International Women’s Day is for celebrating women’s achievements, recognising progress and calling for change. It is not for companies to commodify and profit from women’s inequality.Read more…
Break the bias: the role of women in today’s trade union movement
If you were to close your eyes and think of the typical trade unionist, it’s quite possible that you’d imagine a stereotypical image – a white, middle-aged man. It’s true that our movement has…Read more…
Pay offer ‘insult to bus drivers’
Bus services across London face severe disruption later this month, as bus drivers employed by Arriva announce strike action due to the company’s failure to make an acceptable pay offer. The 1,000…Read more…
‘Great win for our members’
Planned strike action involving bus drivers employed by Stagecoach West due to begin this Thursday (March 10) has been called off after the workers accepted a greatly improved pay offer. The…Read more…
‘Woman to woman’
Under Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, who was elected last year as the union’s first-ever female leader, Unite is now renewing its commitment to women like never before. While the union…Read more…
‘Concrete action will be the key barometer of progress’
International Women’s Day (March 8) is the day that people from around the world join together to honour women’s contributions to society and highlight the continued need for strengthening women’s…Read more…
Trade unions in Ukraine are providing aid to people in desperate need – let’s give them our support
The TUC and our sister organisations across Europe have released a fundraiser to support the Ukrainian unions’ humanitarian work.Read more…
Chancellor must help Ukraine by ensuring sanctions can be enforced and protecting UK families from fuel price rises
As the world unites in horror at Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the TUC has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for a increase in financial measures to support Ukrainian people…Read more…
Fair pay call at Leeds construction project
Construction unions Unite and GMB have launched a campaign to ensure that workers employed on a new waste-to-energy plant at Skelton Grange, Leeds are paid the correct rate for the job. Over 500…Read more…
‘Our members deserve rate for the job’
Unite GS Sharon Graham slams ‘incompetent’ Coventry council fat cats after bin driver picket line visit Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has slammed ‘incompetent’ Coventry council fat…Read more…
‘A landmark agreement’
Unite has struck a landmark agreement with one of the UK’s largest NHS trusts to bring 1,800 NHS workers employed by the outsourcer Serco into NHS employment.
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Unions winning for working people across the world
Last week our HeartUnions international event welcomed some fantastic speakers. Here are the highlights on how unions are winning around the world – and the power of collective action to deliver…Read more…
Lets get real about pay
Labour market figures have revealed this week that real wages are plummeting. While it is tempting to look ahead at early estimates of nominal pay growth, these experimental statistics should be…Read more…
Workers say no to increased surveillance since COVID-19
Three in five workers say they have experienced surveillance at work in the past year, with the monitoring of devices and phone calls surging during the pandemic, TUC polling has found.Read more…
We are worth more
Unite to stage targeted industrial action as council workers express disgust at 1.75% pay offer
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Staff ‘work-in’ at Regina Coeli women’s hostel enters seventh week
A work-in occupation by staff working at Regina Coeli House in Belfast enters its seventh week. As UniteLIVE highlighted in a feature last month, the workers launched their action to prevent the…Read more…
GE Aviation workers to strike over pay
Workers employed by GE Aviation Systems Limited’s subsidiary Dowty Propellers are to begin strike action next week in a dispute over pay. The 90-plus workers, who are based at the company’s factory…Read more…
NHS privatisation fight continues
The campaign against the relentless tide of NHS privatisation will continue, despite a judicial review dismissing the campaigners’ case that there was a lack of patient consultation when GP practices…Read more…
‘Our NHS is under threat and time is running out’
The NHS is under threat and time is running out, Unite has warned. The Health and Care Bill is now being pushed through Parliament, and will have disastrous consequences for the health service if the…Read more…
Bus strike during Cheltenham Festival looms
Over 380 bus drivers employed by Stagecoach West and based throughout Gloucestershire and Wiltshire have announced a month long strike in a dispute over chronic low pay. Strike action, which was…Read more…