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The sun shone down on Unite members as they started a 24-hour strike at three universities across Scotland today (10 April) over an imposed real terms pay cut. Staff joined pickets and rallies at the gates of some of the country’s biggest education institutions, with strike action involving 1,000 Unite members at Glasgow, Strathclyde and […]
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Unite Construction has escalated its campaign for better pay and conditions for tower crane drivers working for Wolffkran this week with a second strike day and a protest outside a central London office. Yesterday (19 Feb) activists from the Unite Construction sector were joined by fellow Unite members from Unite Community Tower Hamlets and campaigners […]
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Unite Construction has escalated its campaign for better pay and conditions for tower crane drivers working for Wolffkran this week with a second strike day and a protest outside a central London office. Yesterday (19 Feb) activists from the Unite Construction sector were joined by fellow Unite members from Unite Community Tower Hamlets and campaigners […]
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Textile workers from Gloucestershire have spoken about why they are continuing to take strike action against a world famous employer who refuses to pay them properly for the skilled jobs they do. Striking tennis ball and snooker cloth makers are now in their third week of industrial action, in a dispute over pay that could […]
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Textile workers from Gloucestershire have spoken about why they are continuing to take strike action against a world famous employer who refuses to pay them properly for the skilled jobs they do. Striking tennis ball and snooker cloth makers are now in their third week of industrial action, in a dispute over pay that could […]
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Strikes by Gatwick plane refuellers employed by Redline Oil have ended after Unite secured a pay deal worth 9.1 per cent for hourly rates. The workers voted to accept the 18-month deal by 92 per cent on a turnout of 87 per cent. They will receive a 4.75 per cent pay rise backdated to October […]
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Billboards supporting striking bin workers have appeared across Birmingham calling for no pay cuts for the city’s refuse crews and telling Labour to stop blocking the deal. The latest move in the campaign to protect bin workers’ pay comes just days after polling showed that residents in Birmingham would not accept pay cuts equivalent to […]
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Guys and St Thomas’ theatre nurses take action over increased hours Burnt out nurses went on strike last Thursday (27 June) after warning that a further hour extension to, already long, shifts risks patient safety and staff wellbeing. Day surgery theatre nurses at Guys and St Thomas’ hospitals went on strike after bosses extended their […]
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Unite workers at Tata have called the first strikes in 40 years at the south Wales plant to stop the destruction of the UKs steel industry. The historic strikes at Port Talbot were announced as Labour has vowed emergency talks with Tata after the general election. Around 1,500 Tata workers based in Port Talbot and […]
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UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking
The article Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking
The article Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The union is challenging government regulations that allow employers to hire agency staff to replace striking workers
The article UNISON to challenge government strike-breaking laws at High Court first appeared on the UNISON National site.
As UNISON members continue to take strike action, the union is asking for donations to its strike fund
The article Donate to support striking workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The pay crisis that our members are dealing with won’t go away if the government sticks to their current game-plan of ignoring workers and their unions
The article Blog: Government inaction just leads to more action first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Want to support our NHS strikers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines next week
The article Five ways that you can support Monday’s NHS strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“We went on strike because the NHS will only last as long as there are folk with the faith to fight for it. NICE staff and our NHS colleagues are those folk”
The article Blog: NICE and NHS staff are for life, not just for COVID first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Long-running dispute will go for definitive ruling in highest court
The article Supreme Court hearing to decide strike protection, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON secure significant improvements to the Scottish local government pay offer after industrial action across sectors
The article Strikes called off after improved COSLA pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.