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Unite finds itself in a fresh battle to retain the panel which helps set the pay and conditions of agricultural workers in Wales following Labour’s disastrous results in the May elections earlier this year. Plaid Cymru is now the largest party in Wales after winning 43 of the 96 seats in the Senedd – six […]
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Unite Community members across Wales are hitting the road to encourage people to register to vote in this May’s Senedd Elections. The month-long Unite Community Wales registration roadshow started this week on Monday (16 Feb) in Abergaveny, and plans to wrap up in Wrexham on March 16. Unite members will be visiting towns, villages and […]
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Workers employed by the private veterinary practice Valley Vets in South Wales, have announced further strikes from August 23 to August 31 after the company refused to enter meaningful negotiations with Unite. Valley Vets workers, including nurses, support staff and vets, have already taken industrial action, which began with an initial walkout from July 16 […]
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Unite has slated Tata’s shock announcement today that it will be closing the coking ovens at Port Talbot steel works with near immediate effect. Although the coking ovens were known to be in a state of disrepair, Tata had not indicated to trade unions during recent consultations that they were at risk of imminent closure. […]
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Every day this week on UniteLive, we’re featuring one of our many inspiring women members in the lead up to International Women’s Day today – if you’ve missed any stories in our series, you can read them all here. Today, we hear from Unite reps and health visitors Jo and Kerry, who are making history […]
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It’s only Monday (February 19) and it’s already been a busy week for Unite. Below is a selection of today’s top news stories: Balfour Beatty workers angry over profitable firm’s below inflation pay offer Around 150 M25 maintenance workers employed by Balfour Beatty are being balloted for strike action over pay, Unite said today. The […]
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During #HeartUnions week this week, the TUC shone a spotlight on Unite’s long and hard-fought campaign to secure union recognition last year at the world-famous Glee Club in Cardiff, Wales. This agreement represents the first of its kind within the Welsh hospitality sector and means that the 35 employees at the venue will be covered […]
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As Unite ramps up its steel campaign, UniteLive spoke to Port Talbot steelworker Dale, who highlighted what’s at stake for his community if Tata Steel cuts thousands of jobs. You can watch our short film below and find out more about Unite’s steel campaign here. Film by Jake Roberts
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Unite has released a new film featuring the voices of its steelworker members in Port Talbot. You can watch the full film below: Film by Paul Gonella & Matt Ankers
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Unite members from Port Talbot steelworks descended on Parliament earlier this week (January 23) ahead of an opposition day debate on protecting the UK’s steel industry. The debate was called following an announcement last week that Tata Steel is planning to close its blast furnaces with the potential loss of more than 2,800 jobs. Below […]
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Tata Steel on Friday (January 19) confirmed plans to close the Port Talbot steelworks’ two blast furnaces, with the proposed loss of more than 2,500 direct jobs. The announcement comes despite the government providing £500m in funding to the company to make the transition to green steel by building electric arc furnaces, which make steel […]
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Port Talbot sports teams and steel workers rallied at the beachfront on Saturday (November 11) to demand political action to save the industry. The rally comes as a petition calling on politicians to sign up to Unite’s Workers’ Plan for Steel reached over 21,000 signatures. Local sports teams in attendance will included Afan Lido FC, […]
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Unite took its Workers’ Plan for Steel campaign straight to the heart of Port Talbot, at the ShunkFest 2023 music and culture festival last weekend (October 14-15). ShunkFest featured more than two dozen bands, including headliners, alt-rock band Trampolene and ‘shoegaze’ duo Pastel, over the two days of the festival. Unite’s organising and leverage team […]
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Unite delegate Ivan Monckton made a powerful intervention in defence of UK steel workers at Labour Party Conference on Monday (October 9). Speaking on a debate on industrial strategy, Ivan said that “this is crunch time for steel”. “It’s time for this party – and the government it will form – to show steelworkers which […]
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If you wanted to catch a bus from the Welsh hamlet Bwlch-Derwin to the nearest major town Caernarfon – only nine miles away – you’d better not miss it. Otherwise, you may have to wait two hours for the next one. If you’re entirely reliant on public transport in Bwlch-Derwin, you can’t visit your friends […]
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The Royal Welsh Show, held in July every year, draws more people over the course of its four days — 240,000 according to a recent estimate — than Glastonbury. A celebration of Welsh agriculture and rural life, the Royal Welsh Show may not be quite as rock n’ roll as the UK’s biggest music festival, […]
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Off message. Recently Gill and I took time out from family matters for this recent walk in Wales around the ancient hilltop market town of Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd. We found the walk on the Ordnance Survey app. Starting from the town centre going nor…Read more…
Thousands of ambulance workers, Unite members, carried on their fight for fair pay and for the future of the NHS this week, as they took their third day of strike action on Monday (February 6). Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined ambulance members on the picket line in Cardiff, where she urged both the UK […]
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Off message – During Easter Gill and I went to North Wales to see my Mum and our family. We went on some wonderful walks.
This 7.5 mile circular orange walk “Penycoddiau & Moel Arthur” from our ancient (make sure you buy the modern ver…Read more…
“Blwyddyn Newydd Dda” and “Happy New Year 2022”. Boris “promised” a better Christmas than last year. Not for Gill and I since we were both stuck indoors with Covid.
Hopefully 2022 will be better.
Picture from my favourite walk of 2021,when I…Read more…