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As the UK prepares for yet another heatwave, Unite is encouraging members to get involved with its “Beat the Heat” campaign and join the call for a legal maximum working temperature. Workers in all sectors are feeling the heat as climate breakdown supercharges extreme weather and fuels record breaking temperatures. Bus drivers have been campaigning […]
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With another heatwave forecast for next week passengers across North London and Essex are facing huge disruption to bus services from later this month, as Unite drivers prepare to walk out in an ongoing dispute about unbearable working conditions. Over 1,500 drivers at eight garages at Arriva North London are taking several days of action, […]
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Unite’s Fight Fatigue Now campaign bus visited striking estates workers at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust on Friday (31 July) in a show of workers solidarity with both groups joining each other on the top deck to discuss the issues and highlight their concerns to the public. Unite had been touring the […]
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Unite is hitting the road today (27 July) as part of the unions campaign to highlight how bus driver fatigue in London is putting passengers, pedestrians and workers at risk – and it is encouraging everyone to find out more. Unite’s campaign bus will be traveling around the capital all week and will be handing […]
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Unite Community members are celebrating this week after joining forces with Age UK in a successful campaign to protect the Freedom Pass in London. Last Thursday (June 18) Unite Community activists lobbied the Transport and Environment Committees AGM as part of a joint campaign between Unite Community London and Eastern Region and Age UK to […]
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Unite is calling for the country’s surge in green energy not to come at the cost of weaker standards and reduced safety. The UK’s shift to clean energy will create thousands of skilled and secure union jobs, but Unite is concerned that some in the industry are pushing for semi-skilled fitters, instead of fully qualified […]
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A seemingly constant stream of bad news can be hard to avoid, and can have a negative impact on mental health, which is why the theme for today’s (October 10) World Mental Health Day 2025 is “Access to services”. The Mental Health Foundation says “This year’s theme is ‘access to services – mental health in […]
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Six months after the Prime Minister promised to make funding available to invest in Grangemouth, workers are still waiting, and beginning to fear that the promised investment is nothing more than a mirage. The Grangemouth workers have launched an open letter aimed at Sir Keir Starmer for failing to deliver on his promises to provide […]
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Unite and other unions across the East Midlands have signed the TUC Dying to Work charter with the East Midlands Combined Authority in Chesterfield yesterday (14 Aug) along with Claire Ward, the Mayor of the East Midlands. Regional Coordinating Officer Shaun Lee signed the charter, which sets out an agreed way that employers will support […]
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Unite has launched a new campaign this week highlighting the issues workers face regarding musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), and calling on the Government and employers to play their part in keeping workers safe from the life changing effects that MSD can have. Unite’s campaign is calling for: Unite National Health and Safety AdvisorLuke Collins said, “Musculoskeletal […]
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A shocking new report has found sexual harassment is endemic in passenger transport sector. The landmark Unite survey found four in 10 women across the sector, including bus drivers, have suffered work-related sexual assault. The survey was launched at a packed fringe meeting at this year’s Unite Policy Conference in Brighton, and highlighted how the […]
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Local authority workers from across the UK gathered on College Green today to call on the government to save stricken councils and put in place fair funding for council services. The sun shone down on the righteous as Unite leader Sharon Graham addressed the crowd and launched Unites “Fair Funding NOW!” campaign. Speaking to council […]
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Unite leader Sharon Graham is to speak outside Parliament on Monday (16 June) calling for action to save stricken councils during a protest for fair funding for council services. Unites “Fair Funding NOW!” campaign highlights that for 15 years local authorities have faced brutal austerity cuts, with frontline workers and services facing the brunt. Unite […]
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A Unite rep, and striking bin worker, from Birmingham has addressed crowds at the annual James Connolly commemoration event in Edinburgh on Thursday (5th June). The event took place outside 107 Cowgate on Connolly’s birthday, and featured speakers, music and a wreath laying in the trade union leader’s memory. Striking Birmingham bin worker, Danny Taylor, […]
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Billboards supporting striking bin workers have appeared across Birmingham calling for no pay cuts for the city’s refuse crews and telling Labour to stop blocking the deal. The latest move in the campaign to protect bin workers’ pay comes just days after polling showed that residents in Birmingham would not accept pay cuts equivalent to […]
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Unite members are being urged to get involved with this year’s International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD), with plans well underway for country wide commemoration events to “remember the dead and fight for the living” later this month. The annual event is held around the world every year on April 28 as workers gather to reflect […]
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Unite is calling on people to join them tomorrow (Tuesday 15) at the Council House in Birmingham’s Victoria Square when the union will be delivering a petition to Birmingham City Council. The petition in support of the more than 350 Birmingham bin workers are on strike, due to the council’s decision to abolish the safety […]
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“No one should ever have to choose between heating and eating” was the message from Unite’s members holding protests as part of a nationwide Day of Action over energy price hikes. Unite Community activists joined comrades from Unite Retired Members Branches, along with other fuel poverty and pensioner groups, held over 40 events yesterday (April […]
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Unite has today (28 March) launched a new website to raise awareness on Prostate Cancer for reps, and to help them run campaigns and negotiate support measures with employers. Unite North East Yorkshire and Humber (NEYH) has partnered with Prostate Cancer UK to ask employers to run a prostate cancer risk awareness raising campaign in […]
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Unite Community activists from across the country are planning events as part of the the unions forthcoming nationwide Day of Action over energy price hikes – and they would love to see you join them on the streets. Unite branches are organising events in every corner of the UK to highlight the impact of the […]
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