By Sharon Graham, Unite Executive Officer, January 31st, 2020 : The ‘cost of living crisis’ is showing no sign of coming to an end. Only now, over ten years after the financial crisis are wages in…Read more…
Automation And Closures Are Challenges – But Failure Does Not Have To Be Inevitable
By Sharon Graham, Executive Officer of Unite the Union. Morning Star, July 18th 2019 Sharon Graham explains how rebuilding the shop stewards’ movement will help develop meaningful industrial power…Read more…
Assessing UK Trade Policy Readiness
The UK government continues to paint a ‘rosy and optimistic’ picture for future trade deals with EU, USA, TPP, and countries like New Zealand, Australia and Japan and relying on media…Read more…
Why You Should Be A Trade Unionist
Drawing on anecdotes from his own long involvement in the labour movement, McCluskey looks at the history of the trade unions, what they do and how they give a voice to working people, as democratic…Read more…
It’s The Media, Stupid! Policies For Media Reform Conference
It’s The Media, Stupid! Post Election Policies For Media Reform Henry Moore Room, Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA Saturday 8 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm PROGRAMME…Read more…
Preserving The Future Of Aluminium In Quebec.
Major concerns about new Canada, US, Mexico trade deal for Canadian aluminium industry. From the @steelworkers in Quebec Canada, December 19th, 2019. Aluminum workers from the United Steelworkers…Read more…
Labour Will Be On The Side Of Workers – Laura Pidcock MP
By Laura Pidcock Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights “So many people’s working lives are dominated by low pay, insecurity and powerlessness. It is a sign of this broken system that many…Read more…
For A Europe With A Future – by Wolfgang Lemb
Excellent book edited by my comrade Wolfgang Lemb of the IG Metall trade union in Germany. Available on some book sellers sites. “One thing is increasingly obvious since the European Elections…Read more…
The system is rigged against working people – this election we can put it right
The system is rigged against working people. This was shown very clearly recently when Asda threatened to sack workers who did not agree to a new contract. The new contract would allow managers to…Read more…
Len McCluskey At Trade Unions For Cuba Conference
2 November 2019 Good morning comrades and friends. I feel especially proud and privileged to be invited to speak here today. Here at this conference marking: the 60thanniversary of the Cuban…Read more…
Community Wealth Building Briefing From Unite
Uni Finance Declaration of Support For Lula
Thirteen unions urge UK government to condemn Turkey’s invasion of Syria – and act to avert ethnic cleansing and potential genocide
Trade unions representing millions of UK workers and their communities have demanded that prime minister Boris Johnson deploy the UK’s influence to prevent a humanitarian disaster as a result of the…Read more…
UK auto makers prepare to shut down again fearing No Deal Brexit disruption
By Professor David Bailey, Professor of Business Economics at Birmingham Business School at University of Birmingham, Visiting Professor at Centre for Brexit Studies and Senior Fellow at UK in a…Read more…
IndustriALL Europe makes the case for collective bargaining in new campaign
The giant European trade union federation IndustriAll Europe, which covers 7m manufacturing, mining and energy workers has launched a campaign which aims to demonstrate the positive impact of…Read more…
UK Unions Warn: ‘This Is A No Deal Coup’
”The claim that the government is considering proroguing parliament in September in order to stop MPs debating Brexit is entirely false.’’ Government statement to the Observer newspaper.’…Read more…
Brazil Solidarity Initiative Statement : Bolsonaro & The Destruction Of The Amazon
We condemn Bolsonaro’s destructive plans for the Amazon, and the huge increase in illegal logging and mining since his inauguration. At the time of the rise of the far-right in Brazil, Bolsonaro’s…Read more…
How To Save Harland & Wolff
The future of Belfast’s Harland & Wolff shipyard could be guaranteed if the Government were to award the contract to build aircraft carrier support vessels to a UK Consortium. The…Read more…
Brexit, Productivity And Competitiveness
By Professor David Bailey, Professor of Business Economics at Birmingham Business School at University of Birmingham, Visiting Professor at Centre for Brexit Studies and Senior Fellow at UK in a…Read more…