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'Concrete action will be the key barometer of progress'

Tuesday, March 8th, 2022

Unite celebrates International Women’s Day – and fights for women in the workplace every day of the year

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'Everyone is feeling the same pinch'

Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

Unite members speak out on cost of living crisis at People's Assembly demo in Manchester

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Let's extend collective solidarity to all

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

Ahead of Saturday’s cost of living demos, Unite Community’s Heather Blakey says we must fight for a better benefits system

8 min

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'We should not be made to pay for the cost of living crisis'

Monday, February 7th, 2022

Unite organiser Joe Rollin explains why everyone should take to the streets as cost of living soars

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'It's about time somebody took a stand'

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022

WATCH: striking Coventry council refuse collection drivers speak out on the picket line in fight for fair pay

6 min

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One day without genocide

Thursday, January 27th, 2022

Unite observes Holocaust Memorial Day – and encourages members to join us in lighting the darkness

8 min

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'Incredible bravery'

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

Unite is ramping up its campaign to save Northern Ireland’s only all-women homeless hostel – and support worker Emma says she’s not giving up

8 min

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Royal Mail managers – Covid’s unsung heroes

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Christmas was once a ‘busy’ period for Unite’s Royal Mail manager members, who ensure the cornerstone of UK communication, the Universal Service Obligation to d...

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'They should spend a day in our shoes'

Thursday, December 16th, 2021

Universal Credit fight not over as Unite Community hits the road on Christmas tour of Tory 'Red Wall' seats

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‘A testament to the breathtaking strategic approaches’

Friday, December 10th, 2021

Fifty years on veterans of the 1971 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) “work-in” have called on young workers to take inspiration from their legendary dispute when ...

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‘Unite took on the company – and won’

Tuesday, December 7th, 2021

In the old days if Stagecoach drivers at a local depot took strike action, the bus giant would put the word out for scabs from outside the area to earn as much ...

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Next steps – Amazon now in Unite’s sights

Monday, December 6th, 2021

In a ‘ground breaking move’ Sharon told the Sunday Mirror on December 5 that her next target would be none other than the global mega-billions business, Amazon ...

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'Verging on total collapse'

Friday, October 8th, 2021

Critical care staff shortage crisis engulfs Guys’ and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

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'Biggest cut to social security ever'

Wednesday, October 6th, 2021

As nearly 6m people face devastating Universal Credit cut, Tory welfare chief Thérèse Coffey seen celebrating

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How solidarity saved lives

Monday, October 4th, 2021

On the death of Robert Somerville UNITElive looks back to how the Glasgow Rolls-Royce members’ defiant act of solidarity saved the lives of Pinochet’s imprisoned trade unionists

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'Cancel the cut' call

Friday, September 17th, 2021

Unite Community members protest outside Parliament calling on gov’t to cancel Universal Credit cut and extend £20 uplift to all claimants

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Unite members to fight against ‘this needless hardship’

Monday, September 13th, 2021

Labour’s opposition debate on the controversial cut, which is earmarked for after Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this Wednesday, comes just days after work a...

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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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