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Hundreds of workers, their families and members of the local community gathered outside Lindsey Oil refinery in Immingham on Wednesday (October 15) to demand that the government keep its promise to preserve jobs and production at the site. They were joined by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham who came to speak with the workers whose […]
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Unite members came in their droves to the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival last month, with Unite’s presence at the festival bigger than ever before. Unite’s stand included inspiring talks presented by both the South West region and Landworker magazine, as well as the premiere of a play on the little-known story of the Ascott Martyrs. Last […]
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A blistering heatwave couldn’t stop Unite members joining trade unionists and their supporters from across the UK and the world at the Durham Miners’ Gala Big Meeting last Saturday (January 12). Unite members came out in droves to take part in the procession, hear from speakers including Unite general secretary Sharon Graham and visit stalls […]
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The second day of 2024’s sector conferences encompassed Unite’s service sectors including construction, finance and health. Below we feature pictorial highlights from general secretary Sharon Graham’s speech and questions in the plen…Read more…
Unite’s delegation (pictured below) celebrated the final day of yet another successful TUC Congress on Wednesday (September 11). If you missed any of UniteLive’s coverage of TUC Congress, you can catch up here.
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UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular photo gallery of each day’s highlights. Below are photos from Tuesday (September 10)
UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular photo gallery of each day’s highlights. Below are photos from Monday (September 9).
UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular pic a gallery of our the highlights. Here are some pics from yesterday
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A series of demos by striking Guys’ and St Thomas’ theatre nurses in London this week culminated at the gates of No 10 Downing Street on Thursday (September 5). Around 100 theatre nurses have been in dispute since June over unsustainable increases in shift times. On Thursday they sent a loud and clear message that […]
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined thousands of trade union members at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival in Dorset this weekend (July 19-21). On the final day of the festival (July 21), Sharon gave a barnstorming speech paying tribute to the Martyrs, their successors — Unite’s agricultural workers — as well as the Martyrs’ descendants, linking […]
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Unite joined the wider trade union movement at the 138th Durham Miners’ Gala this weekend, where attendees marked the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike. Held on the second Saturday of July each year, the gala sees trade union members and their friends and families descend on the city of Durham for the largest gathering […]
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A rally was held outside of the Port Talbot steelworks on Monday (June 17) ahead of industrial action which began the following day to stop Tata unnecessarily closing its blast furnaces and cutting 2,800 jobs. Around 1,500 Tata steelworkers based in Port Talbot and Newport Llanwern began working to rule as well as taking part in a […]
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The Unite London Building Workers branch were back on the streets to talk to workers and hand out copies of the latest BuildingWorker last week. This time, branch officers and activists were in the City of London highlighting issues around Erith Group and its refusal to allow union reps on their site. Declan Murphy was […]
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Unite mobilised a significant protest outside a full Crawley council meeting last week to demand councillors do more to enforce licensing laws against Uber, which is destroying the livelihoods of private hire taxis in the area. Crawley taxi drivers, Unite members, were out in full force on Friday (May 24) to call on the council […]
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Drax shareholders heard Unite’s message loud and clear at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in London on Thursday (April 25) as striking canteen workers based at Drax power station fight for fair pay. Unite reps and activists descended on the AGM in support of the canteen workers, who have been in dispute with their […]
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The Unite London Building Workers branch was out in full force this week as they handed out hundreds of copies of the latest issue of the BuildingWorker magazine at a construction site in West London. The active branch regularly distributes the magazine as a recruitment and organising tool outside various sites throughout the capital, especially […]
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Striking DHL Aviation workers at East Midlands Airport stood defiant on the picket line on Wednesday (February 28) as they were joined by their general secretary Sharon Graham. The Unite members are now fighting a massive real-terms pay cut by their employer DHL Aviation, which Unite research has shown has made record-breaking profits. You can […]
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Low-paid facilities staff from across London working for Barts NHS Trust demonstrated at the Department of Health in Westminster today (February 21). Around 100 Unite members took to the streets of Westminster to highlight the failure of Barts Trust to honour its commitment to pay an NHS lump sum “thank you” payment for working during […]
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The Port Talbot community joined Unite steelworkers, officers and activists for the union’s biggest demonstration to date on Saturday (February 17) in the fight to save steel jobs. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined the protest and gave an impassioned speech in a rallying cry for the thousands of jobs now at risk at Tata’s […]
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Unite steel campaign gained further momentum on Thursday (February 1) after it hosted a series of events in steel towns across the UK. In Scunthorpe, residents joined Unite steel reps and activists erecting ‘UK Steel Jobs Not for Sale’ signs in front gardens on various streets throughout the town. It was a proud display of […]
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