The union condemns the rising death toll of Palestinian civilians – especially children – caused by Israel’s bombardment
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UNISON statement on Gaza hospital bombing
UNISON condemns the bombing of the al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital in Gaza. The targeting of a hospital, resulting in the tragic loss of lives – including those of health workers, patients and civilians taking shelter – constitutes a war crime under international law. We send our condolences to all those who mourn the loss of loved […]
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UNISON statement on Gaza hospital bombing
UNISON condemns the bombing of the al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital in Gaza. The targeting of a hospital, resulting in the tragic loss of lives – including those of health workers, patients and civilians taking shelter – constitutes a war crime under international law. We send our condolences to all those who mourn the loss of loved […]
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UNISON condemns violence in Israel and Gaza and calls for international law to be upheld
UNISON joins the international trade union movement, including the International Trade Union Confederation, in condemning the appalling violence against civilians in Israel and Gaza.
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UNISON condemns violence in Israel and Gaza and calls for international law to be upheld
UNISON joins the international trade union movement, including the International Trade Union Confederation, in condemning the appalling violence against civilians in Israel and Gaza.
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‘The rule of law, not the rule of the jungle’
Against a background of increasing bloodshed in Israel and Gaza, the Unite fringe on Building solidarity and speaking up for Palestine in the Labour Party, held yesterday (October 9) at the Labour Party conference was potentially going to be a difficult event. But nothing could have been further from the truth as speakers spoke of […]
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Showing solidarity with Hong Kong’s independent trade unions
UNISON hosts event to mark second anniversary of the forced disbandment of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
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Showing solidarity with Hong Kong’s independent trade unions
UNISON hosts event to mark second anniversary of the forced disbandment of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
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War ‘never in interests of working people’
Speaking on a composite on the war in Ukraine, Unite executive head of operations Gail Cartmail gave an impassioned speech in which she said Unite “unreservedly condemns Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and stands in full solidarity with the millions who are victims of that attack”. Gail highlighted the UN General Secretary’s report on children and […]
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Fists up!
To celebrate the 2023 International Youth Day on August 12, Unite Construction Executive Council (EC) member Stuart Grice contacted UniteLive on behalf of the EC and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) to highlight a campaign day hosted by the BWI. Tomorrow (August 12), the BWI is calling on its affiliates, partners, and young […]
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Fighting to protect workers’ rights
UNISON is ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill as it gets its second reading in parliament today
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Fighting to protect workers’ rights
UNISON is ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill as it gets its second reading in parliament today
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‘Historical achievement’
Unite, together with trade unions across the world, achieved unprecedented new policy guidelines for promoting the UN’s Decent Work Agenda for the agri-food sector, after intense negotiations in May. The International Labour Organization (ILO) convened the meeting in early May, which brought together representatives from unions under the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) umbrella, […]
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Get Me Home Safely motion carried at ITF global union conference
Unite’s ground-breaking campaign for free and safe late-night transport to be provided to workers has been adopted as a policy at the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) conference, held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ITF consists of 700 affiliated trade unions from 153 countries, representing more than 20 million working people across the world. The […]
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The Dunnes Stores Strike – lessons in solidarity
As Irish trade unions, including Unite, step up to challenge the false narratives of the far right today, we draw inspiration from events nearly 40 years ago, when Dunnes Stores workers took strike action after a colleague was suspended for refusing to handle goods from apartheid South Africa. The suspended worker, Mary Manning, had refused […]
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Solidarity with refugees
Unite has called on prime minister Rishi Sunak and home secretary Suella Braverman to stop with “racist and inhumane, dog-whistle announcements” after the government published its Illegal Migration Bill, which has been widely condemned. Unite executive head of operations Gail Cartmail wrote to the prime minister and home secretary this week, urging them to focus […]
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Ukraine: Solidarity one year on
Union members and branches are invited to donate in solidarity with the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.
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Ukraine: one year on
On the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, with no sign of peace, the trade union movement prepares to launch a new appeal for trade unionists displaced by the war
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Colombian trade unionist addresses young members
Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia
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Blog: We need a new law to protect human rights and the environment
Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms
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