Storm Eowyn – employers try to cheat workers

As record breaking winds from Storm Eowyn tore across Ireland, leaving 725,000 properties without power, construction employers were busy trying to cheat workers out of a day’s leave. On Friday (24 Jan) winds of 113 mph were recorded near Galway, and hundreds of buildings across the country were damaged. However the very workers who will […]

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Samaritans reach out to building workers

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 stands with whistleblower Danny

Unite was out in force on Friday morning (29th November), organising colourful and noisy protest in support of a member who has been removed from his workplace simply for highlighting the dangers of onsite asbestos. Danny Thomas is an electrician who had been working for Llorets at the large Victoria House refurbishment site on Southampton […]

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General Operatives called on to have their say

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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Unite protest outside engineering firms office

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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Unite checking system “the Gold Standard”

Industry accreditation bodies have praised the work Unite and employers are doing at Canary Wharf to tackle fake cards.  Unite organised an event at Canary Wharf last week (Tuesday 28 August) to show the process that Canary Wharf Contractors have put in place to ensure operatives attending the projects have the correct CSCS card for […]

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Construction and Agriculture deaths top grim table

HSE report shows rise in workplace fatalities The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its latest set of statistics for workplace deaths, and 2023/24 makes grim reading with numbers once again rising, and construction and agricultural workers being most at risk. The report, Work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain, 2024, says that: “The construction and […]

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