Unite takes Bakkavor dispute to Rejkjavik

Unite activists and members have taken the fight for fair pay at food processing company Bakkavor to Reykjavik, Iceland this week (6 November) taking the opportunity to explain the industrial dispute to comrades from Efling, one of the largest unions in Iceland. Bakkavor’s biggest shareholders are Icelandic “tycoons” Agust and Lydur Gudmundsson. Lydur Gudmundsson was […]

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Unite and BWI explore sustainable skills

Unite the Union, in partnership with the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and supported by the C40 Cities VISIBLE project, concluded a learning tour focused on modern methods of construction and workforce integration within the green economy on 2nd and 3rd September, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.  The event brought together various stakeholders, including city […]

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Dockers gather for football fundraiser

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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International visit to Unite Learning Centre

European unions bring message of solidarity  Members of Unites sister unions in the construction sector visited a learning centre in Canary Wharf last week, before joining a NISC meeting to highlight shared issues. One of the first stops for the delegation from Belgium, France and Italy was the Canary Wharf Learning Centre (CWLC) in the […]

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