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OCTOBER 27, 2022
Unite pledges to back local government workers battling for better terms and conditions
Unite, the UK’s leading union, has pledged to step up the fight for better pay, terms and condition for local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is gearing up for fresh campaigns in councils. Unite’s local government members ... Read more
AUGUST 16, 2022
Unite statement on record fall in UK wages
Commenting on the record three per cent fall in wages in real terms for UK workers, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This record fall in real wages demonstrates the vital need for unions like Unite to defend the value of ... Read more
MAY 24, 2022
Britons are struggling to make ends meet as inflation hits 13-year high with nine in 10 people say they are worried about the rising price of their weekly shop. A survey undertaken by Kantar finds that more than a fifth of ... Read more
MAY 18, 2022
INFLATION: Restrain boardroom greed not workers’ pay
CPI leaps to highest on record at 9 per cent, RPI hits 11.1 per cent As real terms inflation (the RPI) crashes into double–digits at 11.1 per cent, the leader of the Unite union hit back at demands for wage restraint, ... Read more
MAY 10, 2022
Unite respond to Queen's speech
In response to the Queen’s Speech 2022, the leader of the country’s leading union has hit out at the lack of action to address the cost of living crisis. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Workers and communities are suffering. We are ... Read more
JANUARY 19, 2022
As CPI rate of inflation climbs to 5.4%, Unite GS Sharon Graham demands significant wage rises
As the CPI measure of inflation today was revealed to have climbed to an astonishing 5.4 per cent, Unite says real scale of crisis is revealed in RPI rise to 7.5 per cent – a more accurate figure of rising ... Read more
DECEMBER 01, 2021
Call on Tory MPs to stop constituents facing `heat or eat' choice this winter
WHEN: Wednesday 1 December, and then 6-18 December 2021WHERE: 25 towns and cities across Northern England and the Midlands (see note to editors for full details), first stop Dewsbury Unite Community members are to tour 25 ‘Red Wall' seats in the run up to Christmas to ... Read more
AUGUST 03, 2021
A Sky Pool and the ghettoisation of Nine Elms
While the rich splash about in the city's most indulgent swimming pool, those down below are living very different lives. If you’re an affordable housing tenant then the Sky Pool is not for you. Private residents of Nine Elms basked in ... Read more
APRIL 26, 2021
Young people are bearing the brunt of the UK's COVID jobs crisis
Young workers have been hit the hardest by rising unemployment during the Covid pandemic, with just over half of people who dropped off the UK payroll in the last year were under 25 and those under the age of 35 ... Read more
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Massive increase in food bank usage during pandemic underscores necessity for welfare reform
New figures released today reveal 2,600 emergency food parcels were provided for children every day on average by food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network during the first six months of the pandemic. Food banks in the Trussell Trust’s UK network saw a shocking 47% increase in need during the crisis, building on record ... Read more
JULY 15, 2020
#UniversalDisCredit Day of Action
The continued use of benefit sanctions just as the country is entering a period of heavy and sustained job losses is ‘unnecessary and particularly cruel’ and must be stopped. The Unite Community campaign to reform the most punitive elements of Universal ... Read more
JUNE 03, 2020
Excluded from Chancellor’s support schemes
Anger mounts among self-employed, PAYE Freelancers and many other worker groups as they are once again excluded from Chancellor’s support schemes. On Fri 26th May, the Chancellor announced the extension of the JRS and SEISS income support schemes. Incredibly, he continued ... Read more
JANUARY 09, 2020
One in four workers on minimum wage illegally underpaid As the government’s mandatory minimum wage is set to rise to just £8.72 an hour in April, new research by The Resolution Foundation report has revealed that an astounding 25 per cent of minimum ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Bombshell report launched today laying bare the misery of Universal Credit
A ‘bombshell’ report and survey of nearly 1,200 Universal Credit claimants by the community section of Unite lays bare the misery of the scheme’s failed introduction with evidence of people becoming suicidal, going without food, being forced into debt and unable to ... Read more
AUGUST 13, 2019
Wage growth stuck in the slow lane
British workers are set for more wage pain as figures published yesterday by the Office for National Statistics showed earnings growth slowed in the three months to April, reporting that average total wages grew by only 2.5 per cent year-on-year ... Read more