UNITE Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

We need a fighting Unite the Union – re-elect Sharon Graham as General Secretary

By Solidarity members in Unite The nominations period has closed for Unite the Union’s General Secretary election. Two candidates, outgoing General Secretary Sharon Graham and Simon Dubbins from Unite’s international department are the two candidates. Sharon Graham has received 695 branch/workplace nominations

Jul 7, 2026

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Full support to striking Ambulance workers

Text of Solidarity leaflet on today’s strike by ambulance workers Solidarity and our TD Ruth Coppinger stand fully behind today’s industrial action by ambulance workers in both SIPTU and UNITE—it is a disgrace that the HSE have waited six years for a

May 12, 2026

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·The North

Major strike action called in the North for 18 January

By Sean Burns The North will see a major day of coordinated strike action on 18 January, with tens of thousands of workers across the public sector taking part. It is vital that the action conveys that we will not be held

Jan 9, 2024

Reviews and Culture

Review: Not on Our Watch

By Isidora Durán Stewart Every struggle against the system leaves a mark in the memory of the working class and oppressed in society. It serves as a reminder to all who suffer under capitalism that it hasn’t always been this way, it

Aug 24, 2023

Water workers strike for guarantees over terms and conditions

By Robert Cosgrave In mid-July, over 100 local authority water workers in multiple councils organised in Unite took three days of strike action. The responsibility for this strike lies squarely at the hands of local authority management, who have refused to engage

Jul 17, 2023

News & Analysis

Trade union leaders listen up-industrial action works

By Conor Tormey With public sector pay negotiations happening in the coming months, workers are looking towards what should be fought for and what constitutes a real pay increase. The Irish Congress of Trade Union (ICTU) leadership, a leadership steeped in the

Jun 9, 2023

News & Analysis·The North

“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast

By Laurence Plunkett On Monday the 17th of April, Unite Hospitality NI held an open meeting in the Sunflower bar titled “Give the goss on your boss”. A packed room of waiters, bartenders, baristas and fast-food workers shared their war stories of

Apr 21, 2023

News & Analysis

Unite’s Murphy 4 fight union busting

By David Vallely Four Unite members working for Murphy engineering and construction contractors in the Aughinish Aluminium plant in Limerick have been singled out for dismissal in an action their union described as “tantamount to union busting”. One of the targeted workers,

Mar 6, 2023

News & Analysis

Fighting cost of living crisis: Mechanical workers vote for strike action

By Matt Waine Mechanical workers in the construction sector have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in search of a cost-of-living wage increase amounting to 12.8%. Members of Unite, employed by two of the largest mechanical contractors in the country, will

Mar 4, 2023

News & Analysis·The North·Uncategorized

Interview with Interface worker: “We put manners on this company”

Workers at Interface Europe, a flooring manufacturer based in Craigavon, have won a 15.25% pay increase after taking a week of effective strike action which shut down production at the site. Neil Moore, the Unite regional officer representing the workers and a

Jul 17, 2022

UNITE

We need a fighting Unite the Union – re-elect Sharon Graham as General Secretary

Full support to striking Ambulance workers

Major strike action called in the North for 18 January

Review: Not on Our Watch

Water workers strike for guarantees over terms and conditions

Trade union leaders listen up-industrial action works

“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast

Unite’s Murphy 4 fight union busting

Fighting cost of living crisis: Mechanical workers vote for strike action

Interview with Interface worker: “We put manners on this company”

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden