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Hundreds of Unite activists joined fellow trade unionists, community activists, charities and anti-poverty campaigners at the Scotland Demands Better demonstration on Saturday (25 October) in Edinburgh. The demonstration is part of a growing nationwide campaign by workers and the people of Scotland to demand better jobs, better investment in ‘life’s essentials’ such as housing, transport, […]
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Unite turned up the heat on Labour politicians this weekend — and secured a commitment for £200m of additional investment in Grangemouth after months of campaigning. General secretary Sharon Graham led a demonstration of Grangemouth workers which placed 400 hard hats at the doorstep of Scottish Labour’s conference in Glasgow. These symbolised the 400 jobs […]
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Unite has vowed to leave “no stone unturned” in the fight to save Scotland’s only oil refinery from closure. The union led a 500-strong march and rally in Grangemouth, where refinery owners PetroIneos plans to convert the site into an oil terminal for imports. Only around 100 people would be employed at the terminal. At […]
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As UniteLive highlighted earlier this week, Unite is mobilising a huge march and rally on Saturday (August 3) in support of Petroineos workers at the Grangemouth refinery. The demonstration is in response to plans by the company to cease refinery operations by next year. This could cost up to 500 jobs, with thousands more at […]
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Unite is gearing up for a huge worker-led march and rally this Saturday (August 3) in support of Petroineos oil refinery workers in Grangemouth as the union fights for their future. As part of Unite’s Keep Grangemouth Working campaign, the march will begin at Grangemouth Stadium from 11am and will end in a rally from […]
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In a major victory for Unite the union and workers employed at the Ineos Grangemouth site, a tribunal has ruled that an employer cannot impose a pay offer – and that Ineos must now compensate workers…Read more…
Controversial energy firm INEOS refused to pay for terrorism prevention measures at its Grangemouth plants because they were too expensive, according to reports. An investigation by the Sunday…Read more…
Belonging: the Truth Behind the Headlines is an explosive new documentary investigating where real power lies in this country – and never has a release been more timely than now. The film,…Read more…
Unite the union on Tuesday (May 2) said that the gas leak at the Grangemouth petrochemical reaffirms the need for the site’s owners’ INEOS to work constructively on its industrial and community…Read more…
The author of a new book on the Grangemouth refinery says it’s wrong that such an important national asset is in the hands of just one billionaire. In The Battle of Grangemouth, former…Read more…
Fears over hundreds of jobs and pensions were stoked last night (March 16), as it unexpectedly emerged that oil giant BP has been in talks with the petrochemicals firm Ineos – a company with a…Read more…
Port workers at the Port of Grangemouth kicked off a two-week strike today (March 15) after their employer Forth Ports imposed changes to shift work without consultation. These changes will…Read more…