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We say no to crumbs - Workers will "not be broken or beaten by Rishi Sunak" says Unite's Sharon Graham - Sunday Mirror - 1 January 2023
Unite protests outside UK Power Networks amid cost-of-living crisis - The Argus 16 December 2022
Support the Striking Co-op Workers - petition
Don't Leave Our 'Heartland Communities' Behind - petition
Read: Sharon Graham interviewed in the Big Issue North on how she is delivering double digit pay rise for Unite members across the country - December 2022
Why Ofgem is failing and needs to take action - Unite campaign update - November 2022
EVENT: 18 November 2022 - Solidarity Not Charity gig with The Wakes and Calum Baird - The Admiral Bar, Glasgow
Poll of 6,000 adults reveals strong public support for fair pay for NHS workers - 9 November 2022
Hull Stagecoach strikers rally - 3 November 2022
‘It’s no coincidence the Tories are attacking unions now – it’s because we’re winning’ - Unite general secretary Sharon Graham speaks to Morning star editor Ben Chacko - Tuesday 18 October 2022
Fans Supporting Foodbanks - Check out the latest on communities coming together, rising up and driving #solidaritynotcharity to help deliver practical change following the failure of politicians to act - Wednesday 12 October 2022
Unite chief says workers subjected to `a national pay cut’ - Tuesday 11 October 2022
Unite chief: “If Liz Truss really wanted to help the UK economy she would be helping us get more money into workers’ pockets” - Wednesday 5 October 2022
Unite for Affordable energy event - Saturday 1 October 2022 - coverage of some of the first actions taken by Unite for a Workers Economy
Time to deliver results for the working class where politicians have failed - Thursday 29 September 2022 - Unite's Claire Peden writes in the Morning Star on the new initiative from Britain's and Ireland's largest trade union to extend and deepen the class struggle in and beyond the workplace.
Unfettered profiteering sparks Scottish Power protest - Tuesday 27 September 2022
Renationalise energy and no more budgets for the rich - Monday 26 September 2022
Unite calls on Labour to fix broken economic model and back workers fighting for fair pay rises - Monday 26 September 2022
The Chancellor’s mini-budget is a colossal warning to workers - Friday 23 September 2022
Interest rate rise sends another `cold chill’ across UK households - Thursday 22 September 2022
Government business energy plans are a taxpayer funded ‘panic measure’ as job fears grow, warns Unite - Wednesday 21 September 2022
Scrapping bankers’ bonus cap a grave insult to workers - Thursday 15 September 2022
Inflation: Current levels continue to threaten living standards of millions - Wednesday 14 September 2022
Unite: Liz Truss energy bill plan ‘boosts profiteering’- Thursday 8 September 2022
‘Soaring’ Ofgem price cap fuelled by ‘rampant corporate profiteering’ says Unite -
Friday 26 August 2022
On eve of new price cap Unite research confirms ‘rampant corporate profiteering’ fuelling soaring energy bills -
Thursday 25 August 2022
Union hits out at another government assault on workers during cost-of-living crisis - Friday 19 August 2022 - Sharon Graham: “This government has made it very clear what it thinks of this country’s workers. P&O blatantly sacked nearly 800 workers without notice because it was cheaper to break the law and the Government saw no need to change it."
Unite's power in the workplace spreads to battleground seats to create a Workers' Economy - Thursday 18 August 2022 - From workplace to community Unite is driving a UK-wide strategy to help bring change to ‘heartland’ communities following the failure of politicians to act.
Inflation: Corporate greed driving price rises not wages - Wednesday 17 August 2022
Unite statement on record fall in UK wages - Tuesday 16 August 2022
Unite response to Labour energy proposals - 15 August 2022 - Unite chief Sharon Graham: “The case is being made before our own eyes that selling off our energy sector to the private profiteers has ended in tears. A piecemeal approach won’t work.”
Interest rate rise spells misery for millions warns Unite - Thursday 4 August 2022
Unite accuses BP of ‘unfettered profiteering’ - Tuesday 2 August 2022
Unite will continue to resist attacks that make workers pay the price of the inflation crisis -Wednesday 20 July 2022
Unite leader says, hundreds of disputes, involving tens of thousands of workers, will resist employers attacks on workers’ living standards - Friday 15 July 2022
Unite to unveil giant ‘snakes and ladders’ game in Leeds to highlight pain of price rises - Wednesday 6 July 2022
Workers have had enough - cap profiteering not workers’ rights, says Unite - Sunday 12 June 2022
Wage restraint? Maybe it’s time we started talking about profiteering restraint - Thursday 9 June 2022

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Why Ofgem is failing and needs to take action

‘Rampant profiteering’: Unite asks Ofgem to cap power distributors’ profits after UK networks rake in £15.8bn, Sharon Graham says they’re holding the public to ransom

The companies responsible for bringing electricity to UK homes have been accused of “rampant profiteering” by a leading union that is calling for the energy regulator to cap their earnings.