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Merry Christmas 2023
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Health workers in Grinch protest
A Grinch delivered a signed Christmas card to Victoria Atkins MP, Secretary of State for Health, earlier this week (December 18) to highlight the issues NHS staff are facing. Unite members from the Barts Health NHS Trust in East London, members working for Together Support Solutions (2SS) a wholly owned subsidiary of East Kent Hospitals […]
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Labour Unions Christmas Shop
I have just ordered a “Labour New Deal for Working People” mug for Christmas. Check out other gifts https://labourunions-shop.org.uk/ “Dear John,With Christmas almost upon us, a
reminder that our Labour Unions Campaign Shop carries a range of…Read more…
UniteLive stories of the year – Stagecoach win
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 at how Unite took on the bus giant Stagecoach – and…Read more…
Videos of the year – ‘Trucked off’
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – critical care staff shortage crisis
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 an interview with Unite rep and ICU nurse Dave…Read more…
Videos of the year – Scunthorpe scaffolders
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – climate change
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 UniteLive’s investigation into…Read more…
Introducing the Retirement Living Standards (& Future Christmas Dinners)
This is a really clever approach by the PLSA to encouraging people think about their pensions seriously Once you decide what lifestyle you want after retirement you can then think about what you have to do to achieve it.
Do you want a “Minimum”, …Read more…
‘Act of bad faith’
The dispute involving drivers employed by the Tesco-owned Booker Retail Partners at its Thamesmead site has flared up again with a two-day strike, including Christmas Eve, which will hit deliveries…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – bereaved Covid families demand public inquiry
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…
Top 10 most read UniteLive articles of the year
On New Year’s Day today (January 1), UniteLive highlights our most read articles of 2020 — and what a year it’s been. From holding bad employers to account, to likewise calling out…Read more…
Video of the year – ‘My one wish this Christmas…’
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today we feature a film promoting Unite Community’s Universal Credit online day of action earlier this month,…Read more…
Unite’s ‘food warriors’
It is true to say that this Christmas certainly won’t be like any other – but for all the wrong reasons. We see the adverts every day. While the shiny families enjoy idealised Christmas Days, and the…Read more…
Nadolig Llawen: Happy Christmas!
Hat tip my favourite Welsh artist, Kyffin Williams and his painting “The Gathering” and in a 2021 post Covid world (fingers and toes) I hope to climb to the top of this same mountain Glyder Fach in Snowdonia.
Xmas relaxation plans should be scrapped
Unite, which represents over 100,000 health workers, has backed a call by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Health Service Journal (HSJ) that the government’s plans to relax social distancing…Read more…
BA cargo workers Christmas strike
Cargo workers employed by British Airways at Heathrow airport have today (December 11) announced that they will take nine days of strike action beginning on Christmas Day. On Monday (December 7) the…Read more…
‘Scrooge is alive and well’
Unite has discovered that workers operating on the flagship HS2 project at the Old Oak Common site, are being systematically denied the correct pay rates, resulting in them losing hundreds of pounds…Read more…
‘Festive crisp famine’ warning
A series of broken promises and a proposed pay freeze by management at haulier Eddie Stobart Ltd, could result in a festive crisp famine, Unite has warned. The dispute is a result of Eddie Stobart…Read more…