This year the Regional Black Members Committee will be hosting a virtual event to celebrate Black History Month.
The theme will be: Breaking the Glass Ceiling. This is an opportunity for the Region to recognise and celebrate Black Lives, which i…Read more…
EDF smart meter installers in strike vote
EDF Energy smart meter installers across London and southern England are being balloted for strike action in a pay dispute, Unite said today (September 30). Unite said that the impact of industrial…Read more…
Blog: Taking our demands to the Labour Party
We heard much to applaud at the conference, but we’re a critical friend of the party and will make sure it delivers for public services and those who provide them
The article Blog: Taking our…Read more…
‘Outrageous pay discrepency’
Scaffold workers employed by Altrad at the Mitsubishi Chemicals plant in Billingham, Teesside, are being balloted for strike action over an ‘outrageous pay discrepancy’, Unite said today (September…Read more…
HS2 safety fears
Unite has blamed a recent spate of serious accidents on the HS2 tunnelling and track laying project in London, on a refusal to allow the union to speak to workers and a resulting dearth of safety…Read more…
‘We will win this dispute’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham stood with striking Weetabix engineers on the picket line on Wednesday (September 29) at the company’s factory in Kettering. The workers are striking over…Read more…
On the picket line at Weetabix
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham on Wednesday (September 29) joined Weetabix factory engineers who are striking over Weetabix’s brutal ‘fire and rehire’ ultimatum that will slash their wages and…Read more…
‘This is not the time to stop furlough’
With a fuel supply crisis, a mounting cost of living crisis and parts of the economy still operating under Covid-19 restrictions, Unite’s general secretary says that this is not the time to end…Read more…
Keir Starmer Leader Speech to Labour Party Conference 2021
I am back home after spending the last 5 days at Brighton for the Labour Party Conference 2021. It was great to be back in Brighton at a physical, real life face to face conference, after all this time.
I was there as a Party member (self funding…Read more…
Speech at Labour Part :about & Palestine Fringe Meeting September 28th
Comrades, Yesterday the Labour Party members made a momentous decision committing our Party to stand solidly behind the Palestinian people. In 2020 I was proud to move the motion that committed the…Read more…
Save Elkes Biscuits call
Unite the union today (September 29) called for potential buyers to step forward to purchase Elkes Biscuits in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, following the decision by its owner 2 Sisters Food Group to…Read more…
‘Not much for Unite members’ in speech
Unite expressed disappointment in Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on Wednesday (September 29), his first in-person address to Labour Party Conference. Starmer outlined the cost of living…Read more…
UNISON responds to Keir Starmer’s speech
Labour is offering just what the country needs after 11 years of Tory mismanagement
The article UNISON responds to Keir Starmer’s speech first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘We stand at the brink of a social and industrial crisis’
Unite political lead Rob MacGregor gave an impassioned speech at Labour Party Conference on Monday (September 27) as he moved a composite on ensuring working people don’t pay for the present…Read more…
‘We are on our own’
Paul Ainslie, a London bus driver and Unite delegate to Labour’s conference has a powerful story to tell.
Throughout the pandemic bus drivers kept on working taking staff to hospitals, to…Read more…
Wrong prescription for the NHS
Labour must oppose Health and Care Bill
The post Wrong prescription for the NHS appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
‘Defend our rights – through whatever means necessary’
Unite delegate Susan Matthews spoke out against the police and crime bill – and its implications for peaceful protest – on Tuesday (September 28) at the Labour Party conference. “It is no coincidence…Read more…
‘I don’t need a cure’
Unite delegate Phil Jones, who is also chair of Unite’s national LGBT+ committee, gave an impassioned speech on Tuesday (September 28) in support of motion calling for an immediate ban on ‘conversion…Read more…
Delivering a fairer society – policy and people.
I am in London this week, mostly doing some research in the National Archives and British Library. However, I spent a day at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, and it was good to meet in person…Read more…
Take the profiteering out of care sector and pay staff fair wages, says UNISON
In her Labour conference speech, Christina McAnea condemns exploitation of those needing and giving care
The article Take the profiteering out of care sector and pay staff fair wages, says UNISON …Read more…