It’s International Workers’ Day 2024 #IWD2024
UNISON stands in solidarity with all workers and their trade unions at home and around the world.
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UniteLive stories of the year – ‘Change starts in the workplace’
Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today, we look back at Unite general secretary Sharon Graham’s inspiring May Day message. – May 1st is an important date for trade unions. For us it marks International Workers Day. It is time to reflect on […]
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Happy May Day!
See historic example of what UNISON predecessor UNION & Labour Councils can do for their workforce) Newham Labour Labour Unions @LondonLabour #MayDay Labour History Group
“West Ham’s Labour Council which ran West Ham Mental Hospital (Goodmayes) an…Read more…
Unite May Day message
This is a day to remember the importance of collective organisation. A day to remember that for trade unions, power comes from the workplace. May Day is Labour Day. Workers’ Day. An opportunity to…Read more…
West Ham Poor Law – May Day 1933
A great bit of local Labour movement history. I believe this is from a NUPE publication (one of the predator unions that formed UNISON) archives dated 1933.
The NUPE branch took up the issue of “wardsmaids” employed at Whipps Cross Hospital with…Read more…
Labour Party Leaders on International Workers Day : May Day 2021
Keir and Angela promise to take on the Tories over Worker’s’ rights. Read more…
Coffee workers’ terms row May Day demo
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury are ramping up pressure in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute with a protest on Saturday (May 1), followed up with a 24 hour strike on May 8 and 9.
The…Read more…
Video of the year – Time for a new deal
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature our May Day film, where Unite general secretary Len McCluskey called for a new deal for…Read more…
Wearing Red for Key Workers on May Day
This afternoon I took part in a Zoom meeting with the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, our TUC regional secretary, Sam Gurney and Newham Council shop stewards from UNISON, Unite and GMB.
We were all wearing red to mark “May Day” and we wanted to show sol…Read more…
‘We will not forget their sacrifice’
Workers Uniting, the transnational union representing over 3m workers across the UK, Ireland, United States, Canada and Mexico, pays tribute and stands in solidarity on this International Workers Day…Read more…
Celebrating strong trade unions
The “new normal” must mean the labour movement keeps our seat at the table with a real plan for changing our economy for the good and for a long-term New Deal for Workers — the campaign we launched…Read more…
‘May Day is our day’
May Day is our day. We may not be on the streets but we are not silent. Listen closely. That sound you hear, that’s Britain’s working people – stirring, determined and coming for justice.
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‘Best serving our nation at this time’
But while we may not be marching, your contribution to the nation’s well-being has never been more evident. It is workers like you who are best serving our nation at this time. For your sacrifices…Read more…
Time for a new deal
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has a message of solidarity for all workers today ahead of May Day on Friday (May 1). Watch in the video below:
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May Day!
Happy May Day to all the Workers in the World!Read more…
‘A struggle that never ends’
Millions of people have taken to the streets in countries across the world today on May Day (May 1) in the largest celebration of working-class solidarity and achievements in the world. In…Read more…
East End May Day Rally – Yiddish, Cockney & Bengali Culture mix of Labour Movement Politics & History
After we finished campaigning in our ward, my Labour & Co-operative colleague John Whitworth and I went to the “East End May Day Rally” in East Ham Working Mens Club. This was organised by the Bangladeshi Workers’ Council and the Morning Star.
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May Day Workplace Disclosure Initiative – “Improving the quality of jobs”.
I went to fascinating (and packed)”May Day” meeting today as a Pension trustee asset owner on the launch of a new report by the “Workplace Disclosure Initiative” on “Improving the quality of jobs”.
One of its recommendations was that there shoul…Read more…
Unite celebrates May Day
Unite joined throngs of protesters today (May 1) for the annual May Day march in London, where hundreds called for an end to austerity and better pay, terms and conditions for working people, among…Read more…
‘Respect and dignity’
Given the often dreary and unpredictable British weather, the ancient celebration of May Day as the beginning of summer can seem a tad premature. However, the first of May also marks another…Read more…