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Dockyards football teams from across Britain, and further afield, gathered in West Thurrock on Saturday (3 Aug) for the UK’s first International Dockers Charity Football event. The tournament featured five-a-side teams from Bristol to London and Southampton to Liverpool. They even welcomed one team from Chile. Unite reps organised the event raising money for Havens […]
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Unite is teaming up with Fans Supporting Foodbanks who will travel to Glasgow from Liverpool ahead of the Rangers vs Liverpool Champions’ League group game today (October 12). They will team up with fans from a number of clubs including Rangers and Celtic to deliver food to foodbanks in the City of Glasgow. Research conducted […]
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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 a poignant poem from Unite’s Joy Johnson, who…Read more…
In the latest news on the scandal involving racist abuse against England football players, four people have been arrested in connection with the abuse. After England’s defeat in the Euro 2020 Final…Read more…
As Downing Street reportedly considers an extra bank holiday if England wins the Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday (July 11), Unite has called on prime minister Boris Johnson to ensure every…Read more…
Well done England. A great result.
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“The Old Spotted Dog Ground Trust is launching an appeal for urgent funds – £15,000 is needed to fix the clubhouse roof at Clapton CFC’s new home in Forest Gate.
The Old Spotted Dog is London’s oldest senior football ground and Clapton CFC became the …Read more…
One of the UK’s top anti-racist charities launched its annual Wear Red Day fundraising campaign at Unite’s central office on Tuesday (September 3), with sporting stars among football and cricket’s…Read more…
Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC), an anti-racism educational organisation which Unite has long supported, will be holding its fourth annual Wear Red Day on October 19. Last night (September 5) the…Read more…
Unite is welcoming Show Racism the Red Card to the union’s headquarters on Wednesday, September 5 to launch Wear Red Day 2018, which will be attended by former and current footballers. The…Read more…
One in five people are still earning less than the Living Wage a new report has found, just as the wage rate increased today (November 6) to £10.20 in London and £8.75 in the rest of the UK. …Read more…
Unite has helped to launch the third edition of Show Racism the Red Card’s (SRtRC) ‘Wear Red’ day (WRD) – by hosting an event in a packed room at their HQ in Holborn (September 4). This year,…Read more…
As the season opens we ask is racism still an issue in UK football? And with only two black managers in the football league, Unite believes football must provide greater opportunity for BAEM workers….Read more…
Despite all the talk of equal opportunity for disabled people, I have to ask is this really the case? Are they really given opportunities in the workplace or the same possibilities to attend sporting…Read more…
Liam Rosenior is a footballer with a conscious and with some strong opinions about racism, public service workers and the kind of football manager Jeremy Corbyn would be
The article Football and…Read more…
Unite Community Coventry and Warwickshire branch members have thrown their weight behind a campaign to rescue the beleaguered Coventry City Football Club (FC). The branch has organised the…Read more…
In the first of our new series of features on equal access for sports, Adam Heppell asks are the ticket prices clubs charge their fans good value for money? Football fans everywhere, ask…Read more…
A memorandum of understanding between the global trade union, Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and Supreme Committee for the Delivery and Legacy (SC) of the 2022 Qatar World Cup is an…Read more…
From the school playground to the Premier League stand, for millions of people football is more than a sport – it is a way of life. But it’s a beautiful game with an ugly underbelly when it comes to women working within the sport, who are too often subjected to discrimination, harassment and abuse….Read more…
Supporters show appreciation for health service by applauding in the 68th minute – signifying the age of the NHS
The article Football fans champion the NHS first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…