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Industrial / 15 June 2026
Glasgow airport strike threats lifted as nearly 400 workers back inflation-busting pay rises
15 June 2026
Scotland / 12 June 2026
Unite Aberdeen airport workers secure pay win
12 June 2026
School children in a classroom
Exclusive / 9 June 2026
Academisation threatens equal pay, unions warn ministers
9 June 2026
Members of Unite union take part in a demonstration to protest at Petroineos plans to close Grangemouth oil refinery, February 21, 2025
Britain / 28 May 2026
Unite anger over Britain importing Russian-produced jet fuel
28 May 2026
NHS / 6 May 2026
Welsh health board director urged to resign as Unite announces more strikes
6 May 2026
Workers' Rights / 6 May 2026
Scotland's busiest airports face summer of strikes, warns Unite
6 May 2026
A Google logo on the screen of a mobile phone, in London. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Technology / 5 May 2026
Google DeepMind workers launch union recognition bid amid concerns AI tools enabling Gaza genocide
5 May 2026
North Sea / 1 May 2026
North Sea offshore workers to strike over exclusion from retention bonus, Unite says
1 May 2026
The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester [Pic: Gerald England / Creative Commons]
Britain / 29 April 2026
Second union official sacked at luxury central Manchester hotel
29 April 2026
A BP petrol station in Lymm in Cheshire, April 15, 2026
Climate Crisis / 28 April 2026
BP posts £2.4bn profit from ‘human misery’ in three months
28 April 2026
Striking refuse workers outside Perry Barr depot in Birmingham, April 28, 2026
Editorial / 28 April 2026
15 months on the picket line: how unity won in Birmingham
28 April 2026
A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026
Britain / 27 April 2026
Striking Birmingham bin workers ‘vindicated’ as end to long-running dispute ‘within sight’
27 April 2026
The Bank of England in the City of London
Economy / 22 April 2026
Inflation rises to 3.3% as Iran war drives fuel price hikes
22 April 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 17 April 2026
Essex Uni staff pass vote of no confidence in axe-wielding vice-vice-chancellor
17 April 2026
Workers' Rights / 10 April 2026
Stansted Airport faces delays over ‘tin of beans’ pay offer
10 April 2026
A Capita sign outside their offices in Bournemouth, Dorset
Britain / 8 April 2026
Capita data breach shows urgency of reversing outsourcing, says Unite
8 April 2026
Sharon Graham at the Unite policy conference 2025
Workers' Rights / 6 April 2026
Labour's business-friendly changes to Fair Work Agency leave it at risk of becoming ‘another toothless regulator’
6 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
Unite accuses Birmingham City Council of strike-breaking
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
Kebede defiant as TUC investigates NEU over support staff organising
2 April 2026
A British Airways plane taxies before take off at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, February 17, 2025
Workers' Rights / 27 March 2026
Airport staff facing unacceptable levels of abuse, union warns ahead of its Abuse Doesn’t Fly campaign
27 March 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
Keep the North Sea working, Unite's oil and gas workers say
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
‘Labour can only survive if we choose a different path’
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
Unions welcome tariff plans for 50% British-made steel
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
Unite's Sharon Graham to join striking Birmingham bin workers
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, on the first day of strike action by refuse workers employed by the company, December 1, 2025
Britain / 17 March 2026
Unite fined record £265,000 for bin strike injunction breaches
17 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
The trade union movement needs a political strategy
17 March 2026
A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026
Britain / 11 March 2026
Unite cuts Labour affiliation by 40 per cent over Birmingham bin strike betrayal
11 March 2026
The BrewDog bar in Clerkenwell, central London, March 2, 2026
Britain / 3 March 2026
Hundreds of BrewDog workers sacked with 25 minutes’ notice
3 March 2026
Workers' Rights / 3 March 2026
Mirror owner Reach urged to disclose financial rationale behind printing press closure plans
3 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
Labour must reconnect with working-class roots, unions say
27 February 2026
The exterior of BrewDog on Gallowgate, Aberdeen
Workers' Rights / 24 February 2026
Union to protest against ‘catastrophic mismanagement’ outside Aberdeen BrewDog
24 February 2026
Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey, speaks during the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report press conference, at the Bank of England in the City of London, February 5, 2026
Economy / 12 February 2026
Bank of England must cut rates amid economic ‘doom loop,’ unions say
12 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 12 February 2026
Bosses urged to sign-up to new Unite apprenticeship charter
12 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 9 February 2026
NHS microbiology workers escalate strikes over pay bands row
9 February 2026
Industrial / 8 February 2026
Sodexo dispute ends as Unite delivers pay win at Sullom Voe
8 February 2026
The Bank of England, London
Economy / 5 February 2026
Bank of England faces union pressure to accelerate interest rate cuts
5 February 2026
Part of the Megapicket in support of the striking Bin Workers in Birmingham, January 31, 2026 [Pic: Henry Fowler©]
Workers' Rights / 4 February 2026
Birmingham council accused of cowardice as it seeks ban on protests in support of bin workers
4 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
ExxonMobil’s early closure of Mossmorran site branded a ‘disgrace’
3 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 1 February 2026
‘Insulting’ language against hospitality workers removed from government guidance
1 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
‘We will be back again, and again, and again until these workers win’
30 January 2026

Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites

A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026
Britain / 20 January 2026
Failing to settle Birmingham bin workers’ strike has cost £33.4m, council estimates
20 January 2026
Scotland / 19 January 2026
Unite launch strike ballot at Strathclyde University
19 January 2026
Industrial / 16 January 2026
Unite workers win at Bosch Rexroth
16 January 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 / 13 January 2026
Unite accuses Birmingham council officers of 'inaccurate and misleading statements'
13 January 2026
Workers' Rights / 12 January 2026
Outsourced call-centre workers to resume strike over pay, causing ‘considerable disruption’ for the finance sector
12 January 2026
The Tesco Express on Bedford Street in Covent Garden, London
Retail / 8 January 2026
'Rampant profiteering' as Tesco hails its highest market share for more than a decade
8 January 2026
Industrial / 7 January 2026
Sodexo workers resumes strikes at Shetlands-based oil and gas export hub
7 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
Birmingham's bin workers mark one year of strikes
6 January 2026