Pictured is Sports Direct chief Mike Ashley, smiling outside the Red Lion pub on his way to the parliamentary BIS select committee hearing on workplace practices at the sports clothing firm. …Read more…
Fair tips fighter fired
The fight against unfair tripping practices continues, after Unite staged a protest outside the STK restaurant at the Melia Hotel last night (June 6) in support of a sacked worker. Robert…Read more…
UNISON rejects racist, bilious, hate-filled campaigns for Brexit
Latest Press release. “UNISON has taken a position – guided by our membership – to advise support for a Remain vote in the upcoming EU referendum.Of course there are those within our union who take a different view, and those views are respected but what unites us all is our condemnation of the…Read more…
Layer upon layer
As part of Carers Week, UNITElive is publishing a series of stories featuring Unite members who care for their relatives or work in the care sector. Today UNITElive speaks to Unite national…Read more…
Excluding the Disabled in the EU:
Disabled People and the European Union: equal citizens? While there may be a growing formal commitment at EU-level to extend full citizenship and its accompanying free movement rights to disabled…Read more…
Rights ‘under great threat’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey joined nine other trade union leaders in urging union members to vote to remain in the EU. In a letter published in the Guardian today (June 6),…Read more…
Retired members sought for UNISON self-organised group conferences
National retired members’ organisations asks for submissions from members wanting to attend disabled members’, LGBT members’, Black members and women’s conferences as delegates in October, November,…Read more…
Work for the Disabled destroyed by Neo-Liberalism.
Remploy was originally established under the terms of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, to directly employ disabled persons in specialised factories. It opened its first factory in…Read more…
EU Counter Summit:
Rally convened by TEAM The European Alliance of EU critical Movements- founded 1992. Saturday 11 June 9.15 for 10.00 till 17.00 Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London Speakers in three panels and…Read more…
The EU means war and to leave it means the possibility of Anti-war Government.
Already the EU with Britain and NATO are putting boots on the ground in Syria. They are putting boots on the ground in Libya. The EU is provoking war once more in Ukraine. They have the ambition of…Read more…
What the Donbass rebels are really fighting for
Morning Star PIERRE MARSHALL speaks to those on the front lines of the anti-fascist war in the east of Ukraine ON A recent trip to Novorossiya, formerly eastern Ukraine, I was able to spend a day in…Read more…
United in our condemnation of the ugly rhetoric employed by Brexit campaigners
Although UNISON is encouraging a Remain vote, it’s clear that there are arguments for leaving the EU. But they aren’t being made by the bilious, hate-filled campaigns aiming to drag us into…Read more…
Trade union members should vote to stay in the EU
Letter in The Guardian June 6th As general secretaries who represent a large part of Britain’s trade union movement, we are writing to make our position clear and urge our collective membership,…Read more…
There is no LEXIT
Comrades whom I respect continue to share the views I held a generation ago and therefore believe that workers in the UK (United Kingdom) should vote to leave the EU (European Union).
They are wrong.
In the 1980s it was possible to believe that it coul…Read more…
Join UNISON. Get support at work.
Join now. Do not put it off. One of the worse things about being a union rep is telling fellow employees who have a good case for unfair treatment that they have left it too late. You cannot get representation if you only join when you know you have a …Read more…
Making sense of trade union knowledge production: Embodied activism
Dear Colleagues,
I am at a stage where I can share a simple/basic description of how I am framing a key aspect of my thesis findings: embodied activism. I am going to distribute the link for this post to MA students and alumni (maintaining the spirit …Read more…
Leaving Europe can only be bad news for energy bills, consumers and the battle to keep the lights on
In a referendum campaign marked by claim and counter claim with each seeking to outdo the other, I believe the recent statements from the Brexit camp that leaving Europe would lead to lower fuel bills have been some of the most brazen. In fact looking at the industry and the many challenges it…Read more…
I couldn’t possibly comment…
This is a letter which I have received, dated 3 June 2016 from a UNISON employee (whose identity I have redacted) informing me that another UNISON employee (whose identity I have redacted) has been tasked with conducting a disciplinary investigation in…Read more…
Be a Labour Councillor training for UNISON activists by LGA Labour Group
Recently I have spoken at two training sessions organised by UNISON Labour Link for our activsts on becoming Labour Councillors. This training was delivered by the Local Government Association Labour Group at the UNISON National Centre in Euston, Londo…Read more…
Seyi takes on the fascists at the Youth Forum in European Parliament
Love it. Sock it to ’em Forest Gate North Labour Councillor, West Ham CLP Womens Officer and UNISON member, Seyi Akiwowo. Read more…