Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Videos of the year – ‘Trucked off’
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Videos of the year – Scunthorpe scaffolders
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – critical care staff shortage crisis
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at an interview with Unite rep and ICU nurse Dave…Read more…
Videos of the year – a time like no other
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
100 days – millions of pounds for our members
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has only been in office for a short few months but in her first one hundred days alone, the union, under her leadership, has won pay increases worth over £25m in…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – climate change
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at UniteLive’s investigation into…Read more…
Royal Mail managers – Covid’s unsung heroes
Christmas was once a ‘busy’ period for Unite’s Royal Mail manager members, who ensure the cornerstone of UK communication, the Universal Service Obligation to deliver post anywhere in the UK, is…Read more…
Woolwich Ferry members’ suspension ‘must be rescinded now’
Transport for London (TfL) bosses were today (December 21) accused of ‘declaring war’ on the Woolwich Ferry’s workforce by Unite the union, as seven workers were suspended with no reason given. Unite…Read more…
‘Too little, too late’ for hospitality
Unite has today (December 21) hit out at the support package announced by the chancellor for the beleaguered sector. According to Unite, the package could mean as little as £50 per worker for an…Read more…
‘We stand 100% behind Cambus members’
About 400 workers at Cambus, who have not had a pay rise since April 2019, have voted to hold 10 days of strike action next month, starting on Tuesday, January 4, Unite the union said today (December…Read more…
Booker delivery drivers strike off
The two-day strike, including Christmas Eve, by drivers employed by the Tesco-owned Booker Retail Partners at its Thamesmead site, which could have hit deliveries to 1,500 convenience stores in…Read more…
Results in from first ever Unite all members’ survey
Unite has just published the report of its first ever all members’ survey and, although produced before the recent discovery of the Omicron variant, its findings reveal the reality of a sharpening…Read more…
Unite joins call for migrant worker protections in Qatar
On International Migrants Day, construction workers and footballers have come together to demand that the human rights of migrant workers in Qatar are respected and promoted. The Building and Wood…Read more…
Debt advice cuts suspended after Unite campaign
Moves to halve the funding for face-to-face debt advice services across England have been suspended after a campaign by Unite.
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Scots Covid hospitality support ‘drop in ocean’
Unite has welcomed the Scottish government’s ‘more more’ proactive approach to supporting the Covid-hit hospitality industry but said the £66 million in support for business will not stop mass job…Read more…
South Yorkshire bus strikes on cards
Fresh bus strikes will hit South Yorkshire in January after Stagecoach refused to offer a ‘reasonable’ pay deal to staff, Unite said on Wednesday (December 15). More than 560 bus workers are involved…Read more…
Economic forecasters in strike vote
Economic forecasters at the NIESR (National Institute for Social and Economic Research) are predicting a high probability of strike action at the leading think tank in a dispute over inflation. The…Read more…
Nottingham bus strikes threat
Bus drivers at council-owned Nottingham City Transport (NCT) are being consulted over strike action after they rejected a ‘subpar’ pay offer, Unite, the UK’s leading, union said today (December 16)….Read more…
Below inflation pay rises are a wage cut
Sharon Graham says below inflation rises are a wage cut with workers paying the price of the pandemic. Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham says the union will continue to base claims on the RPI…Read more…