Fire and rehire speech
Monday, September 13th, 2021
Newly elected Unite general secretary Sharon speaks out against this 'abhorrent practice'.
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'Reps are part of our movement'
Monday, September 13th, 2021
Unite AGS Diana Holland highlights vital importance of union equality reps at TUC 2021
5 min
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‘Fire and rehire is an abhorrence’
Monday, September 13th, 2021
“Our priority must be to co-ordinate a fightback at the work place. We have all shown that fire and rehire can be beaten. At British Airways, we stopped the wor...
6 min
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'Fighting for our members must come first'
Monday, September 13th, 2021
It was early morning at a factory on Humberside. My campaign team were handing out leaflets as workers made their way in to work. One worker told the team: “I v...
6 min
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Manchester tram drivers vote to strike
Monday, September 13th, 2021
Manchester faces severe disruption as tram drivers vote for strikes over pitiful pay offer
4 min
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‘Climate change is here – right now’
Sunday, September 12th, 2021
“Colleagues, nobody in this virtual hall is going to disagree on the scale of the challenge ahead. Climate change is not somebody else’s problem, an issue for t...
5 min
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Leeds taxi rank protest
Friday, September 10th, 2021
‘Intolerable obstacles’ at Leeds station face disabled and elderly travellers as taxi rank is set to move, Unite warns
5 min
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'A cruel hypocrisy'
Friday, September 10th, 2021
Tories vote against Coventry council supporting the Right to Food campaign
4 min
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'They aren't fixing anything'
Friday, September 10th, 2021
Care workers and unpaid family carers speak out against government plans to ‘fix’ social care
8 min
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Going green with Unite
Friday, September 10th, 2021
With the recent report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) painting a stark picture of the future without immediate cuts to carbon emissio...
5 min
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About Money
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
A new play written by a Unite member lays bare the consequences of divide and rule tactics in the workplace - and reflects “exactly what’s going on” in the rea...
7 min
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'All rights to all workers from day one'
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
Unite backs new law to close employment loopholes by providing universal workers’ rights
4 min
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'Fair day's pay for hard day's work'
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
North West Argos lorry drivers secure bumper pay increase
3 min
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‘Climate change is a class issue’
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
As extreme weather events increase with ferocious force; as air pollution claims exponentially more lives; and as crop yields wither in once-abundant regions ar...
8 min
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Key to UK’s clean fuel future
Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
Ahead of MPs debating the future of Westinghouse Springfields in Preston, Lancashire, yesterday (September 7), in Westminster Hall, representatives of Unite hel...
4 min
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Weetabix workers 'will not accept fire and rehire'
Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
Weetabix workers in Northamptonshire announce autumn walkouts over £5,000 fire and rehire wage cuts
4 min
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'Our members stood firm'
Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
Shropshire wheel factory workers hail victory in pay dispute
3 min
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Tax raid on young and low-paid workers
Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
Unite calls for wealth tax and higher care worker wages as PM announces manifesto-busting NI tax to fund health and social care
7 min
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