Over 80 bus drivers employed by Stagecoach West in Swindon have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action, joining their colleagues in Gloucestershire in a dispute over low pay. The drivers…Read more…
‘Time to pay the rate for the job’
Unite has demolished Coventry council’s claims that its refuse drivers are paid the same as others in the region. The union reveals today (February 22) that workers doing the same job in neighbouring…Read more…
Workers ‘deserve so much more’ from Exxon
Fuel supplies to airports and filling stations could be hit this spring should workers at the giant Fawley refinery on the UK’s south coast take strike action over an `insulting’ pay offer, Unite has…Read more…
Riverside Bakery workers in strike vote
A pay cut disguised as a rise offered to staff earning just above the minimum wage at Nottingham’s Riverside Bakery has resulted in a strike ballot, Unite said today (February 21). More than 150…Read more…
Take action to help end corporate complicity in the occupation of Palestine
The illegal occupation of Palestine means that Palestinians face violations of their human and workers’ rights on a daily basis – and too many companies are benefiting from it.Read more…
HeartUnions: Royal College of Midwives caring for you
This HeartUnions week RCM share their Caring for You campaign; supporting all members by working locally with Trusts to hold employers to account on health and safety in your workplace.Read more…
‘It’s still not perfect – but a lot better than before’ – my story of unionising at Net-A-Porter
This is the story of Dele Akinfolarin’s efforts to unionise at Net-A-Porter.Read more…
Coventry council leadership ‘showing nothing but disrespect’ in bin dispute
Coventry bin lorry drivers will march on the city’s Council House after Unite revealed that not one Coventry councillor has been in attendance during more than 25 hours of negotiations. The…Read more…
‘Workers’ safety must always come first’
Millions of people were told to stay home on Friday (February 18) as Storm Eunice battered large swathes of the UK, with record-breaking 122mph gusts recorded on the Isle of Wight this morning. Storm…Read more…
Safe nuclear waste disposal
Unite has welcomed the publication of the annual Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) report. Scientists around the world agree that a GDF – which will contain nuclear waste deep underground in…Read more…
Heart Unions week: ‘Being in a union made the difference’
In the last part of our Heart Unions week series, we look at why being part of a trade union has never been more important than now amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. While working people’s…Read more…
Wabtec engineering staff in strike vote
An industrial action ballot is on the cards after bosses at Wabtec in Birkenhead unveiled plans to ‘fire and rehire’ 130 workers on inferior pay and conditions. Unite the union said today (February…Read more…
Tug boat crews to strike
Tug boats crews employed by Svitzer Marine at Teesport, the UK’s fifth largest container port, will begin strike action early next month in a dispute over pay. The company has attempted to impose a…Read more…
Heart Unions week: ‘We took on the company – and won’
Continuing our celebration of trade unions during Heart Unions week – today we look at the captivating story of how Unite took on bus giant Stagecoach and won, with a new strategy that turned a pay…Read more…
Weymouth bus drivers celebrate pay win
Bus drivers and mechanics at the First Wessex depot in Weymouth, Dorset have won a significant pay victory which will see an extra 8.2 per cent in pay packets by November 2022. Unite the union said…Read more…
GE Steam Power workers to strike
Workers at GE Steam Power’s historic factory in Rugby will begin pay strikes on Thursday (February 18), Unite has said. More than 75 Unite members, comprising nearly the entirety of the factory’s…Read more…
‘A crisis not of our making’
Unite members will continue to fight for substantial pay increases to protect their already squeezed living standards as inflation continues to soar, according to the latest figures published today…Read more…
Heart Unions week: ‘If you’re part of the union, they’ll help you the whole way’
This week, Unite is celebrating the TUC’s Heart Unions week. Each day this week on UniteLive, we hear from Unite members how being in our union has made a huge difference in their lives. The theme…Read more…
Airbus workers to strike
Airbus workers at the company’s factories in Broughton, North Wales, and Filton, Gloucestershire have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay. Around 3,000 Airbus employees, members of Unite,…Read more…
Victory at Liverpool Mooring Services
Unite has secured a pay increase and a major improvement to their conditions for workers employed by Liverpool Mooring Services (part of the Briggs Marine group). The workers will receive a three per…Read more…