TURNING THE TABLES ON DODGY BOSSES…
Unite Hospitality is the union for hospitality workers in bars, restaurants, cafes, casinos, tourism and hotels across Britain and Ireland. We are challenging poor employment practises and dodgy bosses across the industry.
Together we can get organised in our workplaces. Fightback against sexual harassment, tip scams and zero hours. Whilst winning decent wages, fair rotas and guaranteed minimum working hours.
how do i form a union at work?
1. know your rights, speak to colleagues
Use our Know your Rights guide to Identify key issues and ask your co-workers what they think could be better at work. Things like wages or break time will of course be the big issues for many workers, but there will often be others. Issues that most of your co-workers feel strongly about will be a strong basis for bringing your co-workers together!
2. JOIN A UNION, JOIN UNITE
Joining a union gives you protection in the workplace, but it also means that our team of trained reps can give you assistance and advice about building up union support. Building union membership amongst your co-workers puts you in a stronger position to collectively bargain with your employer. This is how we can win better pay and conditions! It takes 90 secs to do online here.
3. GET IN TOUCH WITH US
Once you and your colleagues are together get in touch with our reps and organisers.
OUR FAIR HOSPITALITY CHARTER
REAL LIVING WAGE
Hospitality workers deserve a real living wage. Unite fights for £15 per hour as a minimum for all workers
SAFE, PAID TRANSPORT HOME
Without cheap, frequent and safe public transport home late at night. We fight for employers to ensure all working past 11pm get home safe without being out of pocket
EQUAL PAY FOR YOUNG WORKERS
A 16 year old worker is just as capable as a 26 year old worker. We fight for the same day’s pay for the same day’s work
GUARANTEED HOURS CONTRACTS
We should all be able to rely on a minimum number of hours per week to pay bills & plan our lives. We fight to ban on zero-hour contracts
PROPER & PAID BREAKS
Lack of proper breaks are endemic. We fight for paid rest breaks beyond the legal minimums
END SEXUAL HARASSMENT
9 in 10 women & non-binary workers have experienced harassment at work. We fight for pro-active, zero tolerance policies at work to put an end to sexual harassment and abuse at work
100% of tips to workers
Tip and service charge scams are on the rise. Workers should keep 100% of their tips & service charge. We fight for transparent tips and tronc with democratic control by workers
fair rotas
We need to plan our lives. If days or hours need changed we need proper notice. We fight for rota changes notified at least 48 hours in advance and for four week rotas
trade union access
Trade union workplaces are safer, better paid, highly trained and get more holidays. We fight for employers to allow trade unions unfettered access to our workplaces