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Unite has called for concrete legislation to tackle third party harassment at work by ensuring employers take a zero-tolerance approach to incidents and produce policies that truly protect workers. Third parties are those not directly involved in an organisation, such as customers in the hospitality and retail industries, or patients in the health sector. Half […]
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Every day this week on UniteLive, we’re featuring one of our many inspiring women members in the lead up to International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8). Today, we hear from Unite rep Stéf Kasprowski who’s helping her members fight for a better deal at work. — Stéf Kasprowski is a Unite rep who managers […]
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Responding to today’s (March 6) budget, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Once again the budget offers nothing but the same old failed choices and phony fiscal rules. The real issue is the crisis of under-investment in our industries and public services. We have a multi-billion investment gap, leaving the UK lagging far behind comparable […]
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Every day this week on UniteLive, we’re featuring one of our many inspiring women members in the lead up to International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8). Today, we hear from Unite rep and food manufacturing worker Monique Mosley, who’s made huge strides in organising her workplace, where the majority of workers are migrant women. […]
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Every day this week on UniteLive, we’re featuring one of our many inspiring women members in the lead up to International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8). Today, we hear from Unite health and safety rep Maria Boyle and her fight for better PPE for women in her workplace. — A Unite health and safety […]
The post These boots ain’t made for working! appeared first on Unite Live.
Government plans to reintroduce fees for taking tribunal cases will price workers out of accessing justice.
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Every day this week on UniteLive, we’re featuring one of our many inspiring women members in the lead up to International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8). Today, we hear from Unite rep and forestry worker Lorna Bailey-Towler, who’s breaking barriers in a male-dominated industry. — Lorna Bailey-Towler works in habitat restoration for Forestry England […]
The post Lorna ‘branches out’ as new forestry rep appeared first on Unite Live.
“I’m very pleased to be able to contribute to the discussion prompted by the Devolution and Work Commission report on behalf of PCS, a union with a longstanding commitment to democratic devolution; our main predecessor unions campaigned for an Assembly…Read more…
Striking DHL Aviation workers at East Midlands Airport stood defiant on the picket line on Wednesday (February 28) as they were joined by their general secretary Sharon Graham. The Unite members are now fighting a massive real-terms pay cut by their employer DHL Aviation, which Unite research has shown has made record-breaking profits. You can […]
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave an inspiring speech on the picket line during the DHL Aviation strike at East Midlands Airport this week (February 28). The striking workers, who are responsible for bringing critical medical supplies as well as other cargo into the UK, worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. They played a crucial role […]
The post ‘DHL – shame on you!’ appeared first on Unite Live.
Today is Work Your Proper Hours Day – a day the TUC created two decades ago to draw attention to the huge problem of unpaid overtime.
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Low-paid facilities staff from across London working for Barts NHS Trust demonstrated at the Department of Health in Westminster today (February 21). Around 100 Unite members took to the streets of Westminster to highlight the failure of Barts Trust to honour its commitment to pay an NHS lump sum “thank you” payment for working during […]
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Workers at Barts NHS Trust and outsourcing company Synergy have taken strike action this week in protest at the failure to pay them the £1655 lump-sum payment NHS workers were offered for working during the pandemic. In the film below, we hear from the striking Unite members – mainly low-paid domestic and catering workers — who […]
The post ‘We risked our lives – it wasn’t easy’ appeared first on Unite Live.
Quincy Raymond, Chair of TUC Young Workers Forum shares their experiences of the CFDT Young Workers Conference – November 2023.
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Unite mobilised one of its biggest steel demos ever in Port Talbot on Saturday (February 17). Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave an impassioned speech at the rally, which you can watch in full in the video below: If you’ve missed our earlier coverage of the Port Talbot demo, you can read a full news […]
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It’s only Monday (February 19) and it’s already been a busy week for Unite. Below is a selection of today’s top news stories: Balfour Beatty workers angry over profitable firm’s below inflation pay offer Around 150 M25 maintenance workers employed by Balfour Beatty are being balloted for strike action over pay, Unite said today. The […]
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The Port Talbot community joined Unite steelworkers, officers and activists for the union’s biggest demonstration to date on Saturday (February 17) in the fight to save steel jobs. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined the protest and gave an impassioned speech in a rallying cry for the thousands of jobs now at risk at Tata’s […]
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“We can fight. And yes, we can win!” These were the rousing words of Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham yesterday, February 17, as she addressed the hundreds-strong Port Talbot steel community who’d come to listen, as she spoke out on the closure of the blast furnaces.
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With Ford showing “corporate greed” by refusing to give salaried staff and managers at UK plants a decent pay rise — and rejecting Unite’s demand for Acas to be involved — Unite members and reps from across the UK speak out. They are still hopeful that an agreement can be reached with the car giant, […]
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It’s the conclusion of #HeartUnions week this week, and what a week it was! The theme of this year’s #HeartUnions week is ‘Want a pay rise? Join a union!” — and no other union has embodied this theme more than Unite. In the last year, Unite has secured hundreds of millions of pounds in pay […]
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