Council and school workers are enduring a major cost of living crisis.
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Aviation workers ‘at the end of their tether’
Research by Unite has found that aviation workers across the entire sector are working excessive hours to keep the sector functioning. With increased demand for flights about to start with the beginning of the school holidays this weekend, Unite is urging passengers to treat workers with respect and to understand that they are working in […]
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Workers’ cost of living crisis grows
Unite on Wednesday (July 20) reiterated that it is relentless corporate profiteering — not wage rises — that is driving inflation, as the RPI rate climbed to 11.8 per cent, with the CPI rate of inflation now well above 9 per cent. Commenting, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Workers have had the spring, summer, […]
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Harlow refuse workers call off strikes after improved pay offer
The offer, worth around 9%, comes alongside a commitment to a new collective agreement
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‘Workers can and should demand a pay rise’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham writes for the forthcoming Unite Landworker magazine*. She says: As I write this column, we are in the midst of a cycle of crisis. And once again the rich and…Read more…
2022 school clothing grants
Grants of up to £70 per school age child are now available
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RCA members fight for fair pay
Unite members at the Royal College of Art (RCA) stood proudly on picket lines on Wednesday (June 22) as they took strike action for fair pay. They are currently taking industrial action over an…Read more…
Runaway profits driving inflation
UK inflation has again skyrocketed to nearly 12 per cent, now reaching a 40-year record high, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS published figures…Read more…
Decent public sector pay rise is crucial as inflation climbs ever higher
New price-rise figures show illustrate need for pay boost
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‘Let our heroes be the collective’
Unite members joined tens of thousands of demonstrators at a TUC march and rally on Saturday, June 18, to send a loud and clear message — that ordinary workers will not be made to pay for the…Read more…
Why we marched in London at the weekend
Seven UNISON members tell us why they marched through London to ‘Demand Better’ on Saturday
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‘The trade union movement must be reborn’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave a rousing speech on Saturday (June 18) after the TUC cost of living march, which culminated in a rally at Parliament Square. She called on the trade union…Read more…
‘It’s now down to trade unions to step up to the plate’
When both the Governor of the Bank of England and the Prime Minister called for ‘pay restraint’ it was clear that workers were being set up for a fall. Once again we were being asked to pay the price…Read more…
Unite investigates profiteering
If you believed what the likes of prime minister Boris Johnson and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey had to say, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the cost of living crisis is all…Read more…
‘Time to demand profit restraint’
When both the Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and prime minister Boris Johnson said recently that workers shouldn’t ask for pay rises because it may set off an inflationary spiral, he got one…Read more…
Wealth inequality in the UK is ‘entrenched’ under the Tories
As UNISON conference lays waste to the levelling up agenda, delegates say that the current government is ill-placed to fix problems that it caused in the first place
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‘Now is the time for investment, not cuts’
UNISON delegates hear that much-improved public sector pay and a ‘realistic’ windfall tax are the key to the cost of living crisis
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Tipton CabAuto workers to strike over pay
West Midland workers making interiors for elite autos McLaren, Aston Martin and Bentley, are due to start a period of seven one-day strikes in June and July over a real terms pay cut. More than 100…Read more…
‘We need to make a lot of noise’
As Unite is mobilising like never before for the TUC’s cost of living march on Saturday (June 18), UniteLive speaks to bank workers who, just like all of us, are struggling to keep up with the rising…Read more…
Out-of-touch government has no plan to solve cost of living crisis, says UNISON
Workers deserve decent pay rises as prices spiral
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