Frances O’Grady says unions will continue to oppose the Bill as it goes through Parliament.Read more…
Waterloo Branch nominate Glenroy Watson for National President
UK’s biggest unions
Name No of members Industry it represents Unite 1,310,649 Industry-wide Unison 1,266,711 Public services GMB 617,064 Industry-wide USDAW 433,402 Retail and manufacturing NUT 330,719 Teachers NASUWT…Read more…
TUC Congress 2015: Sunday
This post is a little late but I had to prepare for a speech on Housing as well as some urgent work related union stuff today. Above are some pictures from the first day of this years TUC and some brief comments I posted on twitter and Facebook. The Pr…Read more…
‘Bad for workers, bad for industry’
Unite delegate Tony Lewington addressed TUC Congress today (September 14) on casualisation in Road, Transport and Logistics. “Casualisation is the daily reality for everyone who works in my sector—…Read more…
Affordable homes for all
Speaking on the housing crisis today at the TUC congress, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner hailed the housing campaigners and tenants who have been fighting back against evictions and…Read more…
Stronger collective bargaining call
Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke moved a motion today at the TUC conference, arguing for stronger collective bargaining to lift wages. Soon after the Tories election…Read more…
‘Raise our sights’
Unite delegate Suki Sangha addressed the TUC conference today (September 14) highlighting the struggles of those in service industries, such as care, hospitality and cleaning, in which exploitation…Read more…
‘Lifelines of our communities’
Unite EC member Mohammad Taj addressed TUC Congress on transport today (September 14). Unite has a long and proud record of representing transport workers and making the case for high…Read more…
MPs: listen to public on Trade Union bill
As the second reading of the Trade Union bill takes place this afternoon (September 14), mounting pressure against the bill is revealed in a new YouGov poll showing the vast majority of the public to…Read more…
Take heart comrades
Don’t let the Tory ‘schoolboy bullies’ get you too despondent – was Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s message to a packed fringe meeting on the trade union Bill. The Institute of Employment…Read more…
TUC calls for Corbyn to get stuck into Tories
Frances O’Grady says Labour should do what Opposition should do and oppose the governmentRead more…
Paying the price for industry’s failures
Unite EC member Jane Stewart spoke at the TUC conference today (September 14) in support of a motion highlighting the current issues members in the offshore oil and gas industry now face. …Read more…
‘Crucial component’ of the economy
Unite delegate Dai Bowyer spoke about the UK’s steel industry and what must be done to protect its future at the TUC conference today (Monday September 14). “Unite and Community are proud of our…Read more…
It is our ‘humanitarian and moral duty’ to act over refugee crisis
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis speaks at TUC race relations fringe
The article It is our ‘humanitarian and moral duty’ to act over refugee crisis first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Culture change call
On Sunday (September 13), Unite conference delegate Jane Stewart spoke on positive consultation and employee engagement. She said that Unite supported the motion but had some reservations as…Read more…
Why the Trade Union Bill is especially wrong in Scotland
The Trade Union Bill weakens our voice at work, and weakens our campaigning voice. It undermines the right to strike, union organisation and aims to make it harder for unions to win a fairer deal at…Read more…
TU Bill: down a slippery slope
The right to form and join trade unions has been protected in international law for a very long time. So has the right to protest. The most obvious legal provision is found in Article 11 of the…Read more…
‘Curious financial reasoning’
Tomorrow (September 15) Unite Community members will march to Bristol council to hand in a petition against the closure of beds for disabled children at a local respite centre. The petition…Read more…
Bercow praises unions as his party prepares to bury them
Ahead of Trade Union Bill, House of Commons Speaker says he respects unionsRead more…