Unite believes that genuine, industry recognised apprenticeships are an excellent investment for UK industry and the economy. A high quality apprenticeship creates lifelong employment mobility,…Read more…
It’s #Time4Equality
#Time4Equality is an initiative launched by the Irish Executive Committee at the start of 2019 – and it does exactly what it says on the tin. Regional women’s officer Taryn Trainor takes up…Read more…
Thabitha speaks out
In the week ahead of International Women’s Day, Unite hosted Thabitha Khumalo, an opposition MP from Zimbabwe who has come to highlight the scale of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, with…Read more…
‘Great hope for the future’
Many spaces in public and social life – from politics to business to spectator sport and more – aren’t exactly the most welcoming of women, mainly because they are still dominated and led by men….Read more…
‘We can’t watch from the sidelines’
To mark International Women’s Day today (March 8), Unite’s South East region is ramping up the union’s Period Dignity campaign in the area to highlight the issue of access to sanitary products, which…Read more…
‘Lessons still to be learned’
Bakira Hasečić – like many of the tens of thousands of women and children survivors who were brutally raped, abused and tortured during the Bosnian War – could never go home again. After the…Read more…
‘We don’t know how to use our power’
Thabitha Khumalo, an MP in Zimbabwe for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, of which she is a founding member, has been fighting for human rights and social justice since she…Read more…
Women need their union
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a day where we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. But Unite believes that this tear IWD marks a call to action for…Read more…
Let’s celebrate!
On International Women’s Day today (March 8), Unite is marking the day to celebrate women and their achievements – but just as importantly to highlight the many injustices women in the UK and across…Read more…
Not entirely satisfied
The NHS’ 70th birthday in 2018 should have be a time for celebration, but despite the hard work of its dedicated staff public satisfaction with Britain’s most cherished institution fell to its lowest…Read more…
Save Honda Swindon
GS Len McCluskey signs the petition Resolute Honda workers Protest time Unite AGS Steve Turner address the rally Unite GS Len McCluskey with European network’s Unite’s Tony…Read more…
Bleak global economic outlook does not bode well for workers
‘Blatant window dressing’
Prime Minister Theresa May’s new proposals to protect workers’ rights after Brexit are “meaningless” and “deeply disappointing”, Unite has said. Announcing the details today (March 6), the PM…Read more…
Honda workers say no to closure
Unite members working for Honda in Swindon and in its supply chain companies travelled to parliament today Wednesday (March 6) to enlist the support of MPs as they step up their campaign urging Honda…Read more…
Peace deal stalled
Bin workers employed by Birmingham council are gearing up for fresh strike action this Friday (March 8) as progress on a potential peace deal has stalled. Unite called on the council to turn…Read more…
‘Brexit Russian roulette’
No deal Brexit fantasists need to wake up to carmakers’ Brexit warnings or risk catastrophic damage to the jewel in the UK’s manufacturing crown Unite on Tuesday (March 5). The call came amid…Read more…
‘Enough is enough’
Hackney council is being blamed for four days of planned strikes by drivers and passenger escorts on the school buses for disabled children in a dispute over payments for working split shifts. …Read more…
‘We will not stand idly by’
Unite has written to the company building an energy from waste site in Ellesmere Port, accusing it of engaging in practices resulting in a race to the bottom for construction workers conditions and…Read more…
Women’s pay: time for government action to close the gender pay gap
Today is Women’s Pay Day – a stark reminder that average women’s pay in the UK is still significantly lower then average pay for men.Read more…
A ban on zero-hours contracts – a victory for Irish unions
Irish unions have won a significant victory for the lowest paid, and most insecure, workers.Read more…