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The UK and Ireland's largest trade union. Fighting for #JobsPayConditions. Join at: unitetheunion.org/join

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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 FTSE 100 average CEO pay busts the £5m mark for the first time. 💰💰 If companies can afford to spend millions on pay, bonuses, shares and pensions for bosses, they can afford a living wage for workers.
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌭 Workers making some of the UK’s biggest food brands are still on the picket line in a fight for fair pay and decent conditions This week they are in crucial negotiations. Please share and tell Pilgrims and their clients like Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's to pay up! 📣
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Workers are taking action and winning! ✊ From fighting pay cuts to demanding fair pay and better conditions, workers are standing together, taking action and winning better #JobsPayConditions across the country. Not a member yet? Join today: join.unitetheunion.org
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🗣️ "Recently settled a discrimination case for a member that been kept on a lower salary for some years. Got a pay out of £8,000” Unite Equality rep. The surest way to ensure fairness at your workplace is a strong union. Resources for reps: www.unitetheunion.org/what-we-do/e... #EqualPayDay
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
90 years since the Battle of Cable Street & we still stand together against division 📣 Join us in Shoreditch Sat Oct 3 for a night of music, solidarity & resistance with SPORTS BANGER & King Alpha Sound System... 100% of ticket funds will be donated to workers on strike 🎟️ Tickets cutt.ly/NyxG0SDv
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Workers are taking action — and winning! ✊ Unite members have won better #JobsPayConditions across a range of sectors: 💰 Massive pay rises 🚌 Air conditioning in bus driver cabs ✊ Union recognition 💪 Stronger workplace power Not a member yet? Join today: join.unitetheunion.org
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
💔 Low pay. Discrimination. Workers like Iye, Titiilayo and Temitope are essential to our #NHS They deserve to be paid properly and treated with respect. 📺 Please watch and ♻️ share and help get their story heard
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🌭 Fridge Raiders, Richmond Sausages, Rollover hotdogs all at risk of disappearing from shelves without workers in Enniskillen. Pilgrim’s Europe made £128 million in profit, but workers are paid just 11p above the minimum wage 😳 Tell Pilgrim's to pay up now cutt.ly/PilgrimStrike
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📣 "We want to be fighting cancer. That's what we love to do. But we've been forced onto the picket line" Ahead of critical talks & after 60 days of strikes it's time for @icr.ac.uk to pay their researchers fairly Please help these vital workers get their voices heard. 📺 Watch & ♻️ share their story
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🚨“We need to ensure that no stone is left unturned to mitigate these jobs losses Unite was pivotal in securing the £1.5bn government facility for the company after the cyber-attack. Once again we will be demanding all necessary levers are pulled to support JLR workers" @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
💼 #KnowYourRights: Employers must follow a process to discipline or dismiss workers. 🤔 Did you know that you have the right to union representation at formal meetings? And union members get better results. Your right to representation in Facts and Figures from p65 www.unitetheunion.org/fandf
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
💰💰💰“There has never been a better time to be a billionaire. A record 3,428 made this year’s World Billionaires list” Forbes' Rich List. The time has come to make the rich pay their fair share. Read JUST HOW RICH the billionaires are in Facts & Figures unitetheunion.org/fandf p53
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
💰 Huge pay rises for failing execs: 💧 Thames Water CEO Chris Weston saw his salary increase by 13.6% in a year to just under ONE MILLION pounds (£995k). And CFO Steve Buck saw his pay go up over a quarter (26%) to £630k. 📈 Meanwhile average water bills will rise by 5.4% to £639 a year in England.
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"We build boats here but we've also built our lives here." The RNLI are closing Fin's boatyard & expect workers to find new jobs on the Isle of Wight or relocate to a more expensive area without financial help. "The behaviour of the RNLI in this dispute has been a disgrace" @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The work of the Inquiry – into deceitful ,and possibly criminal, activity by police officers – is far from complete. Will you support the victims of spycops? Take action here: policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/where-we-sta...
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
💰💰💰 Energy giants are making record profits while households face record bills. 📈 BP's quarterly profits more than doubled to £4.27bn in just three months to the end of June ⏰ Time to tax excessive profits and wealth!
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🏦 "It's getting close to as good as it gets" says Jamie Dimon 💰 And well he might. He's an exec at JP Morgan. The big four Wall St banks have raked in nearly £32 billion in net profit in just three months! There IS enough money to go round. Read just how much: www.unitetheunion.org/fandf
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🏦Workers like Kwasi work for some of our largest banks and companies. It can be hard work, tough hours & pay & job security are often poor. But workers are organising to improve their work. Give this essential insight into the working life of Europe's cleaners a listen and a share 👂♻️
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: BURNHAM ACTS ON SOCIAL CARE🚨 "Britain's social care system has been turned into a cash cow for profiteers making money on the back of suffering. Fixing social care will need a serious plan with real money, that puts workers, pensioners & everyday people first” @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
💰 “There has never been a better time to be a billionaire” says @forbes.com There are now 3,428 billionaires in the world, up 400 on 2025. Instead of being taxed the super-rich are spanking this wealth on super yachts. There are 210,000 of them bobbing on the sea, costing between $500k & a billion
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
📣 Tax the rich and renationalise utilities. These are what our supporters told us should be Andy Burnham's new government's priorities. Here's what some of Unite's Executive members say should take priority ⤵️
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
💰“Extreme wealth sitting idle in the hands of a few can be put to work: reducing inequality, investing in sustainable jobs, strengthening hospitals, schools and social care…” Not us saying it but 120 millionaire supporters of @patmillsuk.bsky.social ⏰ Time for a #Wealthtax
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🚨Ulster University is planning to scrap 450 jobs. 😡Terrible news for workers 😡Terrible news for students 😡Terrible news for communities in Northern Ireland 📢You can help: Share & comment on Edward's appeal; contact Ulster University; write to your MP or MLA
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
⌛ You'd have had to start working in 1896 for the average UK worker to earn the same as the average FTSE100 CEO! 📈 Executive pay went up another 8.6% last year 💰 AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot pocketed £17.7m
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🤯2 headlines to blow your mind! 💰Thames CEO trousers a £100k rise And demands clarity on ownership of his company, debt-ridden and accused of pumping sewage into our rivers & seas. 🚰It’s not just bosses who want urgent clarity water ownership. We do too. Will you bring water back into public hands?
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🚫"It's always been a melting pot round here." Kay's grandparents fought off Moseley's fascists in Cable Street 90 years ago. Her message to the far right today? "You didn't win then. And you ain't gonna win now!"
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Working in a hot kitchen is tough at the best of times - but during a heatwave... 🌡️ As people flock to bars for the world cup, we spoke to a chef about working in extreme heat 🥵 Download our 'Beat the heat' guide: actionnetwork.org/forms/do-you...
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
GOOD NEWS! (if you’re a CEO) 📈 Profits are booming. Unite analysis of quarterly results shows firms raked in profits of £730 bn! Not bad for just three months. 🏦 The UK's big four banks made profits of £11 bn in that period. Read more in Facts and Figures, from Page 54 www.unitetheunion.org/fandf
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“Nigel Farage is no friend of the working class. A privately educated ex-banker who moved from trading in the City to trading in fear. The rise of Reform & Restore is down to Labour's non-delivery. It is time for Labour to deliver. This diversion must not distract from that” @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🩺 "The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it" Nye Bevan ✂️ The #NHS is 78 years old today & Unite is battling cuts to jobs and services to ensure it remains for another 78 years. 📣 Please support us. Sign our petition and get involved cutt.ly/NHSCutsNo
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING: ITV reveals secret plans to sack striking Birmingham bin workers "This is an absolute abhorrence" @unitesharon.bsky.social "I said at the time (@bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social ended talks) this was either incompetence or sabotage. Now we know it was sabotage" cutt.ly/xt6sINqB
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
⚡ We need thousands of electricians to install solar panels, windmills, car chargers... So here’s the choice: 🤩 Invest now. Create quality apprenticeships & build the green economy of the future Or 😥 Do it on the cheap. Condemn a generation to unemployment
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📈Energy bills go up again today – 13%! 💡That brings average bills to £1,862 and adds roughly £18 a month to your bills ⚡Electricity bills are now 79% higher than in winter 2020/21
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
💩Sewage in the sea 📈Rising bills 💰£400k+ bonuses for execs ⏰Time to end the private ownership of water “Unite will continue its campaign to see water brought back into public ownership" @unitesharon.bsky.social cutt.ly/Bt5vhtvb
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United Utilities under fire over share 'allowances' for bosses
United Utilities' chief executive Louise Beardmore is in line for the first tranche of a £435,000-a-year share 'allowance' in August
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Here’s a start you can make today Mr Khan - put air conditioning on London’s buses 🚌 ☀️ www.lbc.co.uk/article/we-n...
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‘We need maximum temperatures for schools and work,’ Sadiq Khan tells LBC | LBC
The Mayor of London wants maximum temperature limits to be introduced in offices, as he describes ‘biblical’ weather events as now being an annual occurrence.
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“After the devastation of war, Britain called & they answered. They, worked in our NHS, drove our buses, built our railways, powered our industries & strengthened our communities. This not just a day to remember the Windrush generation, but to honour them and to speak their truth" cutt.ly/8t4Td8Gh
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🚨 Starmer resigns: "Everyday people are literally on their knees. Labour has one last shot to learn from the errors of the last two years. A failure to act, will result in a doomsday scenario for Labour. In the short term we need policies that make workers’ lives easier." @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🤝 The deal to end the Birmingham bins strike is done and waiting to be implemented. @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social Get the Deal Done!
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🚨 Burnham wins in Makerfield: “Britain needs a vision. We must invest in jobs, stop everyday people paying for crisis after crisis. Policies such as capping energy prices, introducing a wealth tax to fund public services & an industrial plan for jobs would be a good start” @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What's in the 📦? You won't believe this employers' answer to workplace fatigue! Really!! 👀
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This follows intense pressure from Unite and will help secure the jobs thousands of auto workers
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚰 Around 90% of the world’s water is publicly owned - but England and Wales still run on a failed privatised system. The result? Polluted waterways, high bills and a system that isn’t working. 📣 It’s time to end this failed experiment and bring our water back into public hands
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
📈 Pay rises of up to 27% 🤢 Sick pay schemes ✊ Union recognition Won in: ✈️ Aviation 🎓 Education 🩺 Health 💰 Finance… 💥 Unite members are organising and winning better #JobsPayConditions Read how www.unitetheunion.org/fandf Get a piece of the action join.unitetheunion.org #FightbackFriday
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
♻️Birmingham has been without a recycling service for a year & a half Residents, workers & the environment deserve better The #1 item on the new @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social agenda MUST be to implement the deal reached just over a month ago & end this strike! www.circularonline.co.uk/news/birming...
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Birmingham bin strikes could have generated 10,000 tonnes in CO₂e emissions
14 months since the Birmingham bin strikes began, research shows the disruption to collections may have generated 10,000 tonnes in CO₂.
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
⚡One last question for Ed Miliband: UK Households & businesses pay some of the highest energy costs in Europe. Much of that is driven by profits, which are then distributed to investors in dividends & share buy-backs. Will you take UK energy into public hands to end profiteering & reduce costs?
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
⚡Another question for Ed Miliband: Instead of letting foreign billionaires & states rake profits out of our energy system (Warren Buffet is the largest shareholder in Northern Powergrid & the Norwegian Government made nearly £6bn in gas profits from the UK), why not take energy into public hands?
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Not a member yet? Join the winning union ✊https://join.unitetheunion.org
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
MPs are discussing the energy industry this morning. So we’ll be tweeting some questions we think need answering. Feel free to ask your own. 1 Where are the new, green jobs for a ‘just’ transition to green energy Ed Miliband?
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Don't let green energy expansion become a race to the bottom. Support our call for: ⚡Properly trained electricians doing the work ⚡Investment in apprenticeships ⚡Protection for skills, jobs & safety ⚡A clean energy transition built on quality, union jobs Sign our petition: cutt.ly/SparxSkills
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
3 stories on the water industry. Can you spot the link? 🚰 Thousands without water 💩 Sewage pumped into the sea in a 'storm overflow' during a drought 💰 Record profits How long do we have to put up with this?
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