This is a day to remember the importance of collective organisation. A day to remember that for trade unions, power comes from the workplace. May Day is Labour Day. Workers’ Day. An opportunity to…Read more…
Vote Sonya for UNISON London Local Government & Julie and Anette for London Health – your ONEUNISON “Cost of Living” campaigners
We have really important elections in UNISON just starting. From yesterday, ballot papers would have started to drop through the letter boxes of Local Government, Health and other service Groups up and down the country. Soon there will also be e…Read more…
Heathrow baggage system engineers in pay win
A strike by Heathrow baggage system engineers employed by Vanderlande Industries has been averted. Unite said 160 of its members at Vanderlande had voted overwhelmingly for Easter holiday strike…Read more…
‘Great win for Biffa members’
Planned refuse collection strikes by members of Unite employed by Biffa on the outsourced Manchester council contract have been called off following an improved pay offer. The strikes were due to…Read more…
UK councils braced for summer shutdowns
Councils across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are braced for summer shutdowns as local authority worker strikes spread, Unite has warned. Workers in Hackney, Rugby and across Northern…Read more…
Sainsbury’s Covid absence policy slammed
A change to Sainsbury’s Covid absence policy that will come into force on 1 May puts both workers and shoppers at risk, Unite said today (April 29). Currently Sainsbury’s staff who have Covid are…Read more…
‘A lifetime’s mission’
Scores of Unite members gathered in Liverpool at the Hod Carrier statue, the UK’s first ever worker’s memorial, to pay tribute to fallen workers on International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) this…Read more…
No Ford plant will be left behind in path to electrification
Unite has pledged to ensure that no Ford plant in the UK will be left behind as the company moves to electrify its vehicles. Unite’s primary focus is in securing the long-term future of Ford’s…Read more…
National rail strike threat
The possibility of a national rail worker strike is growing following warnings from three trade unions over jobs, pay and conditions at Network Rail and train operators. Unite, RMT and TSSA…Read more…
Making the most of mobile for union digital
One of the biggest shifts in digital over the last decade has been the move to mobile. The overwhelming majority of working age Britons now own a smartphone, and it’s given them a new and much…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day 2022: UNISON Community Activists Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living
This morning at 11am in Three Mills Green, Stratford, London, E3 at the “Clasping Hands” statue, we remembered those who had died at work due to accidents and work related ill heath. More deaths each year than resulting from war.
The UNISO…Read more…
Carlisle drinks can manufacturer workers to strike
Workers at the Crown Bevcan soft and alcoholic drinks can factory in Carlisle will strike over an ‘unacceptable’ pay offer from the company. Around 200 workers, members of Unite will stage two 24…Read more…
Sainsbury’s strikes off
Strike action which would have hit Sainsbury’s stores across South West England and into west Wales has been averted after the workers’ employer DHL made a much improved pay offer. Over 250 warehouse…Read more…
‘Protect construction workers’ demand
Construction union Unite is demanding that leading construction clients and principal contractors ensure that all workers on their projects are fully protected by death and injury insurance – or be…Read more…
Workers deserve to get home safely
Unite is calling on councils and employers to mark today’s (April 28) International Workers’ Memorial Day by backing the union’s Get Me Home Safely campaign. Unite wants the hundreds of councils and…Read more…
‘We need to fight for ourselves’
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…
NASUWT Conference 2022: Going back to physical events, without going backwards
Last year we wrote here about the experience of running a fully democratic and participative virtual NASUWT Annual Conference. A year later and the Union has just held its 2022 Annual Conference at…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…
Blog: Let’s remember those who have died because of their work
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, let us all take a minute to remember how precious life is and the cost that many workers pay every year, around the globe
The article Blog: Let’s…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…