"The site was really profitable anyway and this is just a penny pinching exercise to take off, probably, the lowest paid workers in Wales"
Wales Secretary, Peter Hughes, on why we're balloting our members at Oscar Mayer to extend their period of strike action.
#FireAndRehire
"That feeling of rejection and misery has sadly been reinforced by this government's decision on the Winter Fuel Payment."
Unite Retired member, Dereck Roberts, tells Welsh Labour Conference that our campaign on the Winter Fuel Allowance will not be going away.
"Critically, this motion also urges Welsh Government not to enable health and social care data to be used as an economic driver for commercial profit."
Unite Member, Kait Duerden speaking on a motion this morning on I.T and data protection in health and social care.
"The Welsh Government needs to take radical action. We need a right to adequate housing. Without action, we are failing the most vulnerable in our society."
Unite member, @DLR2021, speaking on housing this afternoon at Welsh Labour Conference.
"A proposed store refurb would see more main bank checkouts removed in favour of self-service machines. Many of my colleagues asked me, what will happen to us?"
@HeroMarsden99 speaking in support of a motion at WLC on the challenges facing retail workers and the high street.
NEW: Trade Unions have won a Supreme Court ruling in a collective bargaining case which reaffirms employee protections.
Prevents employers from 'reinterpreting' previous agreements to change pay structures. Major win for @RMTunion & @unitetheunion, represented by @ThompsonsLaw.
Emergency Motion D – Wales Housing Crisis – From our Unite Community Regional Forum
This motion calls on Unite to lobby Welsh Government to address the housing crisis to ensure we do not fail future generations or those suffering with housing issues today.
#UniteWPC24
Mae'r undeb wedi pasio'r cynnig. Diolch i'r pwyllgor LDHT+ am ddod a'r cynnig yma i'r cynhadledd.
Diolch i'r cynhadledd - mae'r cymraeg yn canol ein dyfodol fel undeb.
Motion 5 - Embracing the Welsh Language and communicating with our members - From our LGBT+ Committee
With a growing demand for unions to communicate with members bilingually, Welsh language communications will open up opportunities for Unite to recruit members.
#UniteWPC24
Motion 4 - Safety for our Members Travelling to and from the Workplace - From our Young Members Committee
The motion calls on conference to reaffirm our ‘Get Me Home Safely’ Campaign.
More information about the campaign can be found here - https://t.co/Ys9BKoaMHH
#UniteWPC24
@SamParryWSA We held a "David Ivon Jones" festival in Aber a few months ago - I spoke at the plaque alongside Rob Griffiths. We are slowly doing more work to recognise his amazing life and contributions to the socialist movement.
We also hosted the UK premier of "London Recruits"
Joio Aber!
Depends on how you read it. It could happen, but capitalism has been so impressive in finding new commons and markets to conquer. It has gone vertically- into the earth and into the atmosphere- it has redefined its markets, our social relations, and its structure and isn't static
There's defo positives here, the travel fund in particular. But like this literally the first time hearing about these training sessions in Greece, Portugal and Poland. There has been a recurring pattern of NLS events happening and us only hearing about it after the fact.
Nothing worse than being at work and someone starts spouting stuff from the far right.
@walestuc are running a 1 day workshop in Cardiff on 09/11/24 for young members to come together & learn strategies to tackle it at work.
Timely & useful. Sign up👇
https://t.co/hMuam2lsSI
Not all countries are as captured by parasitic financialisation/ shareholder/rentier model: the uk is a clear outlier. Most other European countries (&even USA) have productive industrial strategies & retained significant manufacturing capabilities, their own steel production etc