Last week, Unite secured a major victory for the entire labour movement, after the government was forced to confirm that workers taking lawful industrial action have a right to picket their…Read more…
Solidarity for Barnoldswick
Rolls-Royce workers in Barnoldswick continue their strike action, fighting for their jobs, communities and the legacy of an historic plant that is the birthplace of the jet engine. Unite assistant…Read more…
‘Truly inspirational’
Unite has endorsed the nomination of a team of Cuban medics – known as the Henry Reeve Brigade – for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for their work in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. The…Read more…
Battle for Barnoldswick
Workers at the historic Rolls-Royce factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire are not only fighting to save their jobs – they’re fighting to defend their community and a proud legacy stretching back…Read more…
Heathrow: Don’t cut our pay plea
Last month Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL) issued a section 188 notice beginning a process which could result in over 4,000 workers directly employed by the airport being fired and then rehired on vastly…Read more…
Celebrate!
Celebrate the first day of this year’s Black History Month and watch our short video below.
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Post-Brexit ‘chaos’ in Kent
Unite national officer Adrian Jones spoke today (September 15) on BBC Radio Kent talking about Unite’s call for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian, which details…Read more…
‘Don’t betray UK workers’
Following on from last week’s SOS for Jobs rally outside Parliament, where Unite members met Labour MPs and collectively called for an extension to the furlough scheme and additional government…Read more…
Burston memories
There’s no doubt that the annual Burston rally, held on the first Sunday of September in the village of Burston, Norfolk is one of the favourite events of the trade union calendar.
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‘Nothing more than commodities’ – Unite response to BA’s shameful staff cuts
Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett today (August 7) told Sky News, ‘There’s 6,000 staff forced to apply for voluntary redundancy, not on good terms I must say, and in addition to that…Read more…
‘We need everyone to come together’
From tomorrow (August 8), Unite will stage a series of UK-wide protests to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents the UK’s aviation industry from being devastated by fulfilling his promise to provide…Read more…
‘Industrial thuggery of the worst kind’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (August 3) accused British Airways of ‘industrial thuggery’ as the airline has vowed to press ahead with redundancies and pay cuts. Justifying…Read more…
Care workers ‘deserve much better’
As the government announced on Tuesday (July 21) that less than 20 per cent of public sector workers would receive a pay rise, Unite has highlighted the millions of essential workers who have risked…Read more…
‘Stay upbeat and determined’
Every year we celebrate our union’s history at rural trade union festivals all around the country – the women Chainmakers, Tolpuddle, Burston and others. We come together in lanes, fields and tents…Read more…
Universal Credit ‘should be safety net people rely on’
Ahead of Unite Community’s national online #UniversalDisCredit day of action on Wednesday (July 15), we are calling for an end to the most punitive measures of the Universal Credit system…Read more…
That Friday feeling?
And this Friday UNITElive brings you The Great Red Wall Has Fallen, again by Davy, for no other reason than it’s the end of the week and we think you’ll love it!
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Manufacturing – at the heart of our economic recovery
The webinar discuss threads around manufacturing being at the heart of any strategy to recover and rebuild our economy as we emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Education – your passport for the future
Unite has launched a new online education and training portal, called MC2, with more than 100 courses, fully-funded accredited training and job opportunities. Find out more in the video below:
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‘Our future relies on steel’
As UniteLIVE highlighted this week, Unite has teamed up with trade unions GMB and Community to launch a joint campaign for the future of the steel industry in the UK. You can find out more about the…Read more…
‘A reckoning will come’
For nearly 150 years the Durham Miners’ Gala has been admired all over the world as a carnival like no other, with beautiful banners, brass bands and voices lifted together in song, we fill the…Read more…