On International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD), Doctors in Unite (DiU) held a special event at the Covid Memorial Wall in London to call for all health and social care workers (HSCWs) to be issued with…Read more…
Covid respiratory protective equipment call
The call for all health and social care workers (HSCWs) to be issued with special equipment – respiratory protective equipment (RPE) – as the Covid crisis continues will be highlighted tomorrow…Read more…
‘Fight for the living’
When my great uncle died at work in the mines in 1933, he left behind three children and a family to feed. The employer paid out a paltry sum and that was that. But for those left behind, the failure…Read more…
Unite Chep members celebrate victory
Unite members at Chep based in Trafford Park in Manchester are celebrating today (April 27) after voting to accept an inflation-beating pay deal and to end their long running strike. The workers will…Read more…
Croydon refuse workers in strike vote
Refuse workers employed by Veolia on the outsourced Croydon council contract are to begin balloting for strike action in a dispute over low pay. Unite is balloting around 100 refuse workers employed…Read more…
Rugby GE Steam strikes could worsen
The first strikes in 45 years at Rugby’s 120-year-old GE Steam turbine factory could worsen as the company uses outside consultancy firm Shape Associates to ‘undermine’ union organisation. Unite is…Read more…
‘Rest in peace Jimmy Nolan’
On behalf of the Waterford Branch of Unite in the Community we offer our sincere condolences to family, friends and comrades on the sad passing of Jimmy Nolan. Jimmy was a docker, an internationalist…Read more…
Reading hospital security guards in pay win
The long-running dispute involving the security staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading has been settled, Unite the union said today (April 25). The 20 guards first started taking industrial…Read more…
Whirlpool faces strike ballot
The repair, installation and maintenance of the UK’s household appliances, such as washing machines, could be thrown ‘into a spin’ as staff employed by Whirlpool get ready to hold a strike ballot…Read more…
Rugby street cleaners and refuse workers to strike
Bin collections and street cleaning in Rugby will grind to a halt from Tuesday (April 26). Members of Unite are taking strike action to demand a significant pay increase as spiralling price rises…Read more…
Other countries are helping families with energy costs: why can’t we?
Last month, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a budget that failed to boost pay, raise benefits or help low-income households. In contrast, here is how other governments across Europe are choosing…Read more…
Veolia workers in strike vote
Members of Unite employed by waste company Veolia and working at the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire are to be balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay. Multinational giant Veolia is…Read more…
Unite in Airbus pay victory
Over 3,000 workers employed by Airbus at its factories in Broughton in North Wales and Filton in Gloucestershire have accepted an improved pay offer bringing a long-running dispute to a close. The…Read more…
First Glasgow workers vote to strike
Unite the union has today (April 21) confirmed that dozens of workers employed by First Glasgow have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over pay. The 60 First Glasgow workers, including bus…Read more…
Oxford MINI strikes off
Strikes by warehouse workers based at Oxford’s MINI plant have been postponed after their employer, Rudolph & Hellman, tabled a new pay offer. Unite said strikes scheduled for 26 and 28 April and…Read more…
GSK workers vote to strike – for the first time ever
For the first time in the history of pharmaceutical giant GSK, UK workers have voted for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The workers, members of Unite the union, recorded an 86 per cent yes…Read more…
County Durham car factory strikes intensify
Pay strikes at car bearing manufacturers NSK Bearings and AKS Precision Ball in Peterlee, County Durham, have intensified as workers step up their fight for a fair pay rise. Around 200 workers,…Read more…
TfL and London Underground workers in strike vote
Over 1,500 members of Unite, employed at Transport for London (TfL) and London Underground (LU) are to be balloted for industrial action in a dispute over attacks on their pensions. Unite’s members…Read more…
Unite members at NEU in strike vote
Members of Unite employed by the National Education Union (NEU) in its London Region, are to take 48 hours of strike action in support of a colleague who they believe was unfairly disciplined. The…Read more…
Chep workers vote for more strikes
Workers at pallet suppliers Chep UK at Trafford Park have today (April 14) rejected the company’s latest pay offer, which means that the five-month long strike could continue into the summer, Unite…Read more…