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Unite delegate Jane Aitchison, spoke out on Labour’s plans to end the Winter Fuel Allowance. Addressing the conference she said, “I’ve worked in benefits for over 30 years and take it from me, Universal Credit (UC) is malicious and cruel. It is complicated, mean and off putting. “It is heart breaking to watch people trying […]
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Unite delegate Jane Stewart spoke in support of a motion and general council statement on sexual harassment in the workplace on Tuesday (September 10) at TUC Congress. Jane expressed frustration that she has spent many years speaking on the exact same topic, and little has changed for women who still regularly face sexual harassment in […]
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Unite delegate Maggie Ryan gave a rousing speech on fighting the far-right and defending LGBT+ rights. Speaking in support of a motion on behalf of Unite, Maggie warned that “the poison of homophobia and transphobia is allowed to run rampant on social media”. “Hate figures like Andrew Tate are allowed a completely unrestricted platform to […]
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At TUC Congress this week (September 8-11), Unite delegates have been out and about, on the conference floor and beyond having their voices heard. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has channelled her members’ voices in several radio and TV interviews during Congress, calling on the Labour government to institute a wealth tax – and to […]
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UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular photo gallery of each day’s highlights. Below are photos from Tuesday (September 10)
In a motion on extreme heat, hospitality sector delegate Claire Trevor spoke on a motion about heat strike. She said, “Many of us in low paid, precarious jobs during a cost of living crisis are spending the whole year suffering from the increasingly extreme temperatures in the UK inside and outside of work. “Kitchen heat […]
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Unite delegate Tracey Whittle gave an impassioned speech in support of a composite on housing on Tuesday (September 10) at TUC Congress. Tracey asserted that “Britain is broken and our infrastructure is in a state of decay and disrepair”. “Nowhere is the failure of the previous Tory government more evident than their failure to provide […]
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Addressing the TUC, the first prime minister to do so in 15 years, Sir Keir Starmer delivered a fairly short speech outlining policies centring around the need for economic growth. He then answered delegates’ questions. Early in his speech he told conference that work was already underway to deliver on Labour’s New Deal for […]
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Unite delegate Susan Matthews gave a barnstorming speech as she moved a composite on the impact of AI in the workplace on Tuesday (September 10) at TUC Congress. Susan acknowledged that the scale of the impact of AI across all sectors was “far-reaching and only beginning to be understood”. She highlighted the work Unite has […]
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Unite delegate Cliff Bowen moved a composite on workers’ transition in the North Sea on Monday (September 9). He highlighted how “the future of over 30,000 oil and gas jobs across the North Sea hangs in the balance”. “This crisis is urgent. Environmental action is required but exporting jobs, skills and destroying working class kids’ […]
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Unite’s main contribution to the conference came in moving a composite motion, on Building a fairer economy. And the union’s general secretary Sharon Graham gave a virtuoso delivery of what was the best speech the floor had heard so far. She laid out the union’s view of what was the best way forward for workers […]
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Unite member Steph Wilkins gave an impassioned speech on behalf of Unite’s steelworker members as she spoke in support of a motion on steel. Steph reminded Congress that they were meeting at a time “when the future of thousands of steelworkers hangs in the balance in Port Talbot, Llanwern and now Scunthorpe”. “These are towns […]
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UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular photo gallery of each day’s highlights. Below are photos from Monday (September 9).
Speaking in support of a wider motion on informational picketing, Unite delegate Jim Kelly highlighted on Monday (September 9) a tactic increasingly used by bosses to restrict organising – exploiting byelaws never intended to undermine union activity. “This is not only a tactic employed by quangos but is also used by large multi-national corporations, […]
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Unite delegate Heather Gilfillan spoke in support of a Unite amendment to a composite on ending the ‘hostile environment’ for workers. Addressing Congress on Monday (September 9) she said, “Ending the legal offensive against workers is one of the most urgent tasks facing the new government. Our task – as a movement – is to […]
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Our economy is broken. Our public services are in crisis, from the NHS to the dozens of local councils facing bankruptcy. Our industries are in crisis, as infrastructure collapses from transport, to water, to the electricity grid. From Port Talbot to Aberdeen, tens of thousands of workers face job cuts from an unjust “transition to […]
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Unite delegate Kingsley Abrams gave a moving speech calling for justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire on Sunday (September 8) at TUC Congress. Kingsley highlighted that 72 people died in the fire and more than 70 people were seriously injured. “50 of the 72 people who died that night were Unite members,” […]
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UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular pic a gallery of our the highlights. Here are some pics from yesterday
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Unite delegate Lesley Mansell spoke passionately in favour of a composite on NHS pay on the first day of TUC Congress on Sunday (September 8). Lesley, who is the lead rep in her hospital, told Congress that for many years the union movement has “warned that the NHS is under severe pressure and for too […]
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On Emergency Services Day today (September 9) people across the country pay tribute to the heroic work of emergency workers, from firefighters to paramedics to police officers and many more in between. But for all their tireless efforts in keeping the public safe, and in treating the ill and injured, they face a shocking level […]
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