Over a 1,100 workers employed at two Morrisons supermarket distribution centres have begun balloting for strike action in a dispute over pay. The affected distribution centres are Northwich, in…Read more…
Pandemics have their own music…
We clapped outside our doorplayed violins on the balconyclattered pots and panssymbols of resistancewhile our hearts broketo the sound of sirens. By Joy Johnson, Unite political department
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‘Excellent result’
Strike action at rail engineering company Faiveley Transport Birkenhead Ltd has been avoided after workers agreed a greatly improved pay offer. The workforce, who are members of Unite, overwhelmingly…Read more…
‘Tremendous achievement’
The long-running campaign to secure the future of the historic Rolls-Royce factory of Barnoldswick in Lancashire has finally ended. Following a ballot the workers at the factory, who are members of…Read more…
‘Playing fast and loose with facts’
Unite’s general secretary has said the union has “irrefutable evidence” that Weetabix is using ‘fire and rehire’ tactics to attack the wages and conditions of Unite engineers, including the…Read more…
Two weeks to save the NHS
Celebrities and health workers will band together on November 22 to demand that members of parliament oppose the Health and Care Bill, which the government is trying to push through despite numerous…Read more…
University of Cambridge in outsourcing row
The University of Cambridge, one of the wealthiest and most illustrious institutions in the country, has been accused of ‘salami slicing’ over its plans to outsource up to 50 maintenance and estates’…Read more…
B&Q shortages warning
DIYers across the country are braced for B&Q store shortages during warehouse strikes caused by union-busting and a below inflation pay offer at logistics firm Wincanton. More than 400 Wincanton…Read more…
Persuasion, not coercion
Unite has this week reinforced its long-held view that Covid vaccinations for NHS and social care staff should not be mandatory. Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health service, said that…Read more…
The ‘deserts’ of debt advice
The union’s warning coincides with the beginning of this year’s Talk Money Week. Proposals from the Money and Pension Advice Service (MaPS) to slash key debt advice funding will add to what is…Read more…
‘Complete absence of a coherent government strategy’
Climate change and global warming are the single biggest environmental challenge the world is currently facing. Unfortunately, previous and current global climate policies have been insufficient in…Read more…
Orgreave inquiry fight goes on
Five years since the government ruled out an Orgreave inquiry the fight for justice goes on.
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Videos of the year – how is this a pay rise?
Unite vice chair of the union’s national ambulance committee is dedicated NHS paramedic, Debbie Wilkinson. In September a 3 per cent pay rise was enforced on NHS workers – which although might sound…Read more…
Tales from the far side
Sharon Graham, called it right when she said, pre-Budget, that she feared workers would pay the price of the pandemic. It certainly looks that way. And realistically the best chance workers will have…Read more…
Workers to pay price for pandemic
Sadly Unite’s fears that the government would make workers pay for the pandemic were borne out in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget statement today (Wednesday October 27).
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‘Workers must not pay for pandemic’
Ahead of this afternoon’s Budget statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, in no uncertain terms, that workers must not be made to pay the price for the…Read more…
‘It is time to change democracy’
Unite has voted to back proportional representation for Westminster elections. The decision was taken at the Unite Policy Conference in Liverpool which closed today, October 22, after a week of Unite…Read more…
Union recognition win
Unite has negotiated a recognition agreement for its members working at the Cambridge headquarters of TWI, a global leader in technology engineering. The agreement will allow the union’s growing…Read more…
Unite ‘ready for relentless campaign’ against Stagecoach
More than 800 drivers, engineers, cleaners, supervisors and managers at Stagecoach North East have voted overwhelmingly to hold 12 days of strike action over the management’s ‘divide-and-rule’…Read more…
‘Fire and rehire’ bill blocked but Unite battles on
Labour Mp Barry Gardiner’s Bill on’ fire and rehire’ was today (October 22) blocked by the government after Tory MPs were instructed to oppose the bill, which would make ‘fire…Read more…