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This September the crowd at the annual Burston Strike School rally in Suffolk will be treated to the country sounds of Hank Wangford and his band. Anyone who has seen or heard Hank play will know this is a perfect choice for an event headliner – the only surprising thing is that he hasn’t played before.
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Selby bin strikes by refuse workers employed by Urbaser on behalf of the North Yorkshire unitary authority have ended after an improved pay deal was secured. The workers voted to accept the deal, which will see pay increase by eight per cent backdated to April for all workers. Drivers will also see their bonus for […]
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Today, Friday August September 25, Unite announced that after three months of strike action hundreds of workers employed by homelessness charity St Mungo’s have now ended their long running strike, after accepting a pay increase of 10.74 per cent.
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In April 1914, Kitty and Tom Higdon, loved and respected teachers at Burston Village School in Norfolk, were sacked because of their socialist and trade union views.
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On the eve of the new price cap, Unite has highlighted how energy companies are making record profits while the government and industry regulator, Ofgem, stand by and do nothing to support workers and communities. Ofgem is preparing to unveil the new price cap level, which will be implemented from 1 October. While it is […]
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The threat of strike action at Gatwick Airport this weekend has ended after workers accepted dramatically improved pay offers. Unite had called strike action this weekend on behalf of members employed by ground handlers Red Handling and Wilson James who undertake the passenger mobility contract at the airport. However, following improved pay offers both strikes […]
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Over two days and across two cities, young trade union activists from across the movement came together for the TUC Summer Patrol, engaging young precarious workers in the retail and hospitality industry.
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NHS workers at Barts Health NHS Trust have overwhelmingly voted for a campaign of industrial action today by a margin of 95 per cent in a dispute over low pay and safe staffing. The workers and their representatives will meet over the coming days to agree strike dates. Last year Unite activists and union reps […]
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Today (August 23), Unite marks what has been designated by UNESCO as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Unite Equalities urges everyone to commemorate the day and fight the racist legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in their statement below: In 1555, John Lok became the first recorded […]
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We are now nine months in from the official launch of the TUC Solidarity Hub project which was born during one of the greatest waves of industrial action in recent memory. The project was designed to help bring together the TUC’s support for unions eng…Read more…
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by Unite has revealed that 1,206 million construction workers were paid via the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) during 2022/23. This was a 15 per cent increase on the figure for 2021/21 when 1,047 workers were paid via the scheme, a 7.5 per cent increase on the previous year. CIS […]
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Unite slammed big business leaders for being rewarded for profiteering, after new data shows Britain’s biggest bosses’ pay has skyrocketed by 16 per cent in a single year. New research from the High Pay Centre (HPC), which tracks the pay of CEOs of the UK’s largest companies, found the median pay for a FTSE 100 […]
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Unite has secured an agreement that ensures that all construction workers operating at the Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire will receive bonus payments. From September 1 just over 300 Unite members, covered by the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI) will receive a £1.63 hourly bonus payment. This was awarded after Unite members, […]
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Unite members employed by Leeds University went out on strike this week from Monday (August 14) to Friday (August 18). In the joint strike action with Unison, the striking staff are demanding that their employer come back to the negotiating table for the 2023-24 pay round. They’re asking employers to look not only at pay, […]
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Last week, iconic independent cinema Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) signed an historic voluntary recognition agreement with Unite. Earlier this week, we highlighted this key victory in the hospitality sector. Today, we hear from Unite rep and GFT worker Katie Mack who explains how she and her colleagues changed their workplace for the better – and […]
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Unite confirmed today (August 17) that around 200 members have withdrawn their labour over health and safety concerns at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical plant in Mossmorran. Unite can reveal that workers downed tools on Tuesday (August 15) over health and safety warning signals and procedures not being in full working operation across the plant and the workforce […]
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When senior management decided it wanted to save costs, workers at Magenta were forced into an impossible decision: start working with asbestos or, for short-term contract and apprentices, risk losing your job. For other workers, it meant moving sections. Magenta Living employs over 100 workers to look after repairs and maintenance for over 13,000 properties […]
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Since 2011 we have seen soaring rates of insecure work among Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) workers.
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Deliveries of VW vehicles including, Audi, Porsche and Skoda models will face significant delays for months to come unless the profitable GBA Group improves its miserable pay offer of just 3.2%, Unite warned today (August 16) The strike will mean new VW car deliveries in the Southeast, London and beyond face significant delays as workers […]
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Unite has slammed the government and Bank of England for twisting statistics to suggest the cost-of- living crisis is coming to an end, after the latest figures show that real wage growth is still, in fact, failing to keep up with price rises. On Monday (August 15) new figures from the Office for National Statistics […]
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