Campaigns
Fair tips campaign
Unite campaign on tips and service charges - beware the deadly scams
Waiting staff in Unite want to eradicate some of the scams regularly applied by employers in restaurants and hotels when it comes to distributing tips left by customers. Join the...
Cut our pay - no way!
Join the protest on Friday 18th July 2008
Unite members across the country will take part in day of protest against the NHS pay offer. Workers will be campaigning around the slogan - 'Cut my pay - no way!'
A ballot of Unite's health ...
Fair pay today
Local government workers are demanding a proper pay settlement. The cost of living is up and take home pay down. Unions in local government have submitted a pay claim for 6 per cent or 50p and hour on basic pay - whichever is the highest.
Manufacturing Matters
Manufacturing is the backbone of the British economy but it is under real pressure. With one million jobs lost in the last 10 years Unite has continued to argue for a strong government response and for ministers to show a lead rather than adopt a ...
Don't squeeze drivers dry
Profits gush, pay trickles - the truth about delivering fuel for Shell
Shell tanker drivers employed by Hoyer and Suckling Shell Ltd are in dispute with their employers over pay. A total of 641 tanker drivers may be forced t...
Save Lincoln Microbiology Laboratory
Unite is heading a campaign to oppose plans by the United Lincolnshire Hospital's NHS Trust to close the Lincoln Microbiology Laboratory.
Unite believes this closure will compromise essential services and will have a far-reaching effect on t...
The truth about the Ineos dispute
Unite's negotiators were disappointed with the company's refusal to withdraw controversial pensions plans and therefore the two-day strike went ahead. Full Story
Workers Memorial Day
28th April 2008
Workers Memorial Day, held on 28th April every year, brings together workers and their representatives from all over the world to remember the dead and fight for the living.
Equal rights for agency workers
Unite is fighting for equal treatment for agency workers. Help us to persuade the government to act now to stop the abuse.
MPs vote for agency workers' rights
Unite is fighting for equal treatment for agency workers. MPs v...
