Aston University’s student union has signed a recognition agreement with Unite, the UK’s leading union, ensuring that its staff have access to collective bargaining and other workplace rights. Aston…Read more…
Quorn members secure ‘excellent’ pay deal
Quorn strike action off at Teesside factory as staff accept ‘excellent’ pay deal
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‘We took a stand when we needed to’
Talk to anyone who’s taken strike action, and they’ll tell you that it’s always a last resort. After all, strikes aren’t just disruptive for employers – they often take a heavy emotional and…Read more…
Wage cuts in fire and rehire bus disgrace
Bus driver Unite members at Go North West, have overwhelmingly voted for strike action, in response to the company’s plans to fire and rehire them on vastly inferior contracts and in reaction to the…Read more…
To the shame of bosses and govt
A group Unite electrician members have launched a fund to ensure that if any of them contract Covid-19 or are forced to self-isolate they will not be left financially destitute.
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‘Just at the right time’
Unite has today (February 10) launched the learning hub@heathrow to assist its members employed at Heathrow and the local community to develop their skills, to improve their prospect of finding work…Read more…
‘Best value for money you’ll ever get’
Sean Halsall, 35, worked as a bus driver for Arriva in Southport for 16 years. He was recruited to Unite during a training session and went on to become the rep at his workplace for six years, the…Read more…
Why I became a rep
Unite rep, Brian Eadon is a hospital pharmacist, working at Betsi Cadwaladr hospital in North Wales. Brian tells us what he loves about being in Unite, in 2021’s I Heart Unions Week.
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Heart Unions week: ‘Unite will celebrate its amazing members’
“Thank you. We couldn’t have won this without Unite.” So began the email from a highly relieved Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick worker, sent hours after we’d clinched the deal to not just save the historic…Read more…