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Jason wake

@Jason_wake

Organiser for Unite the Union. Fighting for workers right across the South East. Opinions my own.

Joined February 2012
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As @unitetheunion members prepare for their first strike in 40 years, new analysis by @welshecon Professor Calvin Jones & @BBCWales show that the actions of @TataSteelLtd & @TataSteelUK will rip £200m from the local economies of #PortTalbot and #Llanwern. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw00…

Tata Steel: Families put plans on hold amid job loss worries

Port Talbot could lose more than £200m in wages because of Tata Steel job cuts, analysis shows.

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💥@unitetheunion Organisers send solidarity to steelworkers and the community of Port Talbot as they embark on industrial action for the first time in 40 years to save their industry. 🗓️Mon 17th June 🕟4.30pm 📍Academy Roundabout, Port Talbot #SupportUKSteel
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💡@unitetheunion is calling for a return to public ownership of our energy infrastructure so that we can bring down customers’ bills & supply British industry with cheaper energy. #Energy #Profiteering
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We've taken our campaign international this week where we'll hold a series of protests and demonstrations throughout France at the headquarters, offices and sites of @Bouygues_C due to the union-busting activities of its strategic business partner @jmurphyandsons!
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We're outside @Bouygues_C in Paris to call on them to hold the Murphy Group to account for union-busting. @GroupeBouygues has an important strategic partnership with @jmurphyandsons, but they have refused to say anything about Murphy’s conduct. #reinstatethemurphy4
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Yesterday we visited @Bouygues_C offices in Paris where workplace reps from @GroupeBouygues acknowledged our demonstrations, confirmed they were aware of situation and a call was made to @jmurphyandsons ✊
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@libe, @humanite_fr, @chvpsl, @lemondefr, @le_parisien, @lequipe, @20Minutes, @lejdd, @LexPress, @lenouvelobs2, @LaTribune, @LePoint, @le_figaro, @LesEchos, @LaCroix
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We're here in France to make @Bouygues_C listen and to see the evidence on @jmurphyandsons union-busting behaviour. Bouygues must use its influence over the Murphy Group to tell them to reinstate the Murphy Four ✊ unitetheunion.org/campaigns/…
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It doesn't matter if you're a bus worker, finance worker or a dock worker, Industry 4.0 means change is coming. Unless we are more organised and more coordinated than the employers, it will be the shareholders who pocket the gains from #automation not us. #JobsPayConditions

Industry 4.0: Automation

Industry 4.0 means change is coming, this round of automation means change is coming. New technology is learning from workers and our intellectual property is being used.

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Twin protests planned in #Belfast against union-busting by construction company Murphy International Ltd. @jmurphyandsons flagrant union busting and behaviour is deplorable. No reputable company or govt department should have anything to do with Murphy’s. unitetheunion.org/news-event…
Twin protests planned in Belfast against union-busting by construction company Murphy International...

Twin protests planned in Belfast against union-busting by construction company Murphy International...

Twin protests planned in Belfast against union-busting by construction company Murphy International Ltd Protest at Infrastructure Department over inclusion of Murphy International Ltd on Civil...

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.@unitetheunion always prioritises the #JobsPayConditions of its members and will support those at @BhamCityCouncil to ensure they are not mistreated due to council and government failings standard.co.uk/news/politics…
Call for talks to safeguard jobs amid ‘tough decisions’ at Birmingham council

Call for talks to safeguard jobs amid ‘tough decisions’ at Birmingham council

The council does not have the money to pay off an equal pay liability, estimated to be more than £1 billion.

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If there was ever a time to invest money into a service like this to help some of the city’s most vulnerable people it is now. @unitetheunion will back our members who are providing transformative and life-changing work all the way. #JobsPayConditions unitetheunion.pulse.ly/yvbg3…
Unite demands urgent review over £850,000 cut to ‘lifeline’ female Glasgow residential unit

Unite demands urgent review over £850,000 cut to ‘lifeline’ female Glasgow residential unit

Turning Point 218 Service faces compulsory job losses and closure

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📢Unite win Over 1,800 workers secure an 18% pay increase at Abellio in London. This is an important pay victory. Workers have stood firm and with the support of their union, Unite, they have secured a richly deserved pay increase. Read more:unitetheunion.org/news-event…
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The idea that we would call off industrial action on current pay issues in order to discuss the government’s 2023/24 evidence to the Pay Review Body is frankly beyond a joke. Every day, it’s a different gimmick from this @GOVUK. #NHS #SavOurNHS More 👉 unitetheunion.org/news-event…
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In all my 25 years negotiating deals I have never seen such an abdication of leadership as that of the current posted-missing PM and the out of touch hapless health secretary. #NHS #AmbulanceStrikes
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Felixstowe Docks have made £79 million in profit and given £42 million in dividends to shareholders yet offer our members a pay cut. Workers have my 100% support, we are going nowhere. We must protect your pay, Unite will be with our members at Felixstowe every step of the way!

Unite GS visits Felixstowe Docks picket line

Felixstowe Docks have made £79 million in profit and given £42 million in dividends to shareholders yet offer our members a pay cut. Workers have my 100% support, we are going nowhere.

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Almost 2,000 workers have walked out of their jobs at Felixstowe port. @UniteSharon, General Secretary of @unitetheunion, says the company has a "clear ability to pay", but instead they are asking their workers to accept pay cuts. #KayBurley trib.al/fkgCPR9
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Workers are in the midst of a #CostOfLivingCrisis and companies such as Centrica and Shell are reporting huge profits. As big business and the @GOVUK call for wage restraint, profiteering drives inflation through the roof. 1/2
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Workers have already had a spring, summer, autumn and winter of discontent for years. It’s time to stop telling workers to pay the price for ­inflation and to demand an end to excessive profiteering. #CostOfLivingCrisis #SaturdayMorning mirror.co.uk/money/could-mor…
There could be more wage strikes if workers pay price for inflation, union warns

There could be more wage strikes if workers pay price for inflation, union warns

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said there could be hundreds of disputes involving tens of thousands of people over the coming months if workers are made to pay the price for inflation

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Gatwick Cars’ conduct is shameful. In a #fireandrehire style attack, it is combining a zero-hours contract with a threat to sign or be sacked in under 48 hours. The owners of Gatwick must step in to prevent this exploitation taking hold at the airport. unitetheunion.org/news-event…
Gatwick Taxi drivers facing brutal fire and rehire-style tactics

Gatwick Taxi drivers facing brutal fire and rehire-style tactics

Around 300 taxi drivers working at Gatwick Cars Ltd are being threatened with `fire and rehire’ and forced onto a vastly inferior zero hours contract, which will dramatically cut their pay.

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