As Unite is mobilising like never before for the TUC’s cost of living march on Saturday (June 18), UniteLive speaks to bank workers who, just like all of us, are struggling to keep up with the rising…Read more…
Ten giant pay leaps – in just one month
Unite is streets ahead, winning giant pay rises for our members – as Chris Jarvis of Left Forward Forward wrote on the site’s webpage yesterday (June 14). He writes, Trade unions have already shown…Read more…
Croydon refuse workers in pay win
Strike action involving refuse workers employed by Veolia on the outsourced Croydon council contract has been called off after workers accepted an improved pay offer. Strikes were due to begin this…Read more…
The time is now – why you should join us on Saturday
Rather than the Chancellor’s belated, half-hearted support package, we need real change. A decent pay rise for public sector workers. Fair pay agreements. A £15 minimum wage. And the Employment Bill…Read more…
Ministers should seek to resolve strikes, not bring in strike-breakers
The proposal to allow employers to bring in agency workers to fill in for striking workers, is a shameful outcome for a government that only a few years ago promised to “protect and enhance” workers’…Read more…
Thirteen Housing Group workers to strike
Workers at major housing association Thirteen Housing Group, which has over 35,000 properties in the North East and Yorkshire, will be striking for over three weeks in a dispute over an ‘insulting’…Read more…
Victory for Unite Lloyds bank workers
Unite, the union representing staff at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has today (June 13) confirmed that staff across the bank will be awarded a £1,000 bonus to help them to deal with the cost of living…Read more…
Gatwick pay win
Over 300 workers at Gatwick airport will benefit from a 21 per cent pay increase thanks to Unite, the UK’s leading aviation union. The workers are employed by Wilson James on the mobility contract at…Read more…
Egypt can’t deliver a just transition at COP27 while workers’ rights are on the line
As Egypt prepares to take over the COP27 presidency and countries gather for the Bonn Climate Conference, trade unions are calling for Egypt to end its repression of workers, trade unions and…Read more…
‘Brilliant result’
Unite has secured a pay deal for around 50 cleaners employed by ABM based at Glasgow Airport, the UK’s leading aviation trade union confirmed. The deal will raise basic pay to £9.90 per hour, an…Read more…
Moy Park shamed amid strike
Unite are workers now on their fourth day of strike action at Randalstown plant. Unite has determined that Moy Park is paying its workers there £5,000 a year less than workers at other company sites….Read more…
Bexley council urged to sort out contractor
Bexley council, in South London, has been called on to sort out one of its contractors amid a bin strike ballot over pay and ‘appalling’ treatment by management. Unite said that more than 100 of its…Read more…
Major Unite victory protects workers’ rights at Ineos
In a major victory for Unite the union and workers employed at the Ineos Grangemouth site, a tribunal has ruled that an employer cannot impose a pay offer – and that Ineos must now compensate workers…Read more…
Strikes to hit London’s transport network
Strikes will hit the capital’s transport network this month as Unite members at Transport for London (TfL) and London Underground (LU) take action to defend pay, pensions and jobs. On Tuesday, June…Read more…
‘Shame on Wabtec’
Unions declare ‘shame on you’ to Wabtec’s breaking of proud history. Members of Unite and the RMT unions employed by rail maintenance firm Wabtec in Doncaster will strike over ‘abhorrent’ fire and…Read more…
Red Funnel ferry workers to strike
Strike action could shut down all Southampton to Cowes ferry services, Unite said this week. In a dispute over poverty pay, around 120 customer service staff, shunters and ratings, who work on Red…Read more…
Employers MUST carry out individual risk assessments for pregnant workers and new mothers
Thanks to union advice and organising the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance making it clear that employers must carry out individual risk assessments for pregnant workers and…Read more…
A stronger social partnership
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill has been published today, opening a new chapter in the relationship between unions, government and employers.
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‘Zero confidence’
Unite has broadly welcomed a new review into health and social care leadership, but has warned that the government will fail to bring about any meaningful change if it doesn’t address more central…Read more…
Exxon Fawley refinery workers in pay win
Strikes at the Exxon Fawley oil refinery near Southampton have ended after Unite secured a deal for around 100 workers. The workers, employed by Trant Engineering Limited, Veolia Services and Altrad…Read more…