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Workers' Rights / 16 June 2026
16 June 2026
Scotland / 12 June 2026
12 June 2026
School children in a classroom
Exclusive / 9 June 2026
9 June 2026
Workers' Rights / 6 May 2026
6 May 2026
A BP petrol station in Lymm in Cheshire, April 15, 2026
Climate Crisis / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026
Striking refuse workers outside Perry Barr depot in Birmingham, April 28, 2026
Editorial / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026
The Bank of England in the City of London
Economy / 22 April 2026
22 April 2026
Workers' Rights / 10 April 2026
10 April 2026
Job & Talent agency bin workers during protest, organised by Unite the Union, as they march to Council House in Victoria Square, Birmingham, December 1, 2025
Britain / 3 April 2026
3 April 2026
Daniel Kebede general secretary, National Education Union (NEU) at the NEU conference at the Brighton Centre, East Sussex, March 30, 2026
NEU Conference 2026 / 2 April 2026
2 April 2026
General views of See Monster, a decommissioned North Sea offshore platform, which has been transformed into one of Britain's largest public art installations, September 23, 2022
Workers' Rights / 23 March 2026
23 March 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, March 18, 2026
Politics / 19 March 2026
19 March 2026

‘Major reset’ needed as Unite leader says move to ditch Starmer looks inevitable

Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales
Britain / 19 March 2026
19 March 2026
General secretary of the Unite the Union, Sharon Graham, speaks at a Lindsey oil refinery workers rally outside the Houses of Parliament in London, September 3, 2025
Workers' Rights / 19 March 2026
19 March 2026
Job & Talent agency bin workers during a picket line and rally, organised by Unite the Union, outside Job & Talent's Smithfield Depot in Birmingham, December 1, 2025
Editorial / 17 March 2026
17 March 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets local party members in London, after the Green Party won the Gorton and Denton by-election. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former MP Andrew Gwynne who cited health reasons for his decision. Picture date: Friday February 27, 2026
Politics / 27 February 2026
27 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 9 February 2026
9 February 2026
Industrial / 8 February 2026
8 February 2026
A general view of ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Fife, following the announcement that the global energy giant will close the manufacturing plant, November 25, 2025
Workers' Rights / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026
Job & Talent agency bin workers during protest, organised by Unite the Union, as they march to Council House in Victoria Square, Birmingham, on the first day of strike action by refuse workers employed by the company, December 1, 2025
Birmingham Bin Workers' Strike / 30 January 2026
30 January 2026

Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites

Scotland / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026
Industrial / 16 January 2026
16 January 2026
A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026
Industrial / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026
A person warms their hands on a wood-burning stove at a home in Whimple, East Devon, January 10, 2025
Cost-of Living Crisis / 31 December 2025
31 December 2025

Energy giants to be taxed less as New Year’s Day fuel price cap increase hits young and disabled people hardest during a cold snap

EMPHASIS ON PLAN: Members of the Unite rally at the Scottish Parliament in November last year in protest at Petroineos plans to close Grangemouth oil refinery
Climate Crisis / 20 December 2025
20 December 2025

As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective

Vue cinema staff strike in Glasgow over working conditions, December 19, 2025
Workers' Rights / 19 December 2025
19 December 2025
Members of the Unite union who work for housing and homeless charity Shelter on the picket line outside their offices in Old Street, London, December 5, 2022
Workers' Rights / 19 December 2025
19 December 2025
Your Party MP Zarah Sultana addresses the Village Hotel picket, December 19, 2025
Workers' Rights / 19 December 2025
19 December 2025
The ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Fife, following the announcement that the global energy giant will close the manufacturing plant. Picture date: Tuesday November 25, 2025
Workers' Rights / 18 December 2025
18 December 2025
Unite flags BA strike 2010
Workers' Rights / 18 December 2025
18 December 2025
Unite Hospitality Glasgow Strike Bulletin / 17 December 2025
17 December 2025

Take a read of the latest Unite Hospitality Glasgow Strike Bulletin and hear from workers fighting for better pay and dignity at work

Healthcare / 15 December 2025
15 December 2025
Commuters wait to board a tram in Manchester
Transport / 8 December 2025
8 December 2025
Britain / 3 December 2025
3 December 2025
Workers' Rights / 28 November 2025
28 November 2025
Workers' Rights / 28 November 2025
28 November 2025
Unite the union general secretary Sharon Graham
Economy / 13 November 2025
13 November 2025
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Workers' Rights / 27 October 2025
27 October 2025
A general view of the entrance to a Sainsbury's supermarket, April 30, 2018
Workers' Rights / 20 October 2025
20 October 2025
Protesters form a blockade outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, in protest over the Israel-Gaza conflict and calling for an immediate ceasefire to halt the killing of civilians in Palestine. Picture date: Wednesday May 1, 2024
Workers' Rights / 18 October 2025
18 October 2025

Witnessing a war of words at a meeting on tackling militarism at The World Transformed, BEN COWLES spoke to a union rep who is organising against war from inside the arms industry itself, to hear about worker-led solutions to ending weapons production

Sharon Graham the general secretary of Unite, delivers a speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool. Picture date: Monday September 29, 2025
Workers' Rights / 14 October 2025
14 October 2025

Call comes as unemployment rate hits highest level since early 2021, the height of the pandemic

Britain / 7 October 2025
7 October 2025
Lindsey oil refinery workers at a rally outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Picture date: Wednesday September 3, 2025
Workers' Rights / 30 September 2025
30 September 2025
PEOPLE POWER: Protesters demand a wealth tax, March 27 2025
Britain / 30 September 2025
30 September 2025
A general view of the Jaguar Land Rover Halewood Operations Plant, Halewood, Liverpool
Britain / 28 September 2025
28 September 2025
Britain / 18 September 2025
18 September 2025
Lindsey oil refinery workers outside Westminster. Photo: Unite the union
Britain / 3 September 2025
3 September 2025
Britain / 26 August 2025
26 August 2025
HOTEL WORKERS VICTORY
Scotland / 24 August 2025
24 August 2025
Members of Unite union take part in a demonstration to prote
Workers' Rights / 24 August 2025
24 August 2025
Strike! / 18 August 2025
18 August 2025
Liverpool fans protest against against Fenway Sports Group and the ticket prices in the stands during the Emirates FA Cup, fourth round replay match at Upton Park, London
Men’s Football / 15 August 2025
15 August 2025
Workers' Rights / 13 August 2025
13 August 2025
Workers' Rights / 12 August 2025
12 August 2025
Workers' Rights / 10 August 2025
10 August 2025
Pic: Neil Terry
Britain / 25 July 2025
25 July 2025

 Birmingham’s striking bin workers and supporters bring waste sites to a standstill

A BidFood lorry
Britain / 24 July 2025
24 July 2025
Education / 21 July 2025
21 July 2025
Sharon Graham speaks at the Durham Miners' Gala, July 13, 2025
Durham Miners’ Gala 2025 / 13 July 2025
13 July 2025
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner as they leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration at Westminster Abbey, in London, March 10, 2025
Unite Policy Conference 2025 / 11 July 2025
11 July 2025

‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says

Construction workers during the installation of the first high speed railway platforms for the HS2 project at Old Oak Common station, west London, May 29, 2025
Unite Policy Conference 2025 / 11 July 2025
11 July 2025
Glasgow airport
Workers' Rights / 11 July 2025
11 July 2025
Sharon Graham at the Unite policy conference 2025
Unite Policy Conference 2025 / 9 July 2025
9 July 2025

Sharon Graham addresses the Unite policy conference after talks over the Birmingham bin strikes break down

(left to right) Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the launch of the Government's 10-year health plan during a visit to the Sir Ludwig Guttman Health & Wellbeing Centre in east London, July 3, 2025
Unite Conference 2025 / 8 July 2025
8 July 2025

The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM

A tube train subway station in Glasgow, April 2014
Workers' Rights / 1 July 2025
1 July 2025
Workers' Rights / 28 May 2025
28 May 2025
Industrial / 21 May 2025
21 May 2025
An EasyJet plane lands during sunrise at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex. The airport wants to bring its second, emergency runway into routine use for take-offs by smaller aircraft, providing a major boost in capacity and resilience. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has a deadline of February 27 to decide whether to approve the airport's application for a development consent order (DCO). Picture date: Monday February 17, 2025
Gatwick Airport / 18 May 2025
18 May 2025
© Henry Fowler, Strike Map
Workers' Rights / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

Hundreds travel to Birmingham to join ‘mega picket’ of striking refuse workers and supporters

Strike Map activists visit striking refuse workers in Birmingham, April 29, 2025 [Pic: Strike Map]
Workers' Rights / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House, February 27, 2025
Trump's Tariffs / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Workers' Rights / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Strike Map activists visit striking refuse workers in Birmingham, April 29, 2025 [Pic: Strike Map]
Workers' Rights / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025

As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE

Britain / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
People board a bus in the rain in Glasgow, December 12, 2023
Public Transport / 28 April 2025
28 April 2025
Members of the UNISON, GMB, Unite and the EIS trade unions protest outside City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow, calling on the city's politicians to refuse to make any further cuts by setting a one year no-cuts budget, February 2025
STUC Congress / 26 April 2025
26 April 2025

Congress can chart a bold course that will force meaningful transformation for the people of Scotland

Union members on the picket line outside Scottish Water's scientific services department at Juniper House in Edinburgh, as Scottish Water workers go on strike in a dispute over pay and grading, April 22, 2025
Britain / 22 April 2025
22 April 2025
Britain / 22 April 2025
22 April 2025
Britain / 28 February 2025
28 February 2025
Members of Unite, Unison, GMB, and the EIS trade unions stag
Voices of Scotland / 25 February 2025
25 February 2025
As we face savage cuts to our pay and conditions while the executive gravy train chugs on, Unite is putting the Scottish government on notice as workers prepare for a massive wave of resistance, writes DEREK THOMSON
Members of the Unite union march and rally at the Scottish P
Britain / 5 February 2025
5 February 2025
Members of the Unite, Unison and GMB unions on the picket li
Britain / 27 January 2025
27 January 2025
An elderly lady adjusting her thermostat
Britain / 21 January 2025
21 January 2025
The Oil platform Stena Spey is moved with tug boats amongst
Britain / 12 January 2025
12 January 2025
Ministers urged to nationalise North Sea fossil fuels to prevent massive taxpayer bailout and a just transition when the reserves run dry
People walking near the Bank of England
Britain / 18 December 2024
18 December 2024
‘The Bank of England must act decisively and cut rates to get the UK economy back on track,’ IPPR says
A child rides a bike at Whitelee Windfarm in East Renfrewshi
Britain / 13 December 2024
13 December 2024
But Unite warns that Labour has ‘missed a golden opportunity to bring the national grid under public ownership’
Britain / 3 December 2024
3 December 2024
Britain / 14 November 2024
14 November 2024
Britain / 8 November 2024
8 November 2024
Britain / 7 November 2024
7 November 2024
‘It is time our energy infrastructure was brought back into public ownership,’ Unite general secretary says
Poverty / 3 November 2024
3 November 2024
Campaigners rallying outside Edinburgh’s City Chambers
Britain / 1 November 2024
1 November 2024
Britain / 31 October 2024
31 October 2024
Workers from Tata's Port Talbot steelworks gather at College
Britain / 28 October 2024
28 October 2024
Amazon staff members on a GMB union picket line outside the
Britain / 10 October 2024
10 October 2024
Unite's Sharon Graham says the Bill fails to end zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire
Britain / 7 October 2024
7 October 2024
Labour excuses not to introduce wealth tax ‘absolute rubbish,’ says Unite leader Sharon Graham
Britain / 7 October 2024
7 October 2024
Britain / 4 October 2024
4 October 2024
A section of the Rough 47/3B Bravo gas platform in the North
Britain / 4 October 2024
4 October 2024
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham speaks during the Labo
Labour Conference 2024 / 25 September 2024
25 September 2024
Delegates defy Starmer by voting to reject the callous cut to pensioners’ winter fuel allowance after Unite chief's barn-storming speech
A People's Assembly rally outside the ACC Arena, Liverpool,
Labour Conference 2024 / 22 September 2024
22 September 2024
Delegates to vote on government’s cruel cut to winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a r
Editorial: / 20 September 2024
20 September 2024
Britain / 18 September 2024
18 September 2024
Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Grangemouth
Britain / 12 September 2024
12 September 2024
An elderly woman holding pound coins in her hands
TUC 2024 / 8 September 2024
8 September 2024
Britain / 5 September 2024
5 September 2024
Britain / 5 September 2024
5 September 2024
Britain / 30 August 2024
30 August 2024
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his speech and press
Britain / 27 August 2024
27 August 2024
Left MPs and trade unionists accuse Sir Keir of choosing austerity, pain and poverty instead of taxing the super-rich
Britain / 19 August 2024
19 August 2024
Britain / 19 August 2024
19 August 2024
An overflowing rubbish bin
Britain / 11 August 2024
11 August 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves giving a speech at the Treasury in
Britain / 29 July 2024
29 July 2024
Campaigners accuse Chancellor Rachael Reeves of prolonging the era of austerity after heralding in a new raft of cuts
The Stroud Red Band take part in a march at the Tolpuddle Ma
Britain / 21 July 2024
21 July 2024
Union leaders demand Labour deliver ‘deep and ambitious change’ as thousands attend the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Dorset
Nurses from the campaign group Unite, on the picket line out
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024 / 20 July 2024
20 July 2024
After 14 years of Tory rule, Labour are finally in power, with some welcome measures announced in this week’s King’s Speech — but, as ever, the Devil will be in the detail, warns STEVE PREDDY
Workers from Tata's Port Talbot steelworks gather at College
Britain / 28 June 2024
28 June 2024
Unite calls on steel company to negotiate rather than issue threats to slash jobs
Members of the Unite union on the picket line outside Guys a
Britain / 24 June 2024
24 June 2024
Commuters wait to board a tram in Manchester, after the Prim
Britain / 21 June 2024
21 June 2024
Britain / 30 May 2024
30 May 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement outside 10 Dow
Britain / 22 May 2024
22 May 2024
Britain / 22 May 2024
22 May 2024
Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales
Britain / 16 April 2024
16 April 2024
Britain / 12 April 2024
12 April 2024
A Co-operative Bank sign in Islington, London
Britain / 26 March 2024
26 March 2024
Union says it ‘will do everything in its power to avoid compulsory job losses’
A sign for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) build
Britain / 5 March 2024
5 March 2024
A London Underground roundel at Oxford Circus station, in Lo
Britain / 26 February 2024
26 February 2024
Britain / 22 February 2024
22 February 2024
A general view of Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland, February
Britain / 20 February 2024
20 February 2024
 Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales
Britain / 18 February 2024
18 February 2024
Trade unions, including UNISON, GMB, Unite and the EIS, prot
Britain / 14 February 2024
14 February 2024
Voices of Scotland / 13 February 2024
13 February 2024
In Scotland, the Morning Star is playing a vital role in providing a space for cross-industry dialogue on the impact of precarious work on women and how to address this, writes STEPHANIE MARTIN
Water bills from Southern Water
Editorial: / 2 February 2024
2 February 2024
A general view of Lucozade energy soft drink, March 11, 2013
Britain / 2 February 2024
2 February 2024
A general view of Cambridge University, May 10, 2019
Britain / 31 January 2024
31 January 2024
Features / 27 January 2024
27 January 2024
As the National Assembly of Women gathers for a seminar this weekend, VICKY KNIGHT outlines some of the major tasks facing women today
Tata Steel workers outside the Houses of Parliament, January
Britain / 23 January 2024
23 January 2024
Britain / 23 January 2024
23 January 2024
A worker outside Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in sout
Britain / 22 January 2024
22 January 2024
HONOURED: Barry Camfield (right) awards Patsy Payne with the
Features / 22 January 2024
22 January 2024
Former Unite assistant general secretary Barry Camfield remembers dockers’ leader Patsy Payne who has died at 87
Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, Septembe
Britain / 19 January 2024
19 January 2024
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on a
Britain / 19 January 2024
19 January 2024
A steel worker wearing a badge on his jacket outside the UK'
Britain / 18 January 2024
18 January 2024
Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Grangemouth, December 9,
Britain / 18 January 2024
18 January 2024
Person using a cashpoint
Britain / 16 January 2024
16 January 2024
Britain / 15 January 2024
15 January 2024
Britain / 14 January 2024
14 January 2024
Engineering teams use the world's largest crane - Big Carl -
Britain / 11 January 2024
11 January 2024
Britain / 10 January 2024
10 January 2024
The Port of Leith on the Firth of Forth, Edinburgh, January
VOICES OF SCOTLAND / 9 January 2024
9 January 2024
New special port zones planned by the Scottish government must not be used as a way to attack workers’ rights, warns DEREK THOMSON
Britain / 22 December 2023
22 December 2023
Sacked hotel workers protest outside Glasgow Virgin Hotel, D
Britain / 21 December 2023
21 December 2023
Britain / 27 November 2023
27 November 2023
Britain / 22 November 2023
22 November 2023
The performance of Rats, Ropes and Revolution
Features / 6 November 2023
6 November 2023
Unite Northampton regional officer SEAN KETTLE reports on a successful attempt to bring a famous working-class struggle back to life
Britain / 6 November 2023
6 November 2023
Palestinians evacuate wounded from a building destroyed in I
Britain / 19 October 2023
19 October 2023
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner and Labour Party Party le
Britain / 8 October 2023
8 October 2023
Sharon Graham says it's time Labour ‘comes in and bats for workers and communities’
A bus in Glasgow
Britain / 1 October 2023
1 October 2023
Britain / 1 October 2023
1 October 2023
A worker at HS2's Curzon Street site in Birmingham, May 10,
Britain / 29 September 2023
29 September 2023
School support workers, who are members of Unison, on the pi
Britain / 26 September 2023
26 September 2023
Britain / 24 September 2023
24 September 2023
Unite members in front of a billboard promoting the campaign
Britain / 22 September 2023
22 September 2023
Britain / 22 September 2023
22 September 2023
A general view of Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in sou
Britain / 15 September 2023
15 September 2023
Unions vow to fight ‘tooth and nail’ as Britain’s biggest steelworks faces thousands of job losses under plans to go green
Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham
Features / 13 September 2023
13 September 2023
Unite leader SHARON GRAHAM talks to Ben Chacko about winning on pay, campaigning on public ownership and building a bigger and stronger union
Britain / 17 August 2023
17 August 2023
General secretary of the Trades Union Congress Paul Nowak
Britain / 10 August 2023
10 August 2023
‘Bringing in agency staff to deliver important services in place of strikers risks endangering public safety, worsening disputes and poisoning industrial relations,’ TUC says
A bus in central London, March 2014
Britain / 10 August 2023
10 August 2023
A First Greater Manchester bus in Manchester city centre
Britain / 4 August 2023
4 August 2023