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Unite members working as plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices downed tools today (Monday 7 October) as they continue action to secure the reversal of the austerity-era cut to ‘travel time’. Pickets were mounted this morning outside the flagship Intel project in Co Kildare, where several Mechanical Engineering & Building Services Contractors’ Association (MEBSCA) employers are […]
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In the old days if Stagecoach drivers at a local depot took strike action, the bus giant would put the word out for scabs from outside the area to earn as much overtime as they could get by covering…Read more…
In a ‘ground breaking move’ Sharon told the Sunday Mirror on December 5 that her next target would be none other than the global mega-billions business, Amazon together with its multi-billionaire…Read more…
Sharon Graham – elected as Unite general secretary on August 27 has, by December 6, her first 100 days in office, won literally millions of pounds in extra pay and conditions for members.
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Over 90 Argos lorry drivers based at the Heywood depot in the North West see their basic rate of pay increase by an incredible 31 per cent – meaning annual earnings increase from £26,699 to…Read more…
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, who has now served her first 100 days in office, has introduced radical changes to the way the union operates, focusing its entire resources on winning for…Read more…
Unite will next week launch a legal counterattack on ‘an outrageous attack on workers’ rights’. Over thirty members of Unite employed by Suttons Tankers, as drivers and fitters, had been on…Read more…