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Check out the latest campaign news of the Unite for a Workers' Economy campaign
- 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.
- Why Ofgem is failing and needs to take action - Find out more in the Unite campaign update - November 2022
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#WorkersEconomy #CostOfGreedCrisis - Find out more in the Unite campaign update