UniteLocalAuthorities

[UniteLocalAuthorities @UniteLocAuth]

Shamefully, the national employers and @LGAcomms have failed to attend a single meeting to resolve this.

Unite will fight this all the way! ✊

[UniteLocalAuthorities @UniteLocAuth]

🦺 ❗️DAY 1 OF STRIKE ACTION! ❗️🦺

Solidarity to our Red Book craft members at various picket lines in England this morning!

Striking for fair pay, to protect skilled roles and apprentices and to defend the national collective bargaining agreement.

[Unite London & Eastern @UniteLondonEast]

With management processes in a shambles, a two-tier workforce, and failings on basics like PPE, workers at Be Well leisure centre in Tower Hamlets are pushing back. 📣

We spoke to them as they took their protest to the town hall!

It’s time for Tower Hamlets to listen to them 📣

[UniteLocalAuthorities @UniteLocAuth]

Over a thousand local government craftworkers will take strike action later this month in a dispute over pay and attacks on their conditions.

Solidarity to our members defending their national agreement!

https://t.co/tspJVeEzg2

[Unite London & Eastern @UniteLondonEast]

Great Yarmouth Services workers are being balloted for strike action over poverty pay. The refuse workers who earn pennies above minimum wage are angry at a 3.3% pay offer from the council-owned company.

https://t.co/Uk6A3t5iIb

[Unite the union: join a union @unitetheunion]

♻️ Birmingham residents have been without a recycling service for a year and a half. Millions have been wasted.
Residents, workers and the environment deserve better.
The number one item on the new bhancitycouncil agenda MUST be to implement the deal reached just over a month ago & end this strike.
https://t.co/1QUDDwu2Yz

[UniteLocalAuthorities @UniteLocAuth]

Unite, alongside our sister trade unions, has rejected the NJC pay offer for 2026.

We have written to the national employers to urge them to get to the negotiating table. Without urgent action, Unite will be balloting for strike action over the summer.
#FairPayForCouncilWorkers

[Unite the union: join a union @unitetheunion]

Is your workplace ready for the heatwave? 🌡️Understanding what protections workers have 👇

After years of record temperatures, today’s bank holiday heatwave probably won’t be the last.

With bus driver cabs reaching temperatures in excess of 40°C, outdoor workers overexposed to UV rays, and some staff working in buildings with limited cooling, many workers already know excessive heat isn’t just uncomfortable — it can be dangerous if not handled correctly.

While employers do have a legal and moral duty to protect workers’ under The Health and Safety at Work Act there is currently NO legal maximum working temperature in the UK, leaving grey areas where workers are not fully protected against extreme conditions.

Many people still work in environments with poor ventilation, no temperature control, or no workplace adjustments — despite changing weather patterns across the country.

Our union is demanding clearer policies, including a legal maximum safe working temperature, so employers must put appropriate measures in place — with no ambiguity — and everyone can work in a safe environment.

Use our template letter to call your employer to take action: https://t.co/nb34H3KsMD

#heatwave #BritishWeather #employmentlaw #HealthAndSafety #WorkersRights

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🚨"Workers have paid the price over & over again,
@UKLabour must shift the dial and change direction. Put in economic policy that is going to make the lives of working people better.
The size of the problem is not being grasped by @Keir_Starmer "
@UniteSharon

[Unite the union: join a union @unitetheunion]

For 15 years local authorities have faced brutal austerity cuts, with frontline workers and services facing the brunt 📣

Council workers Kathy David, Stephanie, Sharon have seen it first hand.
The impact of the cuts can be seen across our communities, when streets cannot be cleaned on time, roads are not gritted, streetlights are dimmed, youth centres and libraries close and housing repairs are delayed.
At the same time, council workers have faced years of real term pay cuts, reductions in terms and conditions, fewer resources and job losses.This has to stop.
Austerity is a political choice and we can see that it has failed. We call on the Labour government to do the right thing and fund local government fairly!

Sign the petition: https://t.co/eRzQvMiMvp

#unitetheunion #localauthorities #localcouncil

[Unite the union: join a union @unitetheunion]

🚩Workers keep us healthy and keep our streets clean. When we stand together we are powerful.
✊Solidarity to the Birmingham bin workers and our members fighting cuts in the NHS
Live in Birmingham? Tell the leaders of the LibDems and Tories to join every other party in pledging to resolve the bins strike https://t.co/lTPEHaJNYD

[Sharon Graham @UniteSharon]

Workers come first and we will always do everything in our power to ensure that our members are treated with dignity and respect.

I salute the fortitude of my members who have needlessly been forced to endure months of attacks and hardship to get us to this point. @SkyNews

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🚨BREAKING Deal agreed to end bins strike after 15 months!
It is an absolute abhorrence that this deal has been blocked not just once but twice by unelected unaccountable commissioners and officers at Birmingham City Council.
Congratulations to the Unite members who stood firm throughout, backed by their union.
“The move made today by the leader of the council is a vindication of the bin workers’ struggle for a decent deal” @UniteSharon

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For 15 years local authorities faced brutal austerity cuts, with frontline workers and our communities taking the brunt. Here’s what nearly 2 decades of austerity has done to our local services 👉


Your local services, then vs now:

LIBRARIES 📚

THEN
2002: 6145 staff
2006: Usage peaks to 347 million visits in a year

NOW
Nearly 1/2 staff cut since 2010
At least 276 libraries closed since 2010
1 in 3 libraries have reduced hours

SOCIAL HOUSING 🏠

THEN
1981: Social housing peaked in England with 5.49 million homes.

NOW
Deficit of social homes
90,000 new social homes needed annually

RUBBISH 🚮

THEN
Early 2000s: Weekly collections were standard nationwide
Pre-2010: Waste budgets were more stable
More frequent manual sweeping

NOW
Most councils 1-3-weekly collections
Residents report more overflowing bins and missed pickups
Reduced cleaning frequency in many areas

The impact of the cuts can be seen across our communities, when streets cannot be cleaned on time, roads are not gritted, streetlights are dimmed, youth centres and libraries close and housing repairs are delayed
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At the same time, council and school workers have faced years of real term pay cuts, reductions in terms and conditions, fewer resources and job losses. But none of this is necessary. 


Austerity is a political choice and we can see that it has failed - the damage can’t be undone. We call on the Labour government to do the right thing and fund local government fairly.

Support the campaign: https://t.co/6ccpqsC6cU

#FairFunding #LocalCouncil #LocalGovernment

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

National Housing Demonstration - Rent Controls Now!

🚨Join Unite.
⏲️Sat 18th April 1 pm
📍Soho Square Gardens, W1D 3QP

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[Sharon Graham @UniteSharon]

Unite has highlighted many times that @BhamCityCouncil was breaking the law by using agency staff to try to break the strike. The Council continually denied it but the figures here, that the Guardian have exposed, show the truth. The facts are clear.

The Council needs to stop wasting Birmingham residents’ money trying to break the strike and instead resolve the strike.

A deal known as the ‘ballpark’ deal, was scoped out at @acasorguk in May last year and was then blocked by government commissioners. @unitetheunion will continue to back these workers for as long as it takes. The ballpark deal needs to be honoured so workers can vote on it. https://t.co/3pb5DRjUR6

[UniteWales @UniteWales]

🚨 Industrial Action ballot now open for @cardiffcouncil Telecare Workers 🚨

Our members are raising serious concerns about safety and support in the workplace.

We will be meeting with the council this week and call on them to resolve this dispute to avoid any disruption.

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Carol works for Nottingham City Council. Like so many local authority workers, she’s seen firsthand the impact of years of decline.

For over 15 years, councils have faced brutal austerity cuts with frontline workers and essential services taking the hit. And our communities are feeling it every day.

At the same time, council and school workers have endured real-term pay cuts, worsening conditions, shrinking resources, and job losses.

But this isn’t inevitable.

Austerity is a political choice and it’s failing.

It’s time for change. We’re calling on the Labour government to properly fund local government and invest in the services our communities rely on.

Send a postcard to your MP calling for Fair Funding: https://t.co/iKB4vloNdD

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

📢Tom White Waste, owned by @coventrycc, are breaking the bin strike 📢

Instead of negotiating a deal, @BhamCityCouncil have relied on cutting services to Coventry residents by using their workers to pick up Birmingham's rubbish. What a waste!

#victorytothebinworkers

[Unite Equalities @UniteEqualities]

Our amazing Unite Young Members delegation at TUC Young Workers Conference! Our motion on the severe housing crisis affecting young workers was also chosen to go to @The_TUC later this year ✊🏼✊🏼
#YoungWorkers26