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Unite Community activists from across the country are planning events as part of the the unions forthcoming nationwide Day of Action over energy price hikes – and they would love to see you join them on the streets. Unite branches are organising events in every corner of the UK to highlight the impact of the […]
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Hundreds of striking workers from the Bakkavor food production factory in Spalding, Lincolnshire, marched to the town centre today (Tuesday 22) as the dispute continues. Unite members, who have been on strike for three weeks in their fight for fair pay, congregated in Spalding. They were joined by family members and other supporters before marching […]
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Unite has said that the government has once again consigned ordinary families to the scrapheap after today’s (May 10) Queen’s Speech setting out the government’s legislative agenda failed to include…Read more…
Unite delegate Susan Matthews spoke out against the police and crime bill – and its implications for peaceful protest – on Tuesday (September 28) at the Labour Party conference. “It is no coincidence…Read more…
As the police and crime bill makes it way through Parliament, we need to step up our campaign to stop the bill. The bill is a threat to the long established right to protest. It will give the Home…Read more…
The fundamental freedom to protest is under grave threat, Unite has warned, as new draconian legislation significantly expanding police powers over public demonstration is being rushed through…Read more…
Nissan workers will attend a socially distanced rally in Sunderland on Saturday (July 11) in response to the firm’s ‘disdain and disregard’ for workers impacted by plans to close its defined benefits…Read more…
Make sure the politicians hear our call to Pay Up Now! – at Westminster and online
The article Pay: Join the lobby on 17 October first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Striking hospital workers, cabin crew and Bank of England staff will be coming together for a series of protests in London tomorrow (August 3) to highlight their fight for better pay. …Read more…
Unite and GMB members are again protesting in Copenhagen, Denmark tomorrow (Tuesday June 13) after the financier of major energy from waste plants in the UK, tried to ‘wash its hands’ of the…Read more…
Now is its time of need: the NHS needs us and we cannot be found wanting, vice-president Carol Sewell tells demonstration
The article UNISON members join London march for the NHS first appeared on…Read more…
Nine trade union members of IndustriALL affiliate, the Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation, were detained over the weekend of 11-12 February in Chittagong after police interrupted…Read more…
Liz Potter’s double mastectomy following breast cancer left her determined to speak up for the NHS
The article UNISON member goes topless in Birmingham for public services first appeared on the…Read more…
Union launch protest after council announces merger plan that will see two thirds of centres closed
The article UNISON leads campaign to save Bolton children’s centres first appeared on the…Read more…
Staff at Dorset county council will be protesting on Thursday (July 21) over ‘them and us’ pay inequality at the council’s headquarters. Employees’ are angry at large pay rises planned for council…Read more…
Student nurses take their fight to save the NHS bursary back onto the capital’s streets
The article UNISON members join People’s Assembly march in London first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
A public meeting to discuss the next steps in the six-month dispute to ensure an independent audit of wage rates is carried out at the £200m energy-from-waste plant being built at the Wilton complex…Read more…
As TEEU affiliates to Right2Water, campaign expects large turnout for Saturday’s National DemonstrationRead more…
Today the TUC will decide on how to mobilise opposition to the cuts – but what exactly would co-ordinated strike action involve?
The Trades Union Congress meets today to decide how it will respond to…Read more…
We cannot have a pick ‘n’ mix approach to opposition to the cuts – our future is at stake
The second half of 2010 has been marked by a fierce assault on public services from a government of…Read more…