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Billboards supporting striking bin workers have appeared across Birmingham calling for no pay cuts for the city’s refuse crews and telling Labour to stop blocking the deal. The latest move in the campaign to protect bin workers’ pay comes just days after polling showed that residents in Birmingham would not accept pay cuts equivalent to […]
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The following feature about skills first appeared in the most recent edition of Landworker – you can read the full issue online here. Reps from across Unite’s Food, Drink and Agriculture (FDA) sector gathered in Eastbourne last October to take part in a four-day training course aimed to build skills and increase understanding of some […]
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The following feature about skills first appeared in the most recent edition of Landworker – you can read the full issue online here. Reps from across Unite’s Food, Drink and Agriculture (FDA) sector gathered in Eastbourne last October to take part in a four-day training course aimed to build skills and increase understanding of some […]
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Unions are turning the heat up on employers and being encouraged to join a TUC led week of action where union health and safety reps carry out inspections into their workplace temperatures. The week of action is scheduled for 14 – 20 July. With the weather hotting up, so are workplaces. Unite has long been […]
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The following feature on rural buses first appeared in the most recent edition of Landworker – you can read the full issue online here. For the big accountancy company KPMG to back investment in public services is surely a clear indication of how important local buses are to communities across the UK, especially in rural […]
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The following feature first appeared in the most recent edition of Building Worker – you can read the full issue online here. Unite rep and construction worker Tracey Whittle was among hundreds of Unite members who took part in the union’s Equalities Conference in late October. buildingWORKER caught up with Tracey at the conference, who […]
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Unite branches across North London, joined with Trades Councils, unions and campaign groups in a show of solidarity with striking Birmingham bin workers last night (Wednesday 21), at a time when the Birmingham Bin Strike is escalating. Unite branches including the London Building Workers Branch (LE UG005), Haringey Craft Workers (LE/UG130) Wood Green Bus Garage […]
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Labour ministers are targeting low-paid bin workers while cosseting billionaires. Supporters could not be more disillusioned Six months ago, it was a stirring, a mood felt in many workers’ meetings, on picket lines and doorsteps. What started as disappointment in Labour is now giving way to anger for many British workers and their communities. “Aren’t […]
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Thousands of British automotive sector jobs hung in the balance after US President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25 per cent tariffs on imported cars from the UK and other countries. But in a dramatic turn of events earlier this month, Trump and prime minister Keir Starmer announced a US-UK tariffs deal, which would see […]
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Unite has raised concerns over the merger of two of the UKs largest convenience food manufacturers, and the impact it could have on workers and consumers. The merger of Greencore and Bakkavor is being described in food sector media as a “convenience food behemoth” with a joint turnover of around £4 billion that would employ […]
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Unite welcomed a decision to fine British Airways £3.2m over health and safety failings on Friday (16 May). Two baggage handlers, both Unite members, were hurt in ‘near-identical’ incidents at Heathrow Airport while using machines used to load luggage into planes. The machines, called televators, had not been fitted with adequate protection such as guardrails […]
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The following feature first appeared in the most recent edition of Landworker – you can read the full issue online here. The government’s decision to cut Winter Fuel Allowance – a previously universal entitlement for retired people – has provoked a collective outcry, and rightly so. Critics say that to limit the benefit to only […]
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Unite joined a coalition of campaign groups on Wednesday morning (14 May) outside Parliament, demanding “climate justice” and calling on the government to commit to a fully funded plan for a just transition that supports jobs and skills in the North Sea. Unite is part of a partnership, including fellow unions and climate groups such […]
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Unite members at Spirit AeroSystems are pressing the UK government to take action to protect British aerospace and the jobs and skills on which it relies. A delegation of Unite members travelled down to Parliament in London on Wednesday (April 30) to urge the government to intervene after aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced only a […]
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Livv Housing workers are more determined in their fight than ever as their long-running dispute continues. Workers, who have been taking discontinuous industrial action since October after years of real-terms pay cuts, received a big morale boost this week when Unite general secretary Sharon Graham visited the picket line (pictured below) on Tuesday (April 29). […]
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Unite members in Liverpool gathered at the Harry the Hod statue near the union’s Jack Jones House statue to pay tribute to those who’ve died or been injured in work on International Workers’ Memorial Day on Monday (April 28). The sun was out but the mood was solemn, as more than 100 people including local […]
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Construction workers and activists gathered at the Building Worker statue at Tower Hill in central London this Monday (April 28) for an International Workers Memorial Day commemoration. The annual Unite event is sadly still as relevant this year as ever, with the latest statistics showing that construction is the most dangerous sector to have a […]
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Unite marked International Workers’ Memorial Day yesterday (Monday 28 April) with a demand for more action at all levels to reduce workplace deaths. Memorial events happened across the country as workers gathered to remember colleagues who have died or been injured while at work. The latest figures revealed that in 2023/24 there were a total […]
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The unveiling of a deliberately symbolic red plaque and a special children’s rendition of a song written in her honour were the highlights of a celebration of the life of Betty Tebbs (1918-2017), a lifelong trade union member of one of Unite’s legacy unions. Betty’s radical reputation meant that the event at the Festival Gardens […]
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Time to climate-proof health and safety laws Unite in Northern Ireland has called on Stormont to protect workers during ‘Extreme Weather’ events. The call went out on International Workers’ Memorial Day following Unite releasing the results of a survey today (Monday 28 April) conducted after Storm Eowyn. The survey of members was carried out by […]
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