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✊ You deserve to be treated fairly. You deserve rights at work. You deserve decent #JobsPayConditions
"It was only when I needed the union, I realised how silly I'd been to not have joined before".
Don't wait till it's too late. Join Mair, Matt, Maria, Steve, Kerry, Sarah and Ben. Join Unite join.unitetheunion.org/
Fix social care now! Pls sign our petition ⏬
Baroness Casey is absolutely right to say that we urgently need to get a grip on the failures of the care service. But she is wrong to focus on the triple lock as the source of funds to fix the system.
Sign our petition to call on the government to end profiteering in care and fairly fund a publicly owned, universal care system with strong worker’s rights at its core: actionnetwork.org/petitions/… #StandUpForSocialCare
👏 Congratulations to our 99 'unbreakable' health visitors at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Solid on the picket line for nine months to win the pay the NHS had appraised their job as worth.
🙏 And a huge thank you to everyone in South Wales who supported them through this. Now they can get back to doing the vital job they love 💙
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✊ After 9 months striking in all weathers, health visitors in South Wales have won a rise of up to £9,000.
“This is a magnificent victory. These women stood firm on the picket line, and they have won, through their solidarity and sheer determination" @UniteSharon
“The health board’s agreement to offer every band 6 health visitor a band 7 role finally acknowledges the level of expertise, responsibility and autonomy that comes with the job. We are proud to have stood alongside our members every step of the way” Richard Munn, Unite.
Read Unite's statement in full:
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For yet another winter, people across the UK will struggle to heat their homes as energy costs continue to rise. 🫣
Back in 2023, GMB's Adil Ray questioned the then Ofgem CEO on why energy prices kept rising while company profits continued to grow.
Three years on, nothing has changed. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Our investigation into energy profits found that, in 2024, companies operating under our privatised energy model made a staggering 30 billion in pre-tax profits.
So, what's the solution to our broken energy system?
Put energy back into public hands.
“The chaos of the current system has resulted in the highest energy bills in Europe...We need to look at other countries like France and begin to plan to own our own energy. Only then, can the ever-bulging profits currently going to shareholders, be used to keep bills down for households and businesses.” @UniteSharon
#energybills #uklife #profits #ofgem #costofliving
🛰️ When spending public money, why not spend it to support UK jobs?
“Ministers keep say buying British will be the default. Skynet 6 is the first real chance this government has to prove it. Now it needs to get on with it" @UniteSharon
The budget announced that from 2026, the minimum wage will rise to £11.27 an hour for 18–20-year-olds and £13.21 for workers aged 21 and over.
And while a minimum wage rice is a - the fight for liveable wages for all ages continues✊
Equal work deserves equal pay – whatever your age.
young workers week #equalpay #fairpay #livingwage #minimumwage
When management are speaking corporate, workers know the reality on the ground 📣
It's you who keep companies running. You know what's really happening on the shop floor, so your voices should be heard by the bosses.
That's where union reps come in. Our reps make sure workers' voices are heard, hold employers to account and fight for solutions to the problems that matter.
And with the new Employment Rights Act giving trade unions greater rights of access to workplaces, there are more opportunities for workers to organise for change and build union strength 💪
If you want a say in what happens in your workplace, find out more about joining Unite: unitetheunion.org/why-join
#workersrights #employmentlaw #employmentrights #union #tradeunion
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✈️ Abuse doesn't fly.
A shocking Unite survey has revealed the scale of abuse faced by airport and aviation workers:
✈️72% of ground staff experience verbal abuse at least monthly.
✈️71% of cabin crew face regular verbal abuse.
✈️Almost a third of ground staff and 42% of cabin crew have been physically assaulted.
Airlines and airports must step up, take responsibility and ensure workers are properly protected. Nobody should face abuse, threats or violence simply for doing their job.
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Unite is campaigning for a care service that puts an end to the rank profiteering happening across the UK, and establishes a compassionate, accessible, caring system that is fully funded through progressive taxation – not by picking the pockets of pensioners.
The government’s proposed free personal care service, funded by pension cuts, will do nothing to stop private profiteers, nor provide a true National Care Service for those who require dementia or residential care.
David’s mum deserved better and so does everyone else.
Sadly, his story is not unique. Please like and share this video to make more people aware of what is going on in care homes up and down the country.
#StandUpForSocialCare
⚡The Energy Independence Bill promises faster connections but what workers & businesses really need is cheaper bills.
"You cannot fix a broken energy system while leaving it in the hands of profiteers. The grid must be brought into public ownership and run for the benefit of the country, not shareholders” @UniteSharon
What do you think? 🗣️Comment & Share ♻️
Our essential services should be run for people – not profit🚨
Unite Community member Kay explains how, when public services are diverted into private pockets, it’s workers and the public who pay the price.
Recently, hundreds of outsourced workers at Guys and St Thomas’s Trust are to strike this week over poverty pay, meanwhile bin workers employed by an outsourcing compant in Havering are fighting for a fair wage.
While these workers take to the picket line, our message is clear: Our essential services belong in public hands - not run as a business for shareholders ✊
💪Union reps and equalities reps have new rights; Workers who take strike action have new protections; Unions have improved rights to access workplaces; and employers must tell workers of their right to join a union.
⚖️Changes to the law from the Employment Rights Act came into force at the end of October.
Check out what you need to know from p60 unitetheunion.org/fandf
It's high time employers and politicians take the action needed to protect airport staff.
#AbuseDoesntFly
Shocking new survey findings from Scottish airports reveal the scale of abuse faced by cabin crew and ground staff simply doing their jobs.
🔴 72% of ground staff and 71% of cabin crew experience verbal abuse at least monthly.
🔴 31% of ground staff and 42% of cabin crew report having been physically assaulted.
🔴 Alcohol was identified as a major trigger for passenger abuse.
Unite is calling for stronger protections, including the power to ban abusive passengers across the aviation sector, better safety measures and consistent standards to protect workers.
Airports must make the safety of workers their top priority.
news.stv.tv/scotland/cabin-c…
Being young shouldn't mean having to settle for less when it comes to your jobs, pay or donations ✊
From insecure zero-hours contracts and low pay to fewer job opportunities and rising living costs - young workers have been facing an uphill battle - but we're not standing by and accepting it.
It's young workers month and we're spotlighting how Unite members are coming together to challenge unfair treatment, fight for better wages and demand the secure jobs and decent conditions every worker deserves.
Because when workers stand together, we have the power to make things better. Get involved and be part of the fight 📣
Find out more: unitetheunion.org/young-memb…
📊While workers feel the pinch, shareholders are laughing all the way to the bank. In the third quarter of 2026, FTSE firms paid out a whopping £28.4 billion in dividends to
shareholders. That's the highest payout since 2019.
💰💰It is clear that these big employers’ ability to pay is at record highs.
Learn how the bosses are profiting while we pay the price unitetheunion.org/fandf p46
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"In a place like this we do feel very much alone!" ❤️🩹
When cleaners and catering staff working at Forest School began strike action over attempts to cut their contract, there was an outpouring of support from the local community.
You let them know that you stand with them! 👇
Give our Havering bin workers and share and a shout out. #Solidarity ✊
These bin workers deserve to be treated with respect and FCC can’t keep kicking these serious concerns from its workforce down the road. These must be addressed now and our members there have our full backing during this dispute.
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