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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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Unite is encouraging members to take to the streets and get involved with a national day of action on 1 April to highlight the impact of the rising cost of energy on communities. Unite Community and Unite Retired Members Branches are organising protests nationwide in response to OFGEM’s 6.4% price hike on 1st April, and […]
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Unite members working at Veolia’s site in Sheffield continued their campaign for union recognition, holding demonstrations yesterday in the city (19 March), with around 150 members and supporters marching through the city centre. The demonstrations started with a picket line outside the Lumley Street depot of union-busting firm, before marching onto Sheffield Town Hall to […]
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IWMD is held on 28 April every year. It brings together workers and their unions from all over the world to remember all workers who lost their lives to workplace illness or injury. It is the day to recommit to fighting to keep workers safe. The International TUC chooses the annual theme. For 2025, the […]
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Restore the differentials. Reverse the wage cuts. Keep pace with soaring living costs. This is the call from Unite to electricians as it continues to work on the latest pay claim. The Electricians United! campaign includes a new video to bring home the importance of backing the claim, a petition that will strengthen the Unite […]
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Today (27 January) is Holocaust Memorial Day and when people across the world gather to remember the 6 million Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust. The day also commemorate the millions more people murdered through the Nazi persecution, the communists, LGBT+ and disabled people as well as the millions more who were murdered […]
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Today is often called “Blue Monday”, due to a perception that it is the most depressing day of the year. However any day can be difficult for people struggling with their mental health, and, as The Samaritans point out, “feeling low isn’t just something that happens on Mondays or a random day in January”. It […]
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Unite activists have been up early this morning (11 October), talking to members and handing out leaflets outside North Acton tube to raise awareness for the unions campaign to improve pay. Declan Murphy and Stuart Grice from Unite’s construction sector spoke to lots of workers on their way to work at building sites linked to […]
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On World Mental Health Day Unite is encouraging members to get involved with the United Minds Campaign. The theme for World Mental Health Day 2024 is “Mental health at work” and the Mental Health Foundation says “Work can have a huge impact on our mental health. It can be good for our mental health, giving […]
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Unite took the campaign to protect pensioners and the Winter Fuel Allowance to Parliament on Monday (7 October) with a mass lobby and protest. Unite joined forces with the National Pensioners Convention and Scottish Pensioners Forum to call on the government to fully reinstate the Winter Fuel Allowance. Over 500 Unite members and activists from […]
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Unite campaigners braved the weather and took to the streets on Tuesday (Oct 1) in protest at the energy price hike and called for energy price guarantees and public ownership. Members of Unite, alongside other community organisations, held rallies and stalls at dozens of UK locations to demonstrate. The demonstrations were part of the Unite4Energy […]
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Unite construction members protested on Monday (23 Sept) outside the London offices of Jones Engineering in solidarity with an ongoing campaign from comrades in Ireland, and against the firm’s union busting activity. Mechanical workers are taking strike action in Ireland to win back travel time payments that have been cut by the employer. Workers in […]
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