Legalease strike

Legal 500 can afford a new subsidiary but not a fair wage for its workers! Despite boasting record turnover of over £30 million in 2025, opening a new office in Leeds, and acquiring a subsidiary in Bristol, Legal 500 still refuses to compensate the department that produces its core product adequately. Workers at the lowest end of … Read more

Tech union roundtable at the TUC

Back in November the Trades Union Congress (TUC) hosted a roundtable with reps from three unions representing tech workers and writer and critic Cory Doctorow: “The internet is getting worse by the day, for users and tech workers alike. It’s part of the big tech playbook to degrade user experience, exploit staff, and lock us into broken systems. This webinar with Cory and UK tech union activists from Prospect, Unite and UTAW looked at how enshittification affects everyone who cares about tech – and how we fight back against Big Tech’s worst instincts.”

Making the most of the Employment Rights Act’s access to workers provisions

The 2025 Employment Rights Act (ERA) brings in many new and positive rules for workers and trade unions. These are being phased in. At the end of October the right for unions to contact workers to explain what trade unions are and to recruit new members is being brought in. Unions will need to make applications to request access to a workplace. Our branch passed this motion at the August meeting calling on our union to make the most of this opportunity to build our movement.

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Reject “Sponsored Slavery” – Defend Migrant Workers’ Rights

This motion was passed by our branch meeting on 12 February 2026. In many of the workplaces where we organise 25-50% of workers are on Skilled Worker sponsorship visas. These visas tied to a specific employer place workers in an extremely vulnerable position. They can discourage workers from taking part in trade union activities and cause division between such workers and colleagues whose residency isn’t dependent on their employer. We believe a further Employment Rights Act needs to address this situation.

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Unite Executive Council nominations

Ballot opens 23 March!

At last month’s meeting we heard from the two union members seeking our nomination for the GPM&IT sector seat on Unite’s Executive Council (EC), which is the governing body of the union. All details about the election can be found on the CES website.

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Unite Executive Council elections: nomination meeting

The ballot to elect a new Executive Council (EC) will be held next year. Those elected will hold office from 1 May 1 2026 to 30 April 2029. The Executive Council is the ‘government’ of Unite, bringing together workers from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland to shape our policies and development. We’ll be deciding which … Read more

Unite London Digital & Tech statement to members

The Supreme Court’s decision in the For Women Scotland case

The Supreme Court ruling that people are the sex they were assigned at birth for the purposes of the Equalities Act, and subsequent interim update issued by the Equalities & Human Rights Commission, has had a devastating impact on trans women and men, amongst whom we count many members.

We share the view of the Scottish Trades Union Congress when, at a recent conference, it stated:

We believe that solidarity with trans and non-binary people must be a matter of principle for the trade union movement, just as we oppose racism, sexism and ableism. Trans inclusion is a workplace issue. Our solidarity cannot depend on the law or how courts interpret it; there can be unjust laws and legal decisions.

The law must evolve to reflect understandings of gender and ensure explicit protection for trans, non-binary, gender diverse, and intersex people. Equality for trans and gender-diverse people is a trade union, workers’, and human rights issue.

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Unite Policy Conference 2025

Policy Conference is the supreme policy making body of our union. It’s held every two years. Each branch (and other committees of the union) is able to submit a motion on general items of policy. Deadline for submission is 21 February.

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Vote for Monica Taylor for Unite Executive Council Retired Members seat

Our Unite branch is supporting Monica Taylor for Unite Executive
Council Representative – Retired Members section. Your ballot
should have arrived by now, please return it as soon as possible if you
haven’t already done so.

The ballot closes at noon on 15 November and you must leave
enough time for it to arrive via the post.

Monica is the current chair of our National Retired Members’ Committee
and she has a strong record of leading campaigns for retired members –
most recently, the union’s powerful campaign to Defend the Winter Fuel
Allowance.

We are asking you to vote for Monica because she will:

  • Continue to lead from the front on retired members’ campaigns
  • Ensure retired members have a voice on union campaigns that
    affect us – from pensions to social care and the NHS
  • Work to secure retired member representation in all parts of the
    union that affect us, such as equalities committees

Visit Monica’s website for more info.

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