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Democracy is at UNISON’s heart – and the more of you that vote, the better your union can represent you and be representative of you
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In this ‘tale of two cities’ Oxford Unite member Dr Hosnieh Djafari Marbini, re-standing as a city councillor, believes that local people working together can truly bring about real change in…Read more…
Back to the South West and the vibrant city of Bristol. Unite rep and secretary of the Bristol Legal and Finance branch, Simon Crew is standing as a Labour candidate for the Council seat of…Read more…
Yesterday (April 28) was Workers’ Memorial Day. As part of the union’s observation of this date when we remember all those who have lost their lives at work, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and…Read more…
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021.Today, we look back at International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) in April,…Read more…
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury are ramping up pressure in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute with a protest on Saturday (May 1), followed up with a 24 hour strike on May 8 and 9.
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Today is International Workers Memorial Day and this afternoon we remembered all those who have been killed at work or died of work related diseases at the beautiful “Clasping Hands” sculpture and memorial in Three Mills Green, Newham, East London.
‘High skilled green jobs’ is the shibboleth of the think tank-ocracy right now. It is fashionable (and important) to talk about how we create jobs that meet our climate target obligations and support…Read more…
For Unite member Sarah Murphy, who is standing as a Welsh Labour candidate for the Bridgend constituency at the Senedd election, hard work and trade unionism are in her blood
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There usually comes a time in the life-time of a long-serving government when there is a light bulb moment which turns out to be terminal for its popularity and electoral prospects.
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The noted international trade union leader Dan Gallin used to say that what the labour movement needed is a “May 2nd Movement”. In other words, after all the wonderful speeches made on May Day, we…Read more…
Lessons must be learned and those responsible for failings held to account
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A new report by pension specialists LCP argues that on current trends average men’s pensions will rise slightly for a couple of years then fall sharply by 20% over 2 decades.
The chief reason (my words not LCP) is that employers are simply not pa…Read more…
Carol Mochan, who’s standing to be a Scottish Labour Party candidate in the Scottish Parliament, may not be your usual career politician – but she’s not going to let that stop her.
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Labour councillor Ross Willmott, who’s standing as a Labour candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, has been a trade union member for most of his…Read more…
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Nikki Coles, a Unite Community member, who has lived in Fratton, Portsmouth for the past nine years describes herself as just an ordinary mum, but she knows first-hand the issues that people in her…Read more…
Ahead of tomorrow’s International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28) workers are suffering a mental health ‘epidemic’, a UK and Ireland-wide survey of Unite workplace representatives has…Read more…
Biomedical scientists have been on the frontline of Covid-19 testing during the past year.
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Agriculture has long been considered the most dangerous sector in the UK, with fatality rates 18 times the national average.
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