Planned strikes on the Manchester Metrolink tram system this weekend have been suspended after workers received a greatly improved pay offer. Members of Unite had overwhelmingly voted for industrial…Read more…
Keep our families fed
Unite Community members were joined by Labour MPs last week for a Universal Credit demonstration outside Parliament. Together they sent a loud and clear message to the government to cancel the £20 a…Read more…
Lorry drivers’ hours extension ‘reckless’
Unite has warned that the government’s plans to continue to relax the maximum driving timing for lorry drivers, is dangerous, reckless and potentially illegal. Unite has learned that the government…Read more…
Health and Care bill ‘Trojan horse’ for more NHS privatisation
The government has been accused using the pandemic as ‘a smokescreen’ to push through the Health and Care Bill that will open the floodgates for more NHS privatisation, Unite warned today (September…Read more…
Stagecoach in Chesterfield ‘penny pinching’ on pay
Chesterfield bus passengers face serious disruption this autumn and winter if Stagecoach bus drivers and cleaners vote for strike action over a pay dispute, Unite said today (September 20). Unite…Read more…
Nuclear funding plan call
Unite, Prospect and the GMB have joined forces to demand government bring forward a long-promised funding solution for new nuclear. As part of the ‘Nuclear Week’ campaign in parliament this week,…Read more…
Weetabix engineers to strike
Engineers employed by Weetabix, the UK’s favourite breakfast cereal, will begin strike action tomorrow (September 21) as a result of the company’s plans to carry out an extensive “Fire and Rehire’…Read more…
Tesco drivers and warehouse workers reject pay offer
Lorry drivers and warehouse workers at four Tesco distribution centres have rejected a below inflation pay offer. If members vote for strike action, Tesco’s shelves will quickly become empty this…Read more…
‘We can win on fire and rehire’
Unite members across the country took part in a national day of action to shine the spotlight on ‘fire and rehire’, a growing practice where businesses force their workers onto new contracts with…Read more…
‘Cancel the cut’ call
Unite Community ramped up its campaign this week as protestors descended on Parliament to demand the government reverse its decision to cut £20 a week from Universal Credit. The extra £20 a week,…Read more…
‘Stand up and stop the bullying’
Unite is today (Wednesday September 15) holding a national day of action as part of its campaign to end fire and rehire. The union’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, called the practice, in which…Read more…
‘The only way workers do not pay price of pandemic’
Following Keir Starmer’s speech at TUC congress, today, September 14, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham responded by saying, “Unite is now focused on defending our members’ Jobs Pay and…Read more…
Work and pensions secretary ‘lives on a different planet’
Work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey has been accused of failing to understand Universal Credit and the implications of the impending £20 a week cut that will leave 6m households more than…Read more…
Unite members to fight against ‘this needless hardship’
Labour’s opposition debate on the controversial cut, which is earmarked for after Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this Wednesday, comes just days after work and pensions secretary, Therese Coffey…Read more…
TUC Congress highlights
On the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 13), Unite delegates moved and supported a series of motions on a variety of pressing industrial issues. Here are some of today’s highlights….Read more…
Unite GKN members announce all-out strike to save jobs
Members of Unite employed at the GKN Drivelines factory in Erdington Birmingham, have announced that they will begin an all-out continuous strike action later this month, as part of their ongoing…Read more…
Fire and rehire speech
Newly elected Unite general secretary Sharon speaks out against this ‘abhorrent practice’.
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‘Reps are part of our movement’
On the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 13), Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland highlighted the importance of union equality reps and the pressing need for their statutory…Read more…
‘Fire and rehire is an abhorrence’
“Our priority must be to co-ordinate a fightback at the work place. We have all shown that fire and rehire can be beaten. At British Airways, we stopped the worst of the cuts. At Go North West, the…Read more…
‘Fighting for our members must come first’
It was early morning at a factory on Humberside. My campaign team were handing out leaflets as workers made their way in to work. One worker told the team: “I voted for the best candidate for the…Read more…