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Fighting the flood

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

Flooding unleashed by Storm Ciarán in October devastated villages and towns up and down Northern Ireland. Newry and Downpatrick were among the worst hit, with h...

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Oxfam staff strike

Monday, December 11th, 2023

Set up in 1941, the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief as it was originally known is now a global anti-poverty movement. Over 81 years later it has shops and of...

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Connecting communities through steel

Friday, November 24th, 2023

A quiet November Saturday afternoon in Sheffield. The steel-grey sky hangs heavy over the Sheffield United FC club house on Bramall Lane, home to the famed loca...

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‘It shouldn’t be like this’

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

Unite members in Deeside, North Wales, employed by DE&S DECA, formerly known as the Defence Electronics and Components Agency, are currently out on strike in a...

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‘A basic human right’

Sunday, November 19th, 2023

The United Nations World Toilet Day has been observed annually since 2013 and is held on November 19th. The day celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3...

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'Future-proofing for the next generation'

Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

Unite's Workers Plan for Steel campaign brings young and older members together in fight for steel's future

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'Step up to the plate' on steel

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

Unite mobilises steel day of action to call on government for immediate investment in steel

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'Bizarre and deeply disappointing'

Friday, October 27th, 2023

TBIJ investigation latest: watchdog criticises Home Office over dropping farmworker visa review

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'All that's missing is a whip'

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

TBIJ investigation: Seasonal farmworkers' reports to Home Office inspectors of abuse and exploitation fall on deaf ears

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To cut a long story short – we won!

Friday, October 20th, 2023

Hundreds of Unite members at homelessness charity St Mungo’s have just ended their long-running strike after accepting an inflation beating pay increase. After...

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Unite steel campaign goes to ShunkFest

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

Unite steel campaign makes waves at Port Talbot music festival in call to politicians to act

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‘You can change everything in this factory…’

Friday, September 29th, 2023

In his office, ‘man make-up’ immaculate as ever Romanian-born Unite rep Dave Imre lays out scores of filled out membership forms, casually cooling himself with ...

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The secret stranglehold

Thursday, September 28th, 2023

But this exploitation of migrant seasonal workers is part of a much bigger picture. At the end of the chain, the UK’s biggest supermarket chains are driving dow...

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Unite for rural workers

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

Sacre bleu! A Unite rep who managers dread dealing with because of her attention to detail and determination to help union members navigate their way through th...

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Govt attacks on the rural working poor

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

A new campaign aims to support Unite members and their families on Universal Credit (UC) by raising awareness of changes that are coming their way.

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Wigan Diggers’ festival comes to life

Monday, September 25th, 2023

The sun shone down on Wigan as a free festival run by volunteers keen to keep the memory of Gerald Winstanley alive, returned to the town earlier this September...

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Hank Wangford headlines at Burston Festival

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

This September the crowd at the annual Burston Strike School rally in Suffolk will be treated to the country sounds of Hank Wangford and his band. Anyone who ha...

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'Hold firm and stick with your gut feeling'

Thursday, August 17th, 2023

The TUC speaks to Unite member Dave Croft on how he and his colleagues fought back against being forced to work with asbestos

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