Unite leader Sharon Graham has called on Gibraltar’s government to step up for the Rock’s health and care workers in a solidarity message supporting a rally against poor working conditions and…Read more…
Make aerospace funding deliver for UK workers
Aerospace and shipbuilding – two high skilled UK engineering industries, have long been synonymous with quality and excellence. Nations across the globe have, for many years, sought out our…Read more…
GE Aviation strike action continues
Workers at Gloucester’s Hurricane Road GE Aviation factory will be striking every Friday until their call for a fair wage is honoured, Unite said today (March 29). Multinational GE Aviation has been…Read more…
Oil refinery workers in fair wage fight
Petrol station and airport fuel supplies are facing disruption as workers at Exxon’s Southampton oil refinery fight for a fair wage from their “filthy rich” employer, Unite said today (March 29)….Read more…
Easter worries for Heathrow travellers
Heathrow passengers are being warned of problems over the Easter holidays as baggage maintenance engineers take strike action over a pay freeze. Unite, said more than 160 of its members employed by…Read more…
Business and transport failing late-night workers
Nearly six in ten workers (58 per cent) report that their employers have never provided them with safe transport home after work, a new poll for Unite the union reveals today (March 28). The poll…Read more…
‘Our support will not stop’
Trade unionists gathered in Coventry on Saturday (March 26) to stage a rally in support of Coventry’s striking refuse drivers. They are standing up against the shameful tactics of an anti-union…Read more…
Get me home safely
When hotel worker Caitlin Lee left for home after a late Friday night shift last year, she knew it would be another struggle to find safe transport. Not only are taxis in Glasgow hard to come by so…Read more…
UK/US steel tariffs deal reached
Trade unions representing thousands of workers in the UK steel industry have welcomed the agreement reached between the UK and US governments on the partial lifting of tariffs on British steel…Read more…
Sharon Graham addresses Coventry bin strike rally
Solidarity sisters and brothers! I am humbled to stand with you today in Coventry. A city with a proud union history. I’m also privileged to be sharing a platform with Unite members…Read more…
Community debt advisers ‘on front line in cost of living crisis’
Unite is calling on the government to invest in community-based debt advice in response to the cost of living crisis which is creating financial misery for millions. Unite is calling for the…Read more…
Unite ‘committed to uncovering the truth’
Unite is delighted to announce that Nick Randall QC and John Carl Townsend have been appointed to investigate the possible collusion by union officers in blacklisting. Over the past months, evidence…Read more…
Lloyds to cut 60 bank branches
Unite, the union representing staff at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), has today (March 23) said more local communities will have their heart ripped out following the announcement of a further 60 bank…Read more…
‘Tinkering around the edges’
Unite has slammed chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement today (March 23), which the union has said does not go anywhere near far enough to tackle an unprecedented cost of living crisis. Expected…Read more…
‘It will just be more of the same’
Ahead of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement today (March 23), Unite general secretary Sharon Graham explains why we cannot rely on this government to tackle an unprecedented cost of…Read more…
Easter beer shortage threat
HGV drivers employed by DHL Tradeteam on the Molson Coors contract in Burton-on-Trent will begin strike action next month in a long-running dispute over unmanageable delivery routes. The drivers,…Read more…
County Durham car manufacturing strikes
Pay strikes at car bearing manufacturers NSK Bearings and AKS Precision Ball in Peterlee, County Durham, are set to disrupt supply chains for automakers, including VW, Toyota and Renault, Unite has…Read more…
Northern Ireland local gov’t workers to strike
Unite members in Northern Ireland councils, the Education Authority, NI Housing Executive and schools have launched their first week of strike action to win improved pay. The strike will likely…Read more…
Thousands demand reinstatement of Coventry union rep
Activists will hand in a petition on Tuesday afternoon (March 22) signed by 11,000 supporters calling for the reinstatement of Unite representative Peter Randle. Earlier this month, the council took…Read more…
‘We can’t afford to live’
Unite Community members descended outside chancellor Rishi Sunak’s constituency office in North Yorkshire on Friday (March 18) to send a clear message – that for a huge and growing number of families…Read more…