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23 February 2022
Workers and students unite and fight
The NUS has called a national student strike on 2 March in response to growing anger
23 February 2022
Unite and fight for a decent pay rise
While bad weather batters the country, another storm is raging. A growing number of workers are taking action as the cost of living squeeze tightens. This is the most significant strike wave for over a decade.
With real inflation heading towards 8% and energy costs set to explode on the back of the Tory NI hike, increasingly workers are forced to fight back.
16 February 2022
'Labour by name - Tory by policy'
Solidarity with the Coventry bin lorry drivers
Build a movement to defend living standards
Labour by name, Tory by policy," chanted Coventry's HGV drivers' union convenor as he marched through Coventry along with his striking colleagues.
9 February 2022
Scunthorpe scaffs mark 100 days of strike action with protests
100 days! By the time you read this, that's how long the scaffolders will have been on strike against their contractor Actavo working at British Steel Scunthorpe. In a dispute going back three years,
2 February 2022
Scunny scaffs strike restarts with a bang, barricades and a win!
Scunthorpe scaffolders' first week of renewed strike action in 2022 (after successfully reballoting following 12 weeks of strike action before Christmas) kicked off with a real bang - with flares, barricades and a win!
26 January 2022
Trade unions and the fight against council cuts
Interview: Unite's strategy on fighting the cuts: Socialist Party member Onay Kasab, recently appointed Lead for Local Government in Unite the Union, spoke to the Socialist
19 January 2022
Scunthorpe scaffs resume indefinite strike action
The 61 scaffolders employed by contractor Actavo, working on the British Steel works at Scunthorpe, will resume indefinite strike action on 26 January
19 January 2022
Bus driver Tracey Scholes reinstated at Go North West
Bus driver Tracey Scholes has been reinstated at Go North West. The campaign won after supporters of Unite member Tracey were out in full force on 11 January to demand her reinstatement against the blind
12 January 2022
North London NHS - "It's going to be us who saves it"
The newly formed branch of Unite the Union for Migrant, Food, Retail and Services workers, and Day-Mer, a Turkish and Kurdish community organisation in north London, held a rally outside North Middlesex Hospital on 8 January, with the demand: 'Fund the NHS and keep it public'
15 December 2021
Sharon Graham: 100 days as Unite general secretary - the challenges ahead
Unite has become far more 'battle-ready' and focused on taking on the employers.
15 December 2021
Yorkshire Stagecoach strikers confidence growing
"We've got them by the bollocks" and "we're in charge now", expressed the mood on the Unite picket line at the Stagecoach Holbrook depot, as bus workers in Sheffield joined Barnsley and Rotherham drivers in a second week of strike action over pay
15 December 2021
Welcome support for striking Scunthorpe scaffolders
Scunthorpe scaffolders, now in their 11th week of strike action, were given a huge boost on 1 December by the visit of Unite the Union general secretary Sharon Graham to the picket line at British Steel
15 December 2021
Proposed strike action at Tesco distribution centres in the run-up to Christmas has forced bosses back to the negotiating table and resulted in an improved offer.
8 December 2021
Uni staff and students must unite to end marketisation and for free education
The Office for Students has reacted to last week's impressive UCU strike turnout by seeking to divide university staff and students
8 December 2021
Unite to fight for pay and NHS we deserve
Staff shortages, sickness levels and burnout. Issues that were there before the pandemic have only been made worse.
1 December 2021
South Yorkshire Stagecoach drivers strike against measly 1% pay offer
Stagecoach bosses in South Yorkshire have always tried to play off one depot against another, with different settlement dates and pay rates across Barnsley, Rotherham and the two Sheffield garages
1 December 2021
Staff and students unite against university bosses' attacks
Why I'm striking: The decision to go on strike is never an easy one. Every University and Colleges Union member that voted 'yes' to industrial action knows full well the impact our strike will have on students' education
17 November 2021
Leeds cab drivers protest against taxi rank move
Over 50 taxi drivers protested in Leeds on 10 November, against proposals by Network Rail and West Yorkshire combined authority to relocate the hackney carriage taxi rank to a space beneath the station
17 November 2021
St Mungo's report fails to address bullying and victimisation of workers
A new 'independent' report - compiled by a long-term associate of the CEO - has failed to address workers' concerns in homelessness charity St Mungo's
10 November 2021
Support for all-out scaffs strike spreads
News of the all-out strike by 60 scaffolders employed by contractor Actavo at British Steel in Scunthorpe is spreading, with Danish scaffs sending solidarity
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