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18 November 2020
Optare: Right to strike defended
Unite members at Optare in Yorkshire returned to the picket lines on 16 November for the first day of their now escalated four-days-a-week strike at the bus manufacturers.
18 November 2020
Hackney council parking services brought in-house
Hackney Council has been forced to bring its parking wardens in-house, ending a 16-year arrangement with private company APCOA, following a campaign and strike action by the workers, members' of union Unite.
11 November 2020
Lancashire workers' strike shows the way to fight aerospace cuts and job losses
Rolls-Royce workers in Barnoldswick launched strike action to save jobs and stop closure
28 October 2020
UCU members vote to strike to defend jobs: University and College Union (UCU) members at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have voted in favour of strike action to protect 130 jobs currently under threat
21 October 2020
Optare workers strike over pay broken 'promise'
Unite members at bus manufacturer Optare, in Sherburn in Elmet, on the outskirts of Leeds, took the first strike in a series of discontinuous 48-hour strikes starting on 15 October, alongside a continuous overtime ban.
14 October 2020
Unite votes to cut affiliation fee to Labour
An important step following the defeat of Corbynism in Labour - It should also be the starting point of a broader debate
23 September 2020
University workers and students must unite in a fight for safety
16 September 2020
London bus drivers begin strike ballot over remote sign-on dispute
There is no benefit to passengers, and remote sign-on could well disrupt services
9 September 2020
Dover: Solidarity with refugees - applause and cheers for socialist ideas to unite working class
Trade unionists, anti-racism and refugee rights campaigners rallied in Market Square on 5 September in Dover to show solidarity with refugees, fleeing war and persecution, who have faced vile racist abuse from Tories and the far right in recent weeks
2 September 2020
London bus drivers poised for strike action
The Unite union is in the process of preparing to formally ballot all its bus drivers employed by Singapore-owned Metroline in a dispute over 'remote signing on'.
5 August 2020
Unite union branch pledges to support socialist candidates who oppose cuts
The response by Tory Kent County Council to Covid-19 is to launch a public consultation entitled: "Have your say on Kent County Council's spending priorities and approach following the Covid-19 pandemic"
22 July 2020
I joined the Socialist Party to fight back
Since the coronavirus crisis started, managers at the Sainsbury's where I work have gone on the offensive, handing out disciplinary investigations like confetti
22 July 2020
Online rally: Fight the London transport funding cuts!
London is the only economically developed capital in which public transport is not funded by government grants
20 July 2020
United Left general secretary hustings shows widest debate needed for left in Unite
In the vote following the hustings Steve Turner defeated fellow AGS Howard Beckett by 3 votes.
15 July 2020
A fighting programme for Unite
On 18 July United Left is selecting its candidate for the next Unite general secretary election
8 July 2020
Fantastic virtual NSSN conference: "Fight for our lives and livelihoods''
A virtual meeting of up to 300 trade union reps, workers, campaigners, socialists and international visitors took place on the 4 July
3 June 2020
Fight continues for safety on London buses
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the front doors on London buses were being reopened on several routes
25 May 2020
No return to unsafe construction sites
The last five years has seen an average 36 construction worker deaths each year. According to the Office for National Statistics, in just four months of Covid-19 there have been 199 deaths!, writes Andy Bentley, Unite construction sector.
6 May 2020
Rolls Royce threatens 8,000 job losses
Rolls Royce has announced a possible and imminent 8,000 redundancies. This was explained as 'necessary' because of huge cuts in production by aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus
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