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Welcome to UNITElive’s coverage of this year’s Labour Party conference, Sunday September 25 to Wednesday September 28, in Liverpool. Tune in every day on UNITElive for full coverage of Unite’s delegates at the Labour Party conference. Below is a round-up in pictures of the first day of conference on Sunday, September 25. Pics by Mark […]
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Yesterday, (September 25) Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham told delegates at Unite’s Scottish policy conference, that ScottishPower’s ‘eyewatering’ £7bn in dividends to its Spanish owners, reveals the need to renationalise energy and proves that a budget benefitting the rich will not work. In the last year a Unite investigation has revealed that 13 per of […]
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Unite’s head of operations Gail Cartmail moved a motion on the economy on the second day of Labour Party conference on Monday (September 26). You can watch a clip of her speech in the video below:
Film by Martin Scanlon
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Strikes impacting Arriva services in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire have been called off after around 900 workers accepted a ‘vastly improved’ pay offer. The workers have accepted a deal which will see drivers’ pay lifted by 11.1 per cent in Hertfordshire and by 10.4 per cent in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Previously Arriva had been offering […]
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Unite delegate and Royal Mail worker Gary Sassoon-Hales spoke passionately in support of a motion on bringing the Royal Mail back under public ownership at the Labour party conference on Monday (September 26). The motion highlighted a disturbing revelation surrounding a possible takeover of Royal Mail by a foreign equity firm and noted that any […]
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Unite’s executive head of operations Gail Cartmail highlighted how Unite is fighting back against bad employers and the government’s attack on workers on the second day of the Labour Party conference on Monday (September 26). She moved a motion in debate on growing challenges in our economy, which called on Labour to take effective measures […]
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As Labour conference began on Sunday (September 25) Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said the party must be far more bold to make the ‘clear blue water ‘ that now exists between them and the Truss government count. Graham, who spoke at Unite’s Scottish Policy conference on Sunday, also told Unite members in Scotland that […]
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Unite delegate and chair of the Labour Party National Women’s Committee Ruth Hayes moved a motion on violence against women and girls on the first day of the Labour Party Conference on Sunday (September 25). Urging conference to read the motion from Labour’s Women Conference in full, Ruth highlighted how “over a decade of Tory […]
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The actions of TfL (Transport for London) managers running the Woolwich Ferry service will once again lead to industrial action on the Thames. TfL managers are refusing to discuss pay in the midst of a cost of living crisis. 87% of the workers who took part in the ballot voted for strike action. The workers’ […]
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A huge industrial action mandate will see more than 250 Hull Stagecoach bus drivers, cleaners, engineers and commercial assistants take all out strike action from 7 October until 29 December. Hull Fair runs from 7 October to 15 October. ‘Palpable anger’ at a below inflation pay offer, lack of pay parity compared to other areas […]
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Unite, the UK’s leading union, has confirmed that its members employed in electric control rooms will join other rail unions in taking strike action next month on Saturday 1 October, Wednesday 5 October and Saturday 8 October. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Our members at Network Rail play a crucial and demanding role in […]
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The workers, who are responsible for about 40 per cent of the beer deliveries to UK pubs and venues, are being balloted for strike action until 6 October over a five per cent offer. The offer, which comes with a caveat that sick pay is reduced, is far below the 12.3 RPI rate of inflation, […]
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New chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, announced today (September 23) was widely slammed as a handout for the wealthy amid a slew of unfunded tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the already well-off. Following a long-discredited ideology of ‘trickle down’ economics, Kwarteng announced a £45bn tax giveaway to the wealthiest and big businesses. Commenting on the announcements, […]
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Unite’s consultative ballot on industrial action over NHS pay in England closes on September 30. Each day this week, we’ll hear from a different member from our Unite health sector who explains why it’s so important to have your say on pay. Unite senior rep Laura has a unique, bird’s eye view of the huge challenges facing […]
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It was only the second full day of strike action for Liverpool dock workers on Wednesday (September 21), but the atmosphere was already jubilant. Hundreds of dock workers were joined on the picket line by general secretary Sharon Graham, confident that their ironclad solidarity will, in the end, triumph. The more than 500 striking workers, […]
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Unite’s consultative ballot on industrial action over NHS pay in England closes on September 30. Each day this week, we’ll hear from a different member from our Unite health sector who explains why it’s so important to have your say on pay. While doctors, paramedics and nurses are rightly celebrated as heroes in our NHS, the health […]
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Unite’s consultative ballot on industrial action over NHS pay in England closes on September 30. Each day this week, we’ll hear from a different member from our Unite health sector who explains why it’s so important to have your say on pay. Unite rep and paramedic Debbie Wilkinson will soon go on her first holiday in over […]
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More than 70 highly skilled workers who perform maintenance of rolling stock will be balloted from today until 4 October. French-based Alstom’s latest financial report shows it brought in sales of £13.6bn in 2021/22 and made net profits of £233m Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Once again a company making huge profits is offering […]
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New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms London is facing severe disruption later this month as its outsourced security guards, employed by OCS Group UK Ltd, begin strike action over poverty rates of pay. The security guards who work at the market, the hub of London’s fruit vegetable and plant trade, are paid just £9.69 […]
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HGV drivers and shunters at Mullers’ Stonehouse factory in Gloucestershire will begin a fresh round of strike action this week over imposed rota changes that are detrimental to their quality of life. The change to a five days on two days off rota system contravenes an agreement with Unite signed by the company earlier this […]
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