Community Membership

Unite's Community membership scheme brings together people from across our society. Those not in employment are welcomed into the union family, adding another dimension to Unite's strength in thousands of workplaces across the UK and Ireland. Read on to find out more about key Unite Community campaigns and more and if you are not a member then join Unite Community today. 

Unite Community campaign | Tax Profits not People

Stop punishing the poor, start taxing profits

It is time to tax profits, not people. In the UK, we're still in the grip of a cost of living crisis, but we're also being hammered on everyday essentials like fuel and housing. While people become poorer, the utility companies are coining it in. Unite the union says this must STOP. There is a solution

Unite says tax obscene profits, not people | “Instead of snatching crumbs from workers, pensioners and the disabled, Labour should target the massive concentration of wealth built up by the richest 1 per cent." Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary - Find out more on the Unite Community Tax Profits Not People campaign.

Unite Community national day of action against cuts and sanctions

Unite Community members lobby their MPs at parliament  during the Autumn Budget | Unite Community called a national day of action on Wednesday 26 November 2025 to protest against the ongoing cuts and sanctions to people's benefits. It's important to note that one in six claimants are currently working. This government has escalated benefit sanctions to a new high, issuing 611,000 sanctions in the last recorded period—the highest number under any government, including previous Labour governments.

People can achieve so much more when they work together

Unite’s mission is fighting for jobs, pay and conditions and to organise people to strive for a society that places equality, dignity and respect above all else.  Our union also recognises that we can only achieve this if we bring people together from all walks of life.

Even now in the 21st century, too many people in our country are being pushed to the margins of society. They deserve to be heard; they too deserve the support to organise collectively.

It is with this in mind that Unite has founded its community membership scheme, making us the leading community trade union in the UK and Ireland. Unite's community membership scheme brings together people from across our society.

Those not in employment are welcomed into the union family, adding another dimension to our strength in thousands of workplaces across the UK and Ireland.

Organising and activism are at the centre of strong communities, which is why Unite’s community membership provides a way people can find and use their political voice. Whether it is taking a stand against a service closure or coming together to improve your living environment, as a community member, Unite will be on your side.

These are seriously hard times for ordinary people. Incomes, housing, our health, education and legal services – the very pillars of our society for more than 60 years - are now under assault.

It is only as standing together that we can defend and improve our lives.
Through Unite’s community membership we will work with you to make life better; we will give you the platform you need to create a fairer society. Our trade unions are the biggest voluntary group in the UK and Ireland. At 6 million strong, we are the Big Society. At Unite we have more than million members – just imagine what you can achieve with them standing by your side?