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Following discussions yesterday, we have secured a commitment from
@UKLabour
to demand that:
➡️TATA are not to make any ‘irreversible decisions’ before a general election.
➡️An incoming Labour govt committing £3 billion to secure the future of the Welsh steel industry.
#UKSteel
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“The
@LabourParty
sacking of
@SamTarry
for supporting working people on strike, against cuts to their jobs and pay, is another insult to the trade union movement. Quite frankly it would be laughable if it were not so serious.”
@UniteSharon
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“The Labour Party was founded by the trade unions and we expect Labour MPs to defend workers, by words and by actions. To instruct Labour MPs not to be on picket lines with workers speaks volumes.”
@UniteSharon
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We did it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We've secured a deal (subject to a members' vote) that ends the use of
#FireAndRehire
by
#BritishAirways
in its cargo division – the last part of BA where it was still a threat.
To our BA cargo members who stood firm during 9 days of strike action: ✊🏽✊🏽
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"Today,
#UPC2021
voted to support Proportional Representation in Westminster elections for the first time in our history. Our political class has failed working people and our system is broken. It is time to change our democracy."
@UniteSharon
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Following the Labour leadership hustings held today by the party's biggest affiliate, Unite, the union has declared that it is backing Rebecca Long-Bailey for leader. Unite is also backing Richard Burgon as deputy leader.
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“I’m talking to the German unions and the American unions…Let’s work together to get Amazon organised in those three countries. If we do that, we could actually pincer them simultaneously in their three biggest markets” - Unite GS
@UniteSharon
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"Why are we talking about rules changes in Labour in a crisis. They should focus on the issues that are facing workers and communities and how they can affect change."
@UniteSharon
#MembersGS
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"We are urging Honda to think again. Honda, do not turn your back on a world-class, loyal workforce determined to bring you continued success" >>
Honda workers travel to parliament as campaign to save Swindon plant ramps up via
@itvnews
#SaveHondaSwindon
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“Labour is becoming more and more irrelevant to ordinary working people who are suffering. Juvenile attacks on trade unionists will do absolutely nothing to further Labour’s prospects for power.”
@UniteSharon
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Sharon Graham announced as Unite's new general secretary.
"I thoroughly congratulate Sharon on her victory, which reaffirms her as the most formidable campaigning force in our movement" -
@LenMcCluskey
Read more ⬇️
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Tom Bower in the
@DailyMailUK
is wrong on the very basics. There is no Lenin portrait in
@LenMcCluskey
office and Momentum hasn’t had a penny from Unite. Getting simple facts wrong makes us wonder what he gets right
#DangerousHero
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.
@LenMcCluskey
: We say loud and clear, racists out of politics, fascists off our streets and to the Football Lads Alliance “get the fuck off our terraces”.
#N17Unity
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“David Lammy has chosen to launch a direct attack on BA workers. This is a group of workers who were savagely attacked by their employer during Covid. ‘Fire and rehire’ led to thousands of unnecessary job cuts & pay being slashed.”
@UniteSharon
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Great to see
@jeremycorbyn
giving the thumbs up to Unite’s TGI Fridays members and their campaign for fair pay and fair tips
#TUCNewDeal
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Unite leader suspends
@CoventryLabour
councillors and announces investigation into conduct. They stand accused of colluding with strike breaking, sacking a shop steward and failing to negotiate with union members. Read
@UniteSharon
speech in full ⬇️
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We face the prospect of having to defeat Tommy Robinson at the Euro elections, here in the North West. The far right are on the rise and only the labour movement can stop them warns
@LenMcCluskey
at the
#Liverpool
#MayDay
rally
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“At a time when people are facing a cost of living crisis and on the day when the Conservative Government has launched a new wave of attacks on the rights of working people, the Labour Party has opted to continue to indulge in old factional wars.”
@UniteSharon
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“It's time for the rebirth of the trade union movement. We now need to act together.”
@UniteSharon
, Unite General Secretary.
Thanks to everyone who came to the march and rally today to
#DemandBetter
.
Hope you all have a safe journey home.
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As the biggest trade union in the country representing workers from every walk of life across the whole of the economy, we know Boris Johnson's sell out deal is bad for workers' rights and industry.
MPs must reject it.
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Shame on the Port of Felixstowe, millions in the bank. Yet a pay cut for dockers. Unite says no way!
#SupporttheStrike
. Support dockers defending
#JobsPayConditions
. On strike from today (21/08) for eight days.
✊🏼Share your messages of solidarity.
#dockersdemandbetter
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We’re marching to demand action to tackle the
#CostOfLivingCrisis
. We didn’t create this crisis - we shouldn’t have to pay for it now.
It’s time we
#DemandBetter
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@Jasmin_Beckett
@LenMcCluskey
Please be advised that legal advice is now being sought in relation to this public accusation levelled at our general secretary.
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🎇 Victory at Go North West as Unite defeats
#fireandrehire
to end strike ✊✊
"This is a tremendous victory by Unite’s members who, through their dedication, solidarity and commitment, have defeated the attempt to
#fireandrehire
them"
@LenMcCluskey
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Top Tories, including the Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
and
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
, have criticised fire and rehire.
So why threaten to block
@BarryGardiner
's Bill to
#StopFireandRehire
today?
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The continued lack of
#PPE
is a national scandal.
@only1colenzojt
, national officer for health, condemns the government's litany of broken promises and calls on
@MattHancock
to consider his position if he doesn't sort out the shameful shortages.
@BBCNews
@UniteinHealth
#PPENow
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“Unite is confident that
@RichardBurgon
will make a superb deputy to Becky, displaying the qualities that have long been absent from that post - pride in our values, a passion for our party to succeed &, above all, loyalty to their leader.”
#Richard4Deputy
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#HappyBirthdayNHS
| "The NHS will last as long as there are folk with the faith to fight for it" - Nye Bevan
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#Justice4Grenfell
| Unite donates to Grenfell fund and provides legal support for residents seeking justice
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“Thank you for your service and for getting stranded passengers home,”
@jeremycorbyn
tells Thomas Cook workers as they rally outside parliament. “It (Thomas Cook’s collapse) would not have happened under a Labour govt,” he adds.
#ThomasCookCollapse
#PayUpNow
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“What is emerging from Labour is a pattern of behaviour to literally take out any MP or mayor who backs key manifesto demands on the re-nationalisation of energy, action on rampant profiteering & investment in UK steel.”
@UniteSharon
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Unite is proud we’ve opened our London HQ as an emergency shelter as part of the Mayor of London homelessness programme Severe Weather Emergency Provision.
@SadiqKhan
is working with homeless charity
@StMungos
and our members there are setting up and staffing the shelters.
#SWEP
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"We have a standing army of tens of thousands of experienced health and safety reps who can play a key role. I was looking for the government to say it will use them to ensure
#Covid
secure workplaces are just that and it's unbelievable they haven't."
@LenMcCluskey
on
@BBCr4today
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Our
@LenMcCluskey
is a signatory to this call on the
@UKLabour
leadership
@Keir_Starmer
@AngelaRayner
@KateGreenSU
to "do the right thing" and support the
@NEUnion
on the reopening of schools ⬇️
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#NoDealNoWay
@SteveT_Unite
challenges the prime minister to join him visiting workplaces to see for himself the catastrophic impact of a no deal Brexit
#TUC2019
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I wouldn't be in this house without growing up with a Dad involved in an industrial dispute...In Liverpool we have a healthy suspicion of the state. We know striking workers have been targeted with state violence.
Powerful intervention by
@DanCardenMP
#SpyCopsBill
#CHISBill
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“This strike isn’t just about pay - it is to save the NHS. The NHS is crumbling, we can’t recruit and retain staff as pay is so low.
It has got so bad that we have had to open a food bank in my ambulance station.” Jason, a paramedic
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BREAKING: Tesco Christmas strikes suspended as Unite members vote on improved pay offer.
"Tesco’s improved offer shows what can be achieved by our members standing together."
@UniteSharon
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Fantastic news that Tracey Scholes has won her appeal for unfair dismissal. "It's appalling that Tracey was put through this ordeal when a negotiated outcome was always available. Employers must understand that
@unitetheunion
will defend members'
#JobsPayCondtions
":
@UniteSharon
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Solidarity with our brave members at
@British_Airways
cargo who walked out at midnight on strike for 9 days against BA’s cruel cuts and brutal
#fireandrehire
tactics.
Please send your messages of support for them today, and over the next few days.
#BACargoStrike
#BABetrayal
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“You don’t lead by hiding. No-one respects that. It’s time to decide whose side you are on. Workers or bad bosses?”
@UniteSharon
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“Coventry Labour council has time and again totally misrepresented the union’s claims for its bin drivers...If we have to escalate, we will escalate and I personally will be getting involved…. our wallet is closed to bad employers.”
@UniteSharon
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9 weeks of strike action suspended at Barnoldswick as Unite members consider landmark deal to save 350 jobs.
“This workforce, their union and community have battled long and hard for a brighter future and there is now very real hope" –
@SteveT_Unite
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Unite is proud to stand with the
@pplsassembly
against a Tory government which is
#NotFitToGovern
. Today’s march to parliament to
#DemandANewNormal
is on the move....
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#UPC2016
@jeremycorbyn
whenever the election comes, we will be campaigning together to create a better Britain.
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#HappyBirthdatHarry
we hope you had a great day | The
#UniteFamily
sends warmest wishes to
@Harryslaststand
on his 95th birthday today
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Engineers employed by
@weetabix
begin strike action this week against the company’s plans for an extensive
#FireAndRehire
programme which will rob workers of up to £5,000 a year in wages.
Still the nation's favourite?
#EndFireAndRehire
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#NeverForget
Can you help
@Auschwitzmuseum
reach 1 million followers for
#Auschwitz75
on 27 January 2020?
Pls RT, spread the word, get your family and friends to follow
the account where every day people can learn about the history of
#Auschwitz75
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Unite gives important Labour policy document 'thumbs down'
Britain's leading trade union today refused to give its backing to an important Labour document for government at the National Policy Forum gathering in Nottingham. 1/5
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"I joined our members on the picket at Woolwich Ferry as they prepare to escalate the campaign demanding fair pay, permanent jobs and an end to victimisation. My priority is to defend the jobs, pay and conditions of our members, that is exactly what I'll be doing."
@UniteSharon
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“Their [Felixstowe Port] profits are up 28%. It’s the biggest amount of profit they have ever made in their history. And they want to say to the workers, who made them that profit, you have to take a pay cut. I think that is abhorrent.”
@UniteSharon
speaking on
@LBC
.
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.
@peoplesvote_uk
we're reading a lot about your poll of our members and would be interested to see it, but can't find it on your site and you've not tweeted any links to it. Can you send us the link please so we can see the findings for ourselves? Thanks.
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“More workers are joining unions because they can see it’s the only way to fight back against attacks on living standards.
“The system is rigged in favour of profiteering corporates who get fat by driving up inflation & holding down wages.”
@UniteSharon
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"I accept
@British_Airways
are in difficulties but for Willie Walsh to say this is the law and there's nothing they can do is utter nonsense. It's wanton opportunism on his part. Don’t let a good crisis go to waste":
@LenMcCluskey
#BABetrayal
#BAstopredundancies
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BREAKING: Unite's
#NHS
England members reject government’s pay award by 90% as campaign of action builds for
#FairPay
“With the cost of living soaring and tax hikes on the way, Unite is determined to ensure the government thinks again."
@UniteSharon
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Unite Rules Conference votes overwhelmingly to stay affiliated to Labour but General Secretary Sharon Graham puts Keir Starmer on notice, he must deliver on jobs, pay and conditions if he wins power at the next election.
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Labour mutineers are betraying our national interest | Len McCluskey
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Congratulations to
@MarcusRashford
for forcing a 2nd govt u-turn on holiday hunger and to
@Unite_Community
and all our fantastic members who helped campaign for this ✊🏼
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
Boris Johnson relents over Marcus Rashford's campaign with £396m food package
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The Port of Felixstowe has the cash to give dockers a real wage rise. Not a pay cut. But it’s doled out £100m to shareholders instead. Dockers on strike to defend.
Support their fight ✊🏼
#JobsPayConditions
#DockersDemandBetter
#SupporttheStrike
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Here’s the Choice at
#GE2017
>>
#VoteLabour
today because they're here for you, not the few -
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“Make no mistake, we are now involved in a fight to save our
#NHS
. Lives lost, experience lost, staff exhausted, the NHS is on its knees. Stephen Barclay says a decent pay rise is unaffordable - wake up Mr Barclay we can't afford not to.”
@UniteSharon
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Unite vows to confront head-on any further attacks on the right to strike after government threats.
@UniteSharon
: "If you force our legitimate activities outside of the law, then don’t expect us to play by the rules."
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Coventry bin drivers to march on council as Unite reveals zero attendance from councillors in 25 hours of negotiations.
"Coventry council’s leadership is showing nothing but disrespect for this workforce and the people of this city."
@UniteSharon
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“No other employer has threatened to effectively ‘fire and rehire’ its entire workforce. BA has paid billions to shareholders and taking taxpayers’ money. This is nothing more than a cynical act of corporate greed...”
@LenMcCluskey
#BAbetrayal
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One of our nurse members on the frontline lost a colleague today to
#coronavirus
. She got in touch because she wants
@MattHancock
to fully understand the
#PPE
situation. So do we.
So this is a thread using her words 1/5
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Following on from the statements driven and endorsed by Unite, including at the TUC General Council on 18 October, and due to the ongoing escalation of violence, Unite calls for an immediate unconditional ceasefire by all parties in Israel and Gaza.
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“This judgment is a game changer. It means employers cannot ignore legally established collective bargaining rights just because they choose to ignore them. Every worker should now realise that it’s in their interest to be a union member.”
@UniteSharon
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🚨Breaking: “This is an important win for Unite members. By standing together our members at National Express secured an above inflation pay offer.”
@UniteSharon
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Our balloons 🎈🎈🎈 are up. Join us near the front of the march to get your flags, placards and whistles.
#DemandBetter
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"The automotive industry will always have the support of a Labour government ... we will provide the necessary support to protect the sector and jobs" >>
#Solidarity
message from
@johnmcdonnellMP
for
#Ford
workers and the automotive industry
#BackBridgend
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🚨 SUPPORT THE STRIKE 🚨
💙
#SAVEOURNHS
💙
✊🏼 Share a message of solidarity to all NHS workers
✍🏼 Sign the petition to Rishi Sunak
🚑 Double click for Fair
#NHSPay
now
🔄 Share this graphic
🪧 Visit a picket line
🙏
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It's 50yrs since the sewing machinist's strike at Ford, Dagenham which helped secure the Equal Pay Act. Today, Unite welcomes progress for women’s equality, but remains concerned at continuing discrimination, unequal pay and the under-representation of women in leadership
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Britain’s biggest trades unions have warned
@BorisJohnson
they will not recommend a return to work for their three million members until the government and employers agree a nationwide health and safety revolution as a result of the
#Covid19
pandemic.
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Top turnout at today’s
#TogetherAgainstTrump
demo >> Still time to join today’s
#carnivalofresistance
in London -
#TrumpUKProtest
#TrumpProtest
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We're getting lots of enquiries from people keen to join Unite for advice, support and protection at work during this crisis.
Join a union, join Unite, join online here ⬇️
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New Unite GS
@UniteSharon
tells the
@DailyMirror
why the jobs, pay and conditions of our members will be her focus ⬇️
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Unite’s
@LenMcCluskey
issues a rallying call and warns prime minister Johnson: “We know your game. Your wish to be Churchillian, rather than the Wreck-it Ralph that you are... We are the workers of Britain and we’re coming for you.”
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"The
@UKLabour
sacking of
@SamTarry
for supporting working people on strike, against cuts to their jobs and pay, is another insult to the trade union movement. Quite frankly it would be laughable if it were not so serious."
@UniteSharon
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Unite has a new general secretary, and she's here on Twitter as
@UniteSharon
. Please give her a follow, and a share.
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“Stagecoach is a wealthy company, it can easily afford to pay fairly and Unite is determined to ensure that it does.
“Our members simply want the rate for the job and are not going to accept being underpaid a moment longer.”
@UniteSharon
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“The firms employing
#FireAndRehire
are not doing so out of necessity, they are doing it because they can. Our priority must be to co-ordinate a fightback at the workplace – not just words but practical action.”
@UniteSharon
on how we
#EndFireAndRehire
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Workers have had enough. The trade union movement needs to be reborn. We need to act together. Watch Unite General Secretary, Sharon Graham, speak live from the We
#DemandBetter
march and rally.
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An exciting day for our union.
@LenMcCluskey
officially opens our fantastic new conference centre and hotel in Birmingham
@UniteWestMids
"These are facilities our members can be really proud of."
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Join us tomorrow at 11am in a minute's silence for our London bus driver colleagues lost to
#COVID19
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We didn’t cause the
#CostOfLiving
crisis. We won’t pay for it now.
We
#DemandBetter
.
March with us in London on Saturday 18 June 🚶♀️🚶👩🦼👨🦽
Don’t forget:
Water 💦💧
Sun cream 🧴
Banners/placards 🪧
See you at the Unite balloons 🎈🎈
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Unite policy conference delegates say
#thetimeisnow
for the Turkish state is give
#freedomforOcalan
and return to peace talks with representatives of the Kurdish people. Learn more:
#UPC2021
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✊ ANOTHER UNITE WIN ✊
"By standing firm and rejecting DHL’s initial offer of just one per cent, Unite’s DHL members at Sainsbury’s Dartford distribution centre secured a pay deal that reflects their worth."
@UniteSharon
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Len McCluskey "Theresa May hear the message from today. You your party and Tory cruelty have failed people. You are not wanted!"
#ToriesOut
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✊ Unite has changed the game for all trade union members. We've won an historic case that means employers can no longer by-pass collective bargaining processes by offering their workforce inducements to abandon union mandates.
#PowerInAUnion
✊
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🚨 SUPPORT THE
#NHS
STRIKE 🚨
💙
#SAVEOURNHS
💙
✊🏼 Share a message of solidarity to all NHS workers
🚑 Like & share for Fair
#NHSPay
now
🪧 Visit a picket line - 🔎
🙏
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Unite's
@LenMcCluskey
calls for nationwide lockdown without further delay, schools to be closed – with laptops and internet access for pupils – furlough support for parents forced to stay at home and increased sick pay for those who need to isolate ⬇️
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Unite’s
@British_Airways
members are fighting to restore the 10% pay cut they were handed during the pandemic.
“This dispute is not about a pay rise – it’s about restoring money taken out of workers’ pockets by an opportunistic employer.”
@UniteSharon
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“Sending solidarity to our nurses &
@theRCN
on their dispute today. This strike, yes is about pay, but it is also about the very future of
#OurNHS
. Make no mistake it affects us all.If you see a picket line today - let them know they have your support."
@UniteSharon
#NursesStrike
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We know who the real heroes are. It's time our key workers were paid better and given the decent pay rise they deserve
@LGAcomms
Please Watch and Share this video ⬇️
#WorthMore
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