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Barclays staff in pay win
Unite the union representing staff at Barclays has today (Thursday 30) won a ‘cost of living’ increase for staff from 1st August. Following calls from... Read More
Royal Mail managers vote to strike
Royal Mail managers vote to strike over threats to 542 jobs, pay and working conditions
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Stagecoach Merseyside bus strikes back on
Bus strikes affecting Stagecoach Merseyside’s entire operation are set to go ahead next Monday (July 4) as the workforce takes a stand against low pay.... Read More
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Gatwick Taxi drivers facing brutal fire and rehire-style tactics
Around 300 taxi drivers working at Gatwick Cars Ltd are being threatened with `fire and rehire’ and forced onto a vastly inferior zero hours contract,... Read More
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Bexley bin strikes latest
Bin collections in Bexley, in South London, will halt during summer pay strikes, Unite said today (June 29). More than 100 workers, employed by Bexley... Read More
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Coca Cola supplies under threat
Supplies of Coca Cola are under threat this summer because bosses are attempting to force through a below inflation pay deal. The workers are furious... Read More
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Attack on right to strike
Unite has condemned moves by the government to change a law which will now allow employers to bring in temporary agency workers to break strikes,... Read More
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Stagecoach Merseyside bus strikes off
A strike of bus workers employed by Stagecoach on Merseyside scheduled for this Thursday (June 30) has been suspended after workers received a revised pay... Read More
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‘Workers can and should demand a pay rise’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham writes for the forthcoming Unite Landworker magazine*. She says: As I write this column, we are in the midst of... Read More
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‘Unions are setting the agenda’
A recent surge in Google searches for joining a trade union has been matched by rising membership numbers across the union movement. iNews reported today... Read More
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Stagecoach Worthing bus drivers in pay win
Unite has secured a pay rise worth 15.8 per cent for Stagecoach Worthing drivers. The drivers will benefit from the one year pay deal, which... Read More
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BA check-in staff vote to strike
Workers employed as check in staff by British Airways (BA) at Heathrow airport have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. Over... Read More
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CNH tractor factory workers to strike
Production at Basildon’s biggest employer, the CNH Industrial tractor factory, will come to a standstill as workers take action for better pay, Unite said today... Read More
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RCA members fight for fair pay
Unite members at the Royal College of Art (RCA) stood proudly on picket lines on Wednesday (June 22) as they took strike action for fair... Read More
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Merseyside Stagecoach bus workers to strike
Bus passengers across Merseyside are set for severe disruption and delays beginning next week as a result of bus operator Stagecoach failing to make workers... Read More
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Runaway profits driving inflation
UK inflation has again skyrocketed to nearly 12 per cent, now reaching a 40-year record high, according to the latest data from the Office for... Read More
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Caterpillar workers protest company’s investors
Unite has brought Caterpillar workers’ campaign to London offices of Vanguard, Blackrock and State Street, who hold more than a fifth of Caterpillar’s stock. Unite... Read More
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‘Let our heroes be the collective’
Unite members joined tens of thousands of demonstrators at a TUC march and rally on Saturday, June 18, to send a loud and clear message... Read More
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‘The trade union movement must be reborn’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave a rousing speech on Saturday (June 18) after the TUC cost of living march, which culminated in a rally... Read More
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‘It’s now down to trade unions to step up to the plate’
When both the Governor of the Bank of England and the Prime Minister called for ‘pay restraint’ it was clear that workers were being set... Read More