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On a sunny day in Brighton Unite joined London Unemployed Strategies (LUS) and PCS for a lively TUC fringe event in the bowels of the Brighton Centre on social security earlier this week. The discussion was at times stark, with newly elected PCS DWP President Angela Grant sharing her deep concerns about the future of […]
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UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular photo gallery of each day’s highlights. Below are photos from the final day of TUC Congress on Wednesday (September 11).
The countdown to this year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival begins! In just a week’s time — from Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21 – Unite will be joining the wider trade union movement at the iconic festival in Tolpuddle, Dorset. Trade unionists and their friends and families will gather to pay tribute to the Tolpuddle […]
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Every year on April 28, trade unions and their members unite to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD). Events are held across the world to remember those who have lost their lives at work, or from work-related injury and diseases. IWMD has turned its attention to ‘climate change and workers’ health’ this year. In today’s […]
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Unite campaigners held a day of action this week on Thursday (November 2) in the UK’s major steel towns to raise public support for Unite’s plan to save the steel industry. The actions, held in Sheffield, Port Talbot, and Scunthorpe drew scores of people from their local communities. They sent a unified message to the […]
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Average pay growth rising above inflation in August for the first time in two years will be cold comfort for millions of workers who have suffered pay erosion for over a decade. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced on Thursday (October 17) that in the three months to August, annual pay growth rose by […]
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On the eve of the new price cap, Unite has highlighted how energy companies are making record profits while the government and industry regulator, Ofgem, stand by and do nothing to support workers and communities. Ofgem is preparing to unveil the new price cap level, which will be implemented from 1 October. While it is […]
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HGV refuse lorry drivers employed by Coventry council have voted for strike action over proposed attacks on their terms and conditions, Unite said on Friday (July 28). More than 40 drivers are angry at the Labour council’s plans to end ‘task and finish’ and to possibly privatise the city’s refuse service. The plans are an […]
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Around 360 bus drivers employed by First Manchester will strike in July over an “inadequate” pay offer, Unite said this week. Drivers at First Manchester earn less than other bus companies in the area. First Manchester drivers earn £13.50 an hour, while Go North West pays £14.37, Diamond Bus £14.30 and Stagecoach £14. The difference […]
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Hundreds of Unite members employed by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) are on strike action all week this week in a dispute over pay. Members are angry that not only are they expected to accept a real-terms pay cut virtually each and every year, but that management refuses to listen to staff over pay […]
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Striking health workers were joined by hundreds of protestors at a May Day NHS demo in London outside St Thomas’ Hospital on Monday (May 1) to collectively demand a decent pay rise for NHS staff. Unite members employed by Guys and St Thomas’ Trust and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, who had begun a first […]
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Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today, we look back at our International Workers’ Memorial Day story, where we highlight the issue of suicide in construction and how Unite is making a big difference. — The construction sector has made significant strides in […]
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Thousands of ambulance workers, Unite members, carried on their fight for fair pay and for the future of the NHS this week, as they took their third day of strike action on Monday (February 6). Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined ambulance members on the picket line in Cardiff, where she urged both the UK […]
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As Unite members in the ambulance service in England and Wales take their third day of strike action today (February 6), Unite has released a new video that tells the facts about the ambulance strikes. You can view the video below: Film by Morag Livingstone – Livingstone Media
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Only a day after failed talks between health ministers and trade unions on health, rail and teacher disputes, the government today (January 10) published a sinister bill that aims to severely curtail the democratic right to strike. Condemned by trade unions as unworkable and undemocratic, proposals in the bill would mean some trade union members […]
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The second of ATL’s series of pre-election policy debates asked if another ‘lost generation’ was a price worthy paying for a dearth of effective careers guidance. On the panel were: Sara Caplan, a…Read more…
Sara Caplan is a Partner in the UK Consulting practice at PwC, leading the Education and Skills business. We all have an image in our heads of what career guidance has meant to us as individuals. I…Read more…
Liberty Pim is a sixth former at Charters School, Sunningdale It’s a shame to say that careers advice at school has so far only been an inconvenience to me, but it’s the truth. As a hardworking sixth…Read more…
What should the education landscape look like in 2020? This is what we’ll be asking in our five, pre-election debates. These debates expand on key themes identified by our members and which shaped…Read more…
John Holman is Emeritus Professor in the Chemistry Department, University of York, UK, and adviser in Education at the Wellcome Trust and the Gatsby Foundation. Career guidance is the key to social…Read more…