As the TUC celebrates its 150th anniversary, the trade union movement looks back on its successes but also looks forward to the work that still needs to be done to ensure workers’ rights and…Read more…
A green new deal
Speaking in support of a motion on a just transition for energy workers, Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail warned of the challenges of climate change and the need for trade unions to…Read more…
‘Heal the wounds’ of Brexit
Congress, today marks just 200 days for a divided, torn and shambolic government to reach agreement with the European Union on the most pressing issue facing us. Our members want to secure…Read more…
‘The vote we desperately need’
I think we can all agree that Brexit is the biggest challenge facing our movement today – graphically illustrated by Steve’s excellent opening contribution. The jobs of our members, their…Read more…
Block no-deal Brexit call
TUC congress delegates have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a Unite motion to mobilise against a “cliff edge” Brexit and for a general election in the event of a deal that does not protect workers’…Read more…
‘Year of the young workers’
It took Unite delegate Tony Davies three apprenticeships to finally find one that didn’t exploit him. This he said was his own example of “what young people will be left with if we do not…Read more…
Free Ocalan
Yesterday (September 9) Tommy Murphy spoke at TUC for Unite seconding motion 75 on Turkey. “Comrades, the Turkish regime is at war with its own people,” said Murphy. It’s record of…Read more…
‘Unimaginable courage’
The trade union movement must stand united with Grenfell survivors in their fight for a full public inquiry in which those responsible are held to account. This was the message of Unite…Read more…
Collective voice call
Collective bargaining’s massive decline in the UK must be reversed, Unite delegate Mahf Kahn told the TUC conference on Monday (September 10). He called the reduction of collective bargaining…Read more…
‘New life, new energy’
Unite delegate Asif Mohammed spoke today (September 10) at TUC conference in a support of a motion on fast food workers as he outlined the plight of TGI Fridays waiters and their historic ongoing…Read more…
‘Not a one off’
Carillion’s spectacular fall from grace earlier this year, which wiped out thousands of jobs and has stalled public sector projects including hospitals, is one of the greatest corporate failures in…Read more…
Left in the dark
Yesterday (Sunday September 9) Unite delegate Syed Nahid Uddin spoke to a packed hall at Trade Union Congress conference in Manchester in support of motion 31 – pension auto-enrolment and the lowest…Read more…
‘Stand up and fight’
Especially in the wake of the #MeToo movement, ending sexual harassment in the workplace has become a central issue for trade unions. On the opening day of TUC conference (September 9), Unite…Read more…
‘Powerful agents of change’
In the historic 150th anniversary year of the Trades’ Union Congress (TUC) delegates the UK’s trade unions gathered from today (September 9) in Manchester – where the TUC first met…Read more…
Counting the cost of debt
Problem debt is costing the economy at least £900m a year according to a report by an official watchdog, which said the government has “insufficient” understanding of people’s struggles with the…Read more…
Ending the taboo
Campaigners celebrated in 2016 when Parliament first voted to end VAT on sanitary products – the so-called ‘tampon tax’. But two years later, women across the UK are still waiting for action –…Read more…
Pay deal win
Crane workers at the Liebherr Sunderland Works have overwhelmingly accepted a new improved pay offer today (September 6), Unite has announced. The new offer that was overwhelmingly accepted by…Read more…
Wearing red
Show Racism the Red Card launched it’s annual Wear Red Day event, to be held on October 19, at Unite the Union headquarters last night (September 5), where union members and former and current…Read more…
Fighting the football hijackers
They say charity begins at home – and in many ways too so do society’s worst ills – like racism. That’s why Show Racism the Red Card, an anti-racist education group, takes its message of…Read more…
‘This beautiful game of ours’
Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC), an anti-racism educational organisation which Unite has long supported, will be holding its fourth annual Wear Red Day on October 19. Last night (September 5) the…Read more…