Unite, the UK’s biggest union and the USW, the largest private sector union in the USA and Canada, has signed an agreement creating the first global union. The union, to be called Workers Uniting, will represent three million working people from every industrial sector in Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada … Continue reading
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University of Ulster Staff Vote for Strike Action
22 May 2008 Unite members at the University of Ulster have voted to strike as staff face having their pay cut by up to £5,000. Unite the union members overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action with 71% voting to take strike action in response to the university’s failure to … Continue reading
Scotland Regional EBulletin Issue 15-April 08
John Quigley regional secretary address Unite has been doing some intense lobbying over the last few weeks to try to persuade the SNP government to award an £150m rail contract to Bombardier which employs 1,800 people at a site in Derby and uses a predominantly UK supply base, involving key … Continue reading