Harry Bignell

It is not controversial to say that any workplace transition CANNOT come at the expense of thousands of jobs - how has that gone in the past? 🤔 It is wilfully disingenuous to suggest that Unite does not support action to tackle the climate crisis. We are working in coalition with green campaigners, climate activists and other trade unions to push the government to come up with a CREDIBLE plan for jobs, communities and energy security - a plan that takes workers with it, creating secure, well remunerated jobs in sustainable energy and doesn't treat oil and gas workers as collateral damage. Two things can be true at once: we both need urgent action to tackle the climate crisis, AND need to ensure workers are protected in any green transition.

Why do my bills go up every time there is a crisis? One word: privatisation.

#WinterFuel Throwback to when @UKLabour conference delegates in #Liverpool voted in favour of Unite's motion to reverse winter fuel cuts. In rain or shine, Unite retired members, Community members, @FuelPovAction @NPCUK, @ScotPensForum and many more led the fight and won with @UniteSharon.

Yesterday saw the end of another seemingly pointless G7 summit which skirted around the big issues, to appease & guarantee the attendance of Donald Trump. Even @Keir_Starmer on a BBC interview said he has one eye on the clock wanting to get home for the #ENGCRO match! While Starmer was sat on his sofa watching Rashford put the icing on England's cake, millions will be wondering if the energy cap uplift in July will leave them choosing between eating and heating this winter. That's despite UK generated profits of energy firms equating to £102 in profit for every household in the first 3 months of 2026. When will profiteering and inequality be on the agenda at the G7? oxfam.org/en/press-releases/…

"History is important to show that the trade union movement can take part in industrial struggle, and they can win." @NUJofficial's Mark Metcalf on why he came down to mark the 42 anniversary of Orgreave, the ongoing importance of marking these anniversaries, and why the losses are just as important to remember as the wins. In the words of @RMTunion's Bob Crow," If you fight you won't always win. If you don't fight, you will always lose." @orgreavejustice

National Education Union member and singer Lewis Pugh joined us in Sheffield on Saturday to mark 42 years since the battle of Orgreave and call for truth and justice for the miners who were battered and falsely arrested by state law enforcement on that day. The inquiry is one step in the right direction -- but the road to justice is long. In the meantime, we will continue to march these important anniversaries, to homage to our history and to instil lessons for our future ✊ Check out some of Lewis' music here 👉 lewispughmusic.com/home @NEUnion @unitetheunion

58 years ago, 187 sewing machinists walked out of the Dagenham Ford Factory to protest pay discrimination. Their jobs had been re-graded so they were classed as “unskilled labour”, whilst men doing a similar job were classed and paid higher, as “skilled labour”. This strike was the first time that women at Dagenham Ford Factory had taken industrial action. The strike laid the foundation for the Equal Pay Act that came in in 1970. Despite this, it wasn’t until 1984 that the women at Dagenham Ford finally got equal pay and the same grade as the male workers: 16 years later. And women continue to face pay discrimination today, with a gender pay gap of between 13 and 16%. That’s why trade unions and the fight for women’s rights is as relevant today as it was in 1968. The fight continues. Photos from the 2010 film Made in Dagenham, and the TUC blog, How Ford’s striking women drove the Equal Pay Act: tuc.org.uk/workplace-guidanc…