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10 February 2021
Hackney schools workers to strike
Members of the Unite union and the National Education Union will be taking strike action at Colvestone and Thomas Fairchild Schools in Hackney, London on 10, 11 and 12 February over job losses and reorganisation
28 April 2020
Workers fighting to defend safety and livelihoods - NSSN national meeting a huge success
Over 200 members and reps from many different trade unions came together on Zoom on Sunday 26 April to discuss the impact of the coronavirus crisis on workers
8 April 2020
Anger as London local authorities bulldoze through powers to discipline workers
Unite the Union has expressed serious concerns over plans which will give local authority employers in London new powers to redeploy workers, under the threat of disciplinary action
6 November 2019
Double-dealing Hackney council bosses face renewed strike action
Hackney council bosses have reneged on an agreement with drivers and passenger escorts, members of the Unite union, on school buses for disabled children
16 October 2019
Hackney SEND transport workers achieve victory
Drivers and passenger assistants employed by Hackney Council in the Special Education Needs Service have won an outstanding victory following strike action in support of a pay claim.
2 October 2019
Bromley libraries strikers proved right
Unite union members employed by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) in Bromley, south London, have been on indefinite strike since 6 June, in defence of the library service.
25 September 2019
Bromley strikers - fighting on to save our libraries
Greenwich Leisure Limited, which has a contract to run public libraries in Bromley, will be meeting with the Unite union to discuss what is the longest running indefinite strike in the country.
19 June 2019
East London bin workers call 12-day strike over wage grades
Bin workers in Newham, east London could have lost over £20,000 each over the last decade
17 April 2019
Newham bin workers ballot for strikes
Refuse workers employed by Newham Council in east London could have lost more than £20,000 each in the last decade in a dispute over grading.
17 October 2018
Newham finance staff fight pay and grading insult
Workers for Newham's Labour-led council who are responsible for processing payments to suppliers are hacked off at bosses for grading their important jobs in a way that gets them less pay.
22 August 2018
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles including Sheffield Supertram workers win and Woolwich ferry workers strike.
25 July 2018
EDF Energy strike victory against vehicle tracker device
Unite the Union members employed by EDF Energy in its metering and debt sections in south London, and the South East and South West regions, have won a huge victory in a long-running battle over the introduction of tracker devices in vehicles
24 January 2018
Ballots against Bromley privatisers
Controversial outsourcing Bromley council faces strike action by workers at two of its contractors that could hit libraries and care services.
5 April 2017
Bromley library workers strike against privatisation
Unite union members working in Bromley libraries began the first of eight days of strike action on 1 April. The long-running dispute is in defence of the library service from privatisation.
2 December 2015
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Anti-blacklisting campaign work, retail union overrules youth committee to back Blairites, energy workers walk out.
14 October 2015
Living wage victory for Hackney traffic wardens
The five day strike by traffic wardens in Hackney, a bid to get proper sick pay, has been suspended to allow talks.
15 July 2015
Bromley Unite members stop council tax bailiffs
On 13 July around 30 activists from the Unite trade union and local residents in Bromley, south London, stopped bailiffs evicting Paul Rooney and his 14 year-old daughter Roisin.
Defend the Four: protest against Unison witchhunt, 2009, photo Suzanne Beishon
28 January 2015
Book review: Unison bureaucracy unmasked
I recently read Unison Bureaucracy Unmasked: The Defend the Four Story, a restrained account of a shameful episode in the history of Unison, writes Maurice Sheehan, Ex-staff member, Unison.
10 September 2014
At Unison's 2007 conference, the union's standing orders committee ruled out of order a third of branch motions, including ones questioning union strategies and the union's link with Labour
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