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Exposing the real price of energy #privatisation (and how it impacts you)💰 #EnergyBills have shot up by 42% since 2021, leaving households struggling to get by. Meanwhile foreign countries and the world’s richest individuals are feasting on huge energy #profits 😳 In fact,
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Enough is enough. It’s time to end profiteering and it’s time for public ownership. Get the truth about energy profiteering:
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Households are paying £500 a year for energy company profits
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As households are facing rising energy bills (yet again). Novo asked the public if they know the REAL price of energy profiteering 😳 Today, it was announced bills are set to rise to ‘invest in infrastructure.’ Meanwhile our report found: 💰Energy companies made a total of £30
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Only collective bargaining prevents pay decline. Read how in the latest Facts and Figures from Unite
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Welcome to Facts and Figures, the monthly Work, Voice, Pay update aimed at senior shop stewards / reps and Unite officials.
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📊 The minimum wage rise doesn't even keep up with inflation. So workers who are already struggling, will struggle even more. The minimum wage is the very minimum an employer can legally get away with paying you. It is not a living wage. Governments will never manage to boost
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Fortune Bay Announces Closing Of C$8 Million Bought Deal Private Placement
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Just some of the issues exposed: pressure, threats, high workload, and a lack of PPE. Workers are scared and threatened, this is not ok @BhamCityCouncil @jobandtalent_hq !! We've been left with no choice - Strike Together, Win Together 💪🏽 @unitetheunion
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🚖 Cab drivers are losing hundreds & passenger safety is being compromised whilst tech bros make millions. 📣 Today Unite drivers told MPs loud & clear it is time to act. You can tell your MP to fix cab licensing: Protect local jobs & public safety ✍️ https://t.co/nMqCt723lS
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🤯 Unreal! This MP thinks workers are all swinging the lead! No one should have to choose between their health and their income. Decent sick pay and sick leave are not perks, they're essential rights 📣 Unite is fighting for better workplace policies and laws ✊ to protect
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🚨 Unite reps can use the guides and tools, including the Pay Claim Generator, to campaign for better work conditions ⬇️ https://t.co/apfRNiPOOs
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Work, Voice, Pay is the cornerstone of our Union’s industrial strategy and Unite the union are fully committed to this. Find out more online here today!
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💰 Average weekly pay for full-time employees saw a 5.3% increase to £766.60 - it wouldn't have been possible without Unite members taking action in their thousands. 📱 Unlock a better pay deal with Unite's new mobile app! 💰 With our innovative Pay Claim Generator, you can
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"@BhamCityCouncil will only resolve this dispute when it stops the appalling treatment of its workforce. "@jobandtalent_hq agency workers have now joined with directly-employed staff to stand up against the massive injustices done to them." @UniteSharon
https://t.co/8phFs3ZyDH
news.sky.com
Workers replacing Birmingham bin strikers have also voted in favour of striking over "bullying" and "harassment".
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Festive offers promoted by @VillageHotels, while workers at its Glasgow and Leeds branches are fighting for equal pay, a real Living Wage, and trade union recognition 😳 This is a hotel owned by Blackstone, making millions in profit, but continues to play Scrooge with its staff
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Why has @BhamCityCouncil spent millions trying to break a strike it could settle for a fraction of the money? Its claims of exposure to equal pay liabilities have been shown by KC opinion to be baseless. And the council has failed to present any evidence to the contrary. Yet
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💪 At Unite, we’re ready to take a stand for our members at Jones Engineering! 🪧 That’s why we’re at the @fintech_connect conference, raising our voices and informing the delegates of Jones' union-busting tactics. 👉 Share and make @JonesEngHQ hear us!
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"@BhamCityCouncil will only resolve this dispute when it stops the appalling treatment of its workforce. @jobandtalent_hq agency workers have now joined with directly employed staff to stand up against the massive injustices done to them." @UniteSharon
https://t.co/myipJlGgjK
mirror.co.uk
One major city's bin collection service has been suspended due to widespread strikes - this is a breaking story
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👀 Watch Unite rep Meg, who works in hospitality, speak on how we've got some of the worst employment rights in Europe. ‼️ The #EmploymentRightsBill must ban #Fireandrehire, #zerohourscontracts, and ensure rights from day one.
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Today, the streets of Birmingham came alive with a vibrant rally, as supporters gathered to stand in #solidarity with the city's bin workers on the very first day of strike action by @jobandtalent_hq agency workers. "@BhamCityCouncil will only resolve this dispute when it stops
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#Solidarity with our members on another round of strikes at Diligenta fighting for fair pay. "Imposing a real terms pay cut on its workers, while making millions of pounds of profits and whilst continuing to reward shareholders is completely unacceptable." @UniteSharon
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Unprecedented! @BhamCityCouncil has spent millions on employment agencies to try to break the bins strike. Today the agency workers join us on the picket line ✊✊
birminghammail.co.uk
Contracted staff will join striking bin workers directly employed by Birmingham City Council at the rally on Monday, December 1
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🤷The super-rich remain untouched when we are desperate for money to invest and rebuild. Why?
The budget was not a workers' budget, it will result in workers paying more as income thresholds have been frozen. One in four workers will face paying higher tax rates in the future, while also struggling to keep their heads above water. If the Chancellor thinks workers are not
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🗓️ Order your Unite 2026 diaries. For Unite members and branches. Just £1.80. https://unite-diaries.orgr
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