who provide […]

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Unite wins of the year – Worksop B&Q pay victory

2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]

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