As nearly 6m people face from today (October 6) a £20 a week cut to Universal Credit, just an hour before it was due to go into effect, the Tory welfare chief overseeing the cut was filmed…Read more…
How solidarity saved lives
This week UniteLive pays tribute to Robert ‘Bobby’ Somerville (pictured above, left), a Unite heritage union hero who was among the Rolls-Royce workers who took a brave stand against Pinochet’s…Read more…
‘Cancel the cut’ call
Unite Community ramped up its campaign this week as protestors descended on Parliament to demand the government reverse its decision to cut £20 a week from Universal Credit. The extra £20 a week,…Read more…
Unite members to fight against ‘this needless hardship’
Labour’s opposition debate on the controversial cut, which is earmarked for after Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this Wednesday, comes just days after work and pensions secretary, Therese Coffey…Read more…
‘They aren’t fixing anything’
When prime minister Boris Johnson unveiled plans to ‘fix’ social care this week, totally absent were those at the very heart of it – the millions of carers, both paid and unpaid, without whose…Read more…
Going green with Unite
With the recent report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) painting a stark picture of the future without immediate cuts to carbon emissions, and the CoP 26 in Glasgow only…Read more…
About Money
A new play written by a Unite member lays bare the consequences of divide and rule tactics in the workplace – and reflects “exactly what’s going on” in the real-life hospitality sector.
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Key to UK’s clean fuel future
Ahead of MPs debating the future of Westinghouse Springfields in Preston, Lancashire, yesterday (September 7), in Westminster Hall, representatives of Unite held a small rally on College Green…Read more…
‘Ill health making driver shortages even worse’
A nationwide lorry driver shortage continues unabated, with news stories every day highlighting the consequences of an estimated 100,000 HGV driver shortfall. From increasing reports of gaps on…Read more…
‘Major achievement’
Unite members working at the Jacob Douwe-Egberts (JDE) coffee factory in Banbury, Oxfordshire, celebrated a decisive victory today (August 4) as their strength and solidarity vanquished the threat of…Read more…
‘The time to act is now’
Unite joined unions and the wider aviation and travel industry in a remarkable cross-sector alliance that came out in force for a day of action on Wednesday (June 23), demanding government support….Read more…
Back Barry’s Bill!
Labour MPs, including Angela Rayner, Jeremy Corbyn, Andy McDonald, Zarah Sultana, Grahame Morris and dozens more, flocked to a campaign event outside Parliament on Wednesday (June 16) in a strong…Read more…
‘Just not good enough’
Unite and other unions have warned that a new employment rights enforcement agency announced by the government falls far short of what is needed to truly protect workers from exploitation and abuse….Read more…
Cornwall ‘pushed to the margins for far too long’
Homelessness, unemployment and soaring food bank use have all become widespread across Cornwall – but if you’re staying at the Carbis Bay Hotel in St Ives later this week, you wouldn’t know it….Read more…
Not out of the woods yet
As the UK today (June 2) marks its first day of zero Covid fatalities in ten months, an ostensible end to the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 150,000 lives may well be in sight. But…Read more…
Forgetting ‘the stuff swirling round your head’
During lockdown many of us have found how much being in nature can do to restore our sense of connectedness and lift our spirits. This feeling of wellbeing is of course nothing new to many of us –…Read more…
‘Corporate greed by corporate gangsters’
Unite members sent a loud and clear message at a protest on Wednesday (May 11) calling for the end of fire and rehire contracts. The Unite members, striking workers who face being forced onto…Read more…
‘We must move cautiously’
Unite has joined other education unions, scientists, public health experts, parents and pupils in calling for Covid safety measures in secondary schools to remain in place and only be lifted once…Read more…
‘Unsung heroes’
On May the Fourth – Star Wars Day – Unite sends ‘the force’ to all council workers in their continued fight for fair pay. Alongside NHS and other key workers, council workers have been at…Read more…
‘All one multi-ethnic working class’
In this ‘tale of two cities’ Oxford Unite member Dr Hosnieh Djafari Marbini, re-standing as a city councillor, believes that local people working together can truly bring about real change in…Read more…