Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Videos of the year – Scunthorpe scaffolders
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members…Read more…
Videos of the year – how is this a pay rise?
Unite vice chair of the union’s national ambulance committee is dedicated NHS paramedic, Debbie Wilkinson. In September a 3 per cent pay rise was enforced on NHS workers – which although might sound…Read more…
Critical care crisis
Chronic staff shortages, concerns about patient safety and plunging morale at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are the key findings of a staff survey carried out by Unite that…Read more…
‘We will win this dispute’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham stood with striking Weetabix engineers on the picket line on Wednesday (September 29) at the company’s factory in Kettering. The workers are striking over…Read more…
Fire and rehire speech
Newly elected Unite general secretary Sharon speaks out against this ‘abhorrent practice’.
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‘Fair day’s pay for fair day’s work’
Crunch talks to resolve the long-running Woolwich Ferry rep victimisation dispute last week between Transport for London (TfL) bosses and Unite the union broke down with the union accusing TfL of…Read more…
End union busting at HS2
Unite construction members staged a significant protest at outside the HS2 Skanska-Costain-Strabag Joint Venture site on Friday (August 6) over the consortium’s flouting of the HS2 agreement by not…Read more…
‘We need to maintain sovereign capability’
Unite welcomed the recent news that defence-critical steel engineering firm Sheffield Forgemasters would be brought into the public hands after the MoD bought out the firm in a £2.6m deal. The deal…Read more…
‘Wonderful news’
This week, it was announced that the beleaguered steel engineering firm Sheffield Forgemasters would be taken into public hands, after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) bought out the firm in a £2.6m…Read more…
Speak up for travel
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…
‘It’s our right to protest’
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…
Fire and rehire ‘disgraceful’
On Wednesday (June 16), Unite joined Labour MPs at a campaign event to support Labour MP Barry Gardiner’s private members bill which, if successful, will outlaw fire and rehire. In the video…Read more…
‘Absolute national scandal’
Unite national officer for hospitality Dave Turnbull sent a loud and clear message after Wetherspoons CEO Tim Martin called for more workers from the EU to tackle massive staff shortages now facing…Read more…
Time for equality
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (May 26) addressed Unite’s first fully online equalities conference. You can watch his full speech in the video below: Film by Martin Scanlon
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Overlooked and undervalued
With you from cradle to grave, council workers are the unsung heroes of the Covid-19 crisis. They are key workers who have kept our communities running during the pandemic, emptying our bins,…Read more…
Walk the wall
On International Workers’ Memorial Day on Wednesday (April 28), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey joined bereaved families who lost their loved ones to Covid-19 at the National Covid…Read more…
‘More important than ever to vote Labour’
Back to the South West and the vibrant city of Bristol. Unite rep and secretary of the Bristol Legal and Finance branch, Simon Crew is standing as a Labour candidate for the Council seat of…Read more…
‘JDE can’t say they’re struggling’
Unite members at Jacob Douwe Egberts have voted for industrial action after the company has decided to go down the route of fire and rehire – where workers are forced to sign up to a new…Read more…
‘Here for you’
Exactly year ago last week, the UK entered its first lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has a special message for all members who have made the…Read more…