On International Women’s Day today (March 8), Unite’s women members speak out on what they want in the workplace: And Unite’s national women’s committee also has…Read more…
#IWD live from Scotland
Unite Scotland today held an event on International Women’s Day (March 8) to encourage women to try welding as a vocation at the West College Scotland. The event was held in Clydebank, which…Read more…
Thabitha speaks out
In the week ahead of International Women’s Day, Unite hosted Thabitha Khumalo, an opposition MP from Zimbabwe who has come to highlight the scale of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, with…Read more…
‘Completely betrayed’
After Honda today (February 19) confirmed that it would be closing its plant in Swindon in 2022, Unite vowed that it would not take the news lying down and would continue to fight for jobs. …Read more…
‘History will judge them’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (February 18) spoke out against the group of Labour MPs who have now split from the party. Speaking to the BBC this afternoon, he said that there was a…Read more…
Remembering a rebel
Unite and the wider labour movement last night (February 12) paid tribute to RAF veteran, author and anti-austerity activist Harry Leslie Smith at a memorial event in London. Smith, who came…Read more…
‘It’s not rocket science’
On World Toilet Day today (November 19) Unite is shining a spotlight on the problems tens of thousands of workers in the UK face in accessing adequate toilet facilities at work. Find out more in the…Read more…
‘This beautiful game of ours’
Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC), an anti-racism educational organisation which Unite has long supported, will be holding its fourth annual Wear Red Day on October 19. Last night (September 5) the…Read more…
‘I say join us’
TGI Fridays workers at Covent Garden, London and Milton Keynes will be striking for the fifth time this bank holiday weekend. Their colleagues at TGI Fridays in Stratford City, London will be joining…Read more…
Unite against Trump’s ‘climate chaos’
Members of a Unite branch in London, many of whom are green charity activists, protested against US President Donald Trump’s stance on climate change last night (July 12) ahead of today’s…Read more…
Our NHS
Unite members joined health campaigners, trade unionists and people from up and down the country to pay tribute to the NHS for its 70th birthday at a march on Saturday, June 30. Tens of…Read more…
Fair wages for all ages
Unite young members met with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (pictured below) after his Unite policy conference address on Tuesday (July 3) to throw his support behind a new campaign for young people….Read more…
Stop UC protest
Unite Community activists today (May 24) took part in a national day of action to stop Universal Credit (UC). In the video below, UNITElive speaks to members outside Parliament about why they took…Read more…
‘Lifeblood of London’
Unite members, bus drivers at Merton bus garage, today (January 17) met Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to celebrate the new ‘Licence for London’…Read more…
Fair pay now
Members of Unite working in local government joined with the pay pinch Grinch to deliver a Christmas card to HM Treasury urging chancellor Philip Hammond to show some Christmas spirit and fund a…Read more…
‘Dancing on our grave’
Unite Live caught up with Chris Peace and John Dunn from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC). Here they express their disgust at the news that shameless Tories are planning to hold a party…Read more…
The automation challenge
See and hear Unite executive officer Sharon Graham’s presentation on automation to sector conference 2017 delegates
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‘Cornerstone conferences’
See and hear Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s address to this year’s sector conferences in Brighton.
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Fighting for defence
Today (October 25) Unite BAe reps from all over the country came to Parliament to urge MPs to spend UK tax payers’ money on UK defence work. View and share our film below …Read more…
Building Unite
Unite’s organisers have made heroic efforts encouraging sign-up to Unite in heliports. Find out more in the video below:
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