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Unite has launched a new mental health support package to help reps who sometimes feel they are struggling with the heavy burden of helping colleagues and fellow members. The new free package offers confidential help and advice to reps and their families from fully qualified mental health professionals, and is available 24/7 at the end […]
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Unite has welcomed the publication of Labour’s industrial strategy on Monday (June 23), which contains a key aim that Unite has long been lobbying for – reducing sky-high industrial energy costs. Unite has long been working with government and other stakeholders to tackle the issue of industrial energy costs – the prices that businesses, rather […]
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Staff at iconic Nottingham music venue, Rock City, are fighting for Unite recognition, and have been given support by comrades in the Musician Union. Workers at the world famous concert hall began their public campaign for union recognition earlier in June, but still have no response from Rock City owners DHP Family. Unite has now […]
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Unite members joined hundreds of people taking to the streets of Dublin on Wednesday (17 June) to protest about the appalling state of affordable housing across Ireland, and demand housing for all. With new government rules in Ireland likely to push rents even further upwards, housing completions falling well short of targets and official definitions […]
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With the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issuing a four-day heat health alert to most of England Unite is warning workers to take care, and talk to their union reps if employers do not put in place measures to protect them from the worst of the heatwave. Temperatures are predicted to reach 32C, and the […]
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As Britain braces itself for the hottest day of the year later this week, Unite Ireland has launched its Workers in the Eye of the Storm report aimed at safeguarding workers during extreme weather events. The report was launched in Stormont’s Long Gallery yesterday afternoon (16 June), and details the results of a survey of […]
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In September 2018, during Storm Ali, Unite member and engineer Matthew Campbell was killed by a falling tree after being sent to work in Slieve Gullion Forest Park. In January of this year, two-thirds of Unite members who had to work outdoors during Storm Éowyn did not feel that their employer had taken all reasonable […]
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Local authority workers from across the UK gathered on College Green today to call on the government to save stricken councils and put in place fair funding for council services. The sun shone down on the righteous as Unite leader Sharon Graham addressed the crowd and launched Unites “Fair Funding NOW!” campaign. Speaking to council […]
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This year’s Disabled Workers Conference was well attended with over 200 delegates representing 30 different trade unions. Unsurprisingly, the Unite delegation was the largest at the conference and our delegates spoke in many of the debates. The Conference opened with a speech from the Chair of the TUC Disabled Workers Committee, Martyn Gwyther of Unite. […]
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Unite leader Sharon Graham is to speak outside Parliament on Monday (16 June) calling for action to save stricken councils during a protest for fair funding for council services. Unites “Fair Funding NOW!” campaign highlights that for 15 years local authorities have faced brutal austerity cuts, with frontline workers and services facing the brunt. Unite […]
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Unite has responded to the government’s comprehensive spending review, announced today (11 June). Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Whilst outside and inside the spending review, several of the demands Unite has been calling for have been met – for example Sizewell C, Rolls Royce SMRs, winter fuel, increased defence funding, investment in the steel […]
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Unite has welcomed the government’s announcement of a multi-billion investment to build Sizewell C in Suffolk and the go ahead for small and modular reactors (SMRs). The union strongly supports the government’s decision to make Rolls Royce the preferred bidder to build the small modular reactors (SMRs). The deal is with the publicly-owned Great British […]
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Strikes by Gatwick plane refuellers employed by Redline Oil have ended after Unite secured a pay deal worth 9.1 per cent for hourly rates. The workers voted to accept the 18-month deal by 92 per cent on a turnout of 87 per cent. They will receive a 4.75 per cent pay rise backdated to October […]
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A Unite rep, and striking bin worker, from Birmingham has addressed crowds at the annual James Connolly commemoration event in Edinburgh on Thursday (5th June). The event took place outside 107 Cowgate on Connolly’s birthday, and featured speakers, music and a wreath laying in the trade union leader’s memory. Striking Birmingham bin worker, Danny Taylor, […]
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Former Unite national officer Ann Field is leading a free history session exploring “The Wapping Dispute & Printworker Organisation” this Thursday (12 June), that plans to bring the history of print trade unions at the time of the dispute to life. The session is part of the trade union and working-class history series organised in […]
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Unite construction sector activists were busy on Friday (6 June) distributing the latest Building Worker journal to workers going to work at a central London site. The union activists were handing out copies near Oxford Circus, and Unite national officer Declan Murphy said, “We were out early in the West End this morning, with branch […]
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Unite is urging members to show their solidarity and make Pride 2025 the most powerful yet, declaring that celebrating and defending LGBT+ rights is core trade union business, especially following a concerning Supreme Court judgment. As Pride Month dawns, Unite banners will fly high, not just in celebration, but in a clear statement of intent. […]
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Unite members at Oxfam have taken to the streets to protest today (3 June) outside their London, Manchester and Oxford offices against redundancy and outsourcing plans, and calling on the charity to “Practise what you preach” The outsourcing targets workers in the charity’s publishing team – which manages the production of globally respected research and […]
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Speaking about yesterday’s (2 June) announcement on the Strategic Defence Review, Unite said that increased spending is required and must boost investment in UK industry and create highly skilled jobs Unite has welcomed the government’s commitment to intertwine increased defence spending, with developing the UK’s defence industry. The union will continue to demand that the […]
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The following feature about NAECI training first appeared in the most recent edition of Building Worker – you can read the full issue online here. Following a request from Unite’s Construction sector Unite Education developed a Change at Work course for senior reps focusing on the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI). The […]
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