UK manufacturing must be at the heart of any strategy to #Recover and #Rebuild our economy. Join our live webinar debate with leading opinion formers across industry and politics…Read more…
Brazil Solidarity Initiative & Covid19
Please consider signing our statement below. Just email info@brazilsolidarity.co.uk with your name and position or what they would like to be listed as? “Brazil’s far-right President Jair…Read more…
The Brexit transition deadline of January 1st will not be extended, says Gove….
Michael Gove said yesterday that he informed his EU counterparts that the UK is not planning to extend the Brexit transition period beyond January 1st, the current date at which the UK must formally…Read more…
McCluskey: MPs correct to denounce British Airways as a ‘national disgrace’
A group of MPs from all sides of the Commons is absolutely correct in its denunciation of British Airways’ treatment of its staff, the leader of the UK’s most influential trade union has…Read more…
Unite video demolishes BA’s ‘fire & rehire’ claims
A Unite video explaining BA’s finances ‘demolishes’ the airline’s claim that it must fire its workforce and rehire those that survive on inferior contracts. The in-depth analysis of British…Read more…
Labour Members – Speak Out to Stop Annexation
With the new Government in Israel threatening further annexation of occupied Palestinian land, now is the time for Labour members to speak up and support the global call from Palestine for “effective…Read more…
ONLINE EVENT: Venezuela: Exposing UK complicity in Trump’s regime change plan Monday June 8th, 7.00pm.
Register here Facebook RSVP, share & invite here – retweet here to spread the word! With guests from Venezuela, investigative journalist John McEvoy, Dr. Francisco Dominguez, Susan Grey…Read more…
TUC Statement on the murder of George Floyd, Trump and the US Crisis
Murdoch closes regional and local titles – Microsoft replaces journalists with robots.
The mantra that post Covid19 “the world will never be the same again” has been repeated a million times. This last week we saw the effects, not just of the virus pandemic but a move away…Read more…
Review of ‘It’s The Media Stupid…..”
Download the review of “It’s The Media Stupid….” published in ‘Cold Type ‘by clicking on the link. Read more…
Chris Stephens SNP MP says Governments have turned a blind eye to what’s happening in Turkey
Chris Stephens, Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow South West, supporter of both Freedom For Ocalan Campaign and Peace In Kurdistan interviewed by journalist Erem Kansoy. Chris Stephens…Read more…
Unions call for Covid-19 risk checks by Keighley firms
Keighley News 15thMay 2020 By David Knights NOBODY should return to work without a Covid-19 risk assessment agreed with the workforce or union, say campaigners. Keighley Trades Union Council has…Read more…
Ces Hero’s Du Corona…Que Ni Paieront Pas Le Crise
Download by clicking here special document (in French) from IndustriAll Europe Annecy Group trade unionists on No Return To Business As Usual & Trade Union Demands Post Covid Crisis. The view…Read more…
Withering Assessment Of Johnson’s Bungling & How Starmer Got The Measure Of Him And The Tories
By Paul Waugh, HuffPost UK. Monday May 11th “Hope is not a plan”. That was one of the most candid assessments in the government’s new 51-page roadmap for easing the UK out of its seven-week…Read more…
Len McCluskey: “Decisions taken now will shape our country’s future – we need clarity to build public confidence”
Responding to the statement by the prime minister broadcast this evening (10thMay), the leader of the Unite union has called for `clarity and caution’as the country continues to combat the…Read more…
Union’s letter to Johnson: No return to work until we feel safe
Employers who fail to prioritise the wellbeing of their staff when they return to work should be held to account As the country debates how and when to get the economy up and running, it would be…Read more…
It’s The Media Stupid
Media Coverage of the 2019 General Election dissected in a new book ‘It’s The Media Stupid’! which draws on expert writers to present controversial conclusions. Media Coverage of the 2019…Read more…
Survey: Britons are “hungry for change, hungry for a new deal now and post COVID-19 crisis”
A new national poll on behalf of the Unite trade union today (Thursday 7th May) finds the country ‘hungry for major change’ to how our economy works and how key workers are rewarded. The…Read more…
TUC Employment Rights After Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the underlying weakness of the UK’s employment laws and we can expect there will be demands from employers for ‘more flexibility’ or attempts to weaken the…Read more…
Len McCluskey: It’s Time For A New Deal For Workers – No Going Back To Business As Usual
There can be no going back to business as usual Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has said in his May Day message. In a message of solidarity to workers Len says that it is time for a new deal…Read more…