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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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Each day throughout the holiday season, UniteLive will feature one of our twelve stories of the year. On the ninth day of Christmas, UniteLive looks back on the potential impact of Trump tariffs on the UK auto sector. The tariffs were narrowly averted – but the auto sector isn’t out of the woods just yet. Unite […]
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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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Each day throughout the holiday season, UniteLive will feature one of our twelve stories of the year. On the fifth day of Christmas, Unite looks back on International Workers’ Memorial Day, when Unite members came together to ‘honour the dead and fight for living’. Unite marked International Workers’ Memorial Day in April with a demand […]
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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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A sea of Unite flags filled Blake Gardens in Bridgwater on Friday (April 25th), as construction workers from Hinkley Point C and trade union activists gathered around the Unite Workers Memorial to mark International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD). Around 100 people gathered for the breezy lunchtime event, an event which is now the “largest event […]
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Unite members gathered outside the Unite office in Moreland Street yesterday (April 23) to show support and solidarity with the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and its “Stop Deadly Dust” campaign against silica exposure. The construction sector members were all delegates attending the spring National Industrial Sector Committee (NISC) in London, where they heard […]
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Unite has called on the government to make a final investment decision on the building of a new nuclear power station during this quarter. Although groundwork for Sizewell C, located on the Suffolk coast, started over a year ago, the funding needed to build it has still not been agreed. Sizewell C would create up […]
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Talks started today (April 16) between Unite and Birmingham City Council, and before they began the Council leader, John Cotton, and his team were busy doing a media round giving interviews. However once the talks had started they entered a “parallel universe” as the council refused to put in writing what John Cotton and his […]
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