Commemoration of Battle of Cable Street march and rally Sunday 3 October 2021 @ 1pm – 5pm The march assembles at 1pm at the junction of Cable Street and Leman Street and will move off at 1.30pm towards the Cable Street mural for the rally….Read more…
‘Metrolink workers deserve fair pay’
Over 300 drivers and supervisors on Manchester’s Metrolink tram network – members of Unite – will stage a one day strike on Sunday, October 10, the day of the city’s marathon….Read more…
UNISON urges MPs to act amid surging school COVID-19 cases
Education unions have sent an urgent letter asking MPs to call the government to action
The article UNISON urges MPs to act amid surging school COVID-19 cases first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
‘Knee-jerk response’ to lorry driver crisis
Unite the union, which represents tens of thousands of lorry drivers, has greeted the news that the government will further extend the relaxation of lorry driver hours with anger and dismay. The…Read more…
Stagecoach bus drivers in Lancashire to strike
Bus services in south Lancashire face severe disruption later this month as drivers employed by the Ribble Motor Services Ltd, part of the Stagecoach group, take strike action over low pay. The 250…Read more…
Booker drivers strike off
Drivers employed by the Tesco-owned Booker Retail Partners at its Thamesmead site are to vote on a new pay deal. As a result, the strike action that could have disrupted supplies to convenience…Read more…
‘Fantastic wave of support’
Five thousand people have signed a petition in support of the 21 Lancashire biomedical scientists currently on strike in a back pay dispute, which sees some of them owed up to £8,000. Unite the union…Read more…
London UNISON Celebrating Black History Month 2021 “Breaking the Glass Ceiling”
This year the Regional Black Members Committee will be hosting a virtual event to celebrate Black History Month.
The theme will be: Breaking the Glass Ceiling. This is an opportunity for the Region to recognise and celebrate Black Lives, which i…Read more…
EDF smart meter installers in strike vote
EDF Energy smart meter installers across London and southern England are being balloted for strike action in a pay dispute, Unite said today (September 30). Unite said that the impact of industrial…Read more…
Blog: Taking our demands to the Labour Party
We heard much to applaud at the conference, but we’re a critical friend of the party and will make sure it delivers for public services and those who provide them
The article Blog: Taking our…Read more…
‘Outrageous pay discrepency’
Scaffold workers employed by Altrad at the Mitsubishi Chemicals plant in Billingham, Teesside, are being balloted for strike action over an ‘outrageous pay discrepancy’, Unite said today (September…Read more…
HS2 safety fears
Unite has blamed a recent spate of serious accidents on the HS2 tunnelling and track laying project in London, on a refusal to allow the union to speak to workers and a resulting dearth of safety…Read more…
‘We will win this dispute’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham stood with striking Weetabix engineers on the picket line on Wednesday (September 29) at the company’s factory in Kettering. The workers are striking over…Read more…
On the picket line at Weetabix
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham on Wednesday (September 29) joined Weetabix factory engineers who are striking over Weetabix’s brutal ‘fire and rehire’ ultimatum that will slash their wages and…Read more…
‘This is not the time to stop furlough’
With a fuel supply crisis, a mounting cost of living crisis and parts of the economy still operating under Covid-19 restrictions, Unite’s general secretary says that this is not the time to end…Read more…
Keir Starmer Leader Speech to Labour Party Conference 2021
I am back home after spending the last 5 days at Brighton for the Labour Party Conference 2021. It was great to be back in Brighton at a physical, real life face to face conference, after all this time.
I was there as a Party member (self funding…Read more…
Speech at Labour Part :about & Palestine Fringe Meeting September 28th
Comrades, Yesterday the Labour Party members made a momentous decision committing our Party to stand solidly behind the Palestinian people. In 2020 I was proud to move the motion that committed the…Read more…
Save Elkes Biscuits call
Unite the union today (September 29) called for potential buyers to step forward to purchase Elkes Biscuits in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, following the decision by its owner 2 Sisters Food Group to…Read more…
‘Not much for Unite members’ in speech
Unite expressed disappointment in Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on Wednesday (September 29), his first in-person address to Labour Party Conference. Starmer outlined the cost of living…Read more…
UNISON responds to Keir Starmer’s speech
Labour is offering just what the country needs after 11 years of Tory mismanagement
The article UNISON responds to Keir Starmer’s speech first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…