In March, the government announced it would be recommending a disgraceful 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff – despite staff having sacrificed so much during the pandemic and having suffered a…Read more…
‘Incredible job’
As UniteLIVE highlighted this week, pharmacists have played an absolutely instrumental role throughout the pandemic. Unite’s Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) president Roisin O’Hare…Read more…
‘We’re having the vaccine’
As Unite launches its ‘get a jab’ campaign, where the union is calling on members to get the vaccine and encourage vaccine uptake, we’ve put together a special film below. Watch,…Read more…
Keeping those afloat from going adrift
Unite warned today (March 1) that plans by the London Resort – the Disney style theme park due to be built in the Kent estuary – to house 2,000 construction workers at Tilbury in Essex, requires full…Read more…
‘Covid secure hotels’ call
The BBC today (February 12) revealed leaked government guidelines for hotel operators ahead of its quarantine hotels policy which is due to begin on Monday (February 15), where travelers from…Read more…
Why I became a rep
Unite rep, Brian Eadon is a hospital pharmacist, working at Betsi Cadwaladr hospital in North Wales. Brian tells us what he loves about being in Unite, in 2021’s I Heart Unions Week.
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‘Brutal’ Heathrow pay cuts
Heathrow Unite members took another day of strike action today (February 5) in addition to the four days of strike action they took in December. More strikes are planned for February 9, 13, 16 and…Read more…
‘Incredible achievement’
Unite announced today (January 27) that British Airways cargo strikes had been called off after a deal had been struck, pending members’ vote. Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett…Read more…
‘We have a duty as trade unionists to remember’
On Holocaust Memorial Day today (January 27) Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner has a special message for members. Watch in the video below: Film by Martin Scanlon
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‘It’s a really tough balancing act’
Earlier this week, Labour forced a vote on stopping a £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit payments. With 278 votes in favour of the Labour motion after a majority of Tory MPs abstained, the government…Read more…
Make travel to work safer call
Unite has long called on the government to take action to ensure those who are still travelling to work are safe amid the pandemic. Unite national officer Jerry Swain told LBC this week (January 19)…Read more…
‘We’re having nightmares’
As Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths surge across the UK, hospital staff are struggling to cope, with hospitals being overwhelmed by patients. Unite rep and ICU nurse Ameera Sheik told…Read more…
Never give up
Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick workers, Unite members, celebrated victory today (January 14) after they voted to accept a deal struck by Unite that secures jobs at risk as well as a bright future for the…Read more…
‘Incredibly frightening’
As Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths now soar to record levels – exceeding even the height of the first wave of the pandemic — Unite senior shop steward and ICU nurse at St….Read more…
Join our Universal Credit campaign call
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner today (December 9) calls on everyone to join Unite’s campaign to keep the £20 increase in Universal Credit. The government has said it will scrap…Read more…
‘My one wish this Christmas…’
On Unite Community’s Universal Credit online day of action today (Wednesday, December 9), the union is urging the government to maintain the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift. As the it stands…Read more…
Unite GS Len McCluskey in warning shot over Brexit deal
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has urged the Labour Party to avoid sitting on the fence on a Brexit deal after Labour has in recent days refused to rule out abstaining on a forthcoming…Read more…
‘Stay strong’
Unite members employed by Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) began strike action today (December 1) in a dispute over savage wage cuts imposed on the workforce through a brutal fire and rehire programme….Read more…
‘Why is it that we pick the pockets of the least well paid?’
Unite has lambasted reports that the government is mulling over a public sector pay freeze in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s upcoming spending review on Wednesday (November 25). Listen to Unite…Read more…
‘Open the toilets to frontline workers’
On World Toilet Day today (November 19), Unite continued to push its long-running toilet dignity campaign, calling for all workers to have access to sanitation facilities. A new Unite survey…Read more…