#IWMD2024 : Today, we shine a spotlight on workers who are on the frontline of extreme working temperatures indoors – commercial kitchen staff, who regularly labour in temperatures exceeding 30C.

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Today, we honour the workers who lost their lives on the job.

Our regional officers Nick and Jose at the Workers Memorial Day event hosted by Barking, Dagenham, and Havering Trades Council where they laid a wreath in remembrance at Barking Town Hall.

Housing repair workers in the London borough of Haringey are to take further strike action next week as they escalate the dispute over pay with the council.

Over 100 Unite members will be taking industrial action from 29 April until 2 May.

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Unite, the UK’s union for hospitality workers, has slated the government’s decision to delay the implementation of the Fair Tips Act from 1 July to 1 October 2024.

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Unite secures access agreement for HS2 Old Oak Common after ‘relentless’ campaign.

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Sanctuary Housing, which has assets of nearly £6 billion and a surplus of over £100 million, has offered hard up staff access to loans following pay strikes by its London workers.

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Barts NHS Trust and contractor Synergy face fresh strikes as hundreds of workers demand overdue £1,600 payment.

Workers at Barts NHS Trust are to strike from 7-19 May.

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Greenwich library workers to stage another day of strike action as talks with GLL fail. Over 60 workers to walk out on April 30 over pay and zero-hour contracts.

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Heathrow airport faces turmoil as outsourcing sparks strike. Nearly 800 Unite members to strike from 7 May to 13 May. #Heathrow #Heathrow Airport

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Strikes by Unite members at Heathrow could see planes delayed, disrupted and grounded due to their inability to be refuelled.

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Unite survey finds a horrifying 82% of bus drivers were subject to abuse last year, with the same percentage stating that the turmoil of the incidents negatively impacted their mental wellbeing.

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Sanctuary Housing strikers interviewed on BBC this morning.
For more about the strike see: housingworkers.org.uk/readnews.html?… #housingworkers #ukhousing #JobsPayConditions #CostofLivingCrisis

If British Airways do not honour this clause, our members will have the full support of Unite the union: join a union. Unite stands ready to defend our BA members on this by all means necessary, including full support for industrial action. BASSA #JobsPayConditions ⤵️

Facts & Figures April 2024 is out now!

In this month's edition:
🚘 Saba Park Services workers win 26% pay deal
♀️ Gender pension gap analysis
📆 Negotiations at 2,000 Unite employers in April

Access it here: online.flippingbook.com/view/639350232/

Headline #inflation may be falling, but sky-high prices are now baked into the economy and that means the #costoflivingcrisis continues for workers.

And we are not 'all in it together'. Big businesses keep announcing mega profits while every day people still struggle.

I'm here today at the 7th Irish Policy Conference in Malahide, Co Dublin. It's great to meet-up with so many of our reps and activists to discuss the great work that our reps are doing in the fight for #JobsPayConditions . UNITE union Ireland Unite the Union NI

Happy National Voter Registration Day!

Secure your vote for 2 May 2024 elections in England and Wales today: unitetheunion.org/myvote

Deadlines to register to vote is TODAY and TOMORROW to sort a postal vote.

#PostOrInPerson #DontLoseYourVoice

This tiny increase in #GDP does nothing to suggest that we have moved away from the path of economic stagnation - the idea that the UK’s broken economy will be resolved by high growth remains a myth. The fact is we already have a massive economy. ⤵️

JW Suckling tanker strikes ended with Unite securing much improved pay offer. This result is a prime example the benefits being in a unionised workplace bring ✊✊✊

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Join us for a special walk this Workers' Memorial Day on 28 April! Let's explore the rich history together and pay tribute to those who have fought for safer workplaces. #IWMD24

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