Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes of the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BITU) international…Read more…
Keeping up the momentum
When the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown first hit the UK, like so many organisations, there was a moment of panic for anti-racist charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC). “We didn’t know…Read more…
Chancellor’s new scheme ‘may come to late for too many’
Following concerted campaigning from Unite, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday (September 24) new measures to replace the current furlough scheme arrangements, which were slated to end on…Read more…
‘Fighting at the forefront with targets on our backs’
I am feeling fine: I know that the truth is on our side, and that gives us a lot of strength. Every day I see like-minded people everywhere, and I am curious as to when it all happened that we, as…Read more…
Where democracy is not a right
But the fight goes on – with women now leading the way, with marches and peaceful protests throughout Belarus – despite violence and repression from the state. On September 12 around 10,000 women…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you the latest heroes and zeros amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail At this…Read more…
Unite hails EDF apprenticeship announcement
Unite the union, which represents construction and energy workers, has strongly welcomed the announcement today (September 17) that EDF has increased by 50 per cent the number of apprentices that…Read more…
‘Corruption on a cosmic scale’
As a robust and efficient Covid-19 test and trace system struggles to get off the ground in the UK, biomedical scientists – experts in laboratory testing – have condemned the overuse of the private…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes of the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest: HEROES Unite’s manufacturing members This week,…Read more…
‘No more excuses’
Unite’s manufacturing members sent a loud and clear message today (September 9) that the government must step in and extend the furlough scheme or else risk a tsunami of job losses. Dozens of workers…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES easyJet and Dnata Catering members fighting for their…Read more…
Latest bus driver assaults ‘not isolated events’
Assaults on bus drivers continue apace amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a spate of recent incidents in the south west region, where the union has thousands of bus driver members. Unite condemned…Read more…
A ‘united’ kingdom?
When the government first imposed a UK-wide lockdown in March, Britons were plunged into a great unknown – for the first time in most people’s lives, they were suddenly separated from everyone and…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeros amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. Unite PHE members This week, UniteLIVE spoke to some of…Read more…
‘We’ve just been thrown under the bus’
Earlier this week, health secretary Matt Hancock dropped a bombshell announcement laying out his plans to entirely scrap Public Health England (PHE) in the middle of a pandemic, a decision which was…Read more…
‘Jobs for the boys and girls’?
The government has today (August 18) officially announced plans to axe Public Health England (PHE) and replace the body with a new agency, after the plans were leaked to the media at the weekend. PHE…Read more…
Rock-bottom morale
Bank branch workers are among the forgotten heroes of the coronavirus crisis, with many travelling into work even at the height of the pandemic at great risk to their lives to provide a vital service…Read more…
‘I see no ships’?
The United Kingdom is famous for its seafaring tradition. The legendary Royal Navy has won many a maritime victory and our shipyards have been the envy of the world. Britannia may no longer rule the…Read more…
‘Why should we wait?’
In Part 1 of our two-part series on NHS pay justice, we heard from A&E nurse and Unite branch secretary Mark Boothroyd, as well as health visitor and Unite rep Victoria Thorpe – both at…Read more…
‘It was a horrendous situation’
More than 500 UK health workers have died in the line of duty battling the coronavirus pandemic – this is among the highest health staff death rates from the pandemic in the world. And as the…Read more…