Falling levels of home ownership and a reliance on state benefits mean that middle income families now have more in common with poor households than wealthy ones, with working families becoming the…Read more…
‘Reap what you sow’
An HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation into infamous employer Sports Direct for not paying its 3000 warehouse staff the national minimum wage is understood to have been widened to include the…Read more…
Orgreave: Inquiry news by year’s end
The new home secretary Amber Rudd today (July 20) announced she will meet with the Orgreave Truth and Justice Camping (OTJC) after the summer recess following calls for a public inquiry into the…Read more…
March for public services
This Saturday (July 23) people will be taking to the streets of Bromley to call on the Tory-led council to stop the cuts and privatisation of services. Unite has organised the march to show council…Read more…
Pushed to the limit
North Sea oil and gas workers are to strike for the first time in a generation. Almost 400 members of Unite and RMT unions who work for multinational oil and gas services company, Wood Group across…Read more…
Fighting for good of humanity
Growing up James Bentley never really heard much about his great-grandfather, Jim Bentley. Neither did anyone else in the Bentley family. That won’t be the case for future generations, says James,…Read more…
Last resort
More than 110 drivers from First Hampshire and Dorset Ltd in Weymouth and Bridport are to strike for five days next week in an ongoing dispute on pay. This will be the sixth week of the…Read more…
Rank hypocrisy
Staff at Dorset county council will be protesting on Thursday (July 21) over ‘them and us’ pay inequality at the council’s headquarters. Employees’ are angry at large pay rises planned for council…Read more…
Pouring petrol on the fire
Thousands of Unite First Bus members across the country are considering industrial action against the company’s attacks on pay and working conditions. First Bus is facing pending industrial…Read more…
Courage and solidarity
Speaking at Unite’s policy conference today (July 14), shadow chancellor John McDonnell laid out the Labour party’s radical plan to transform society under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn…Read more…
Radical transformation
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell laid out the Labour party’s single-minded “ambition to radically transform society” in a speech at Unite’s policy conference today (July 14), in which he also took…Read more…
Labour – fight Tories call
Unite members expressed frustration in a vote at conference today (July 14) in which they debated the policy of reselection of Labour MPs. Examining the conduct of some within the party and the…Read more…
Support Corbyn call
Uniting behind Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Unite delegates voted in favour of a motion today (July 14) to call on Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) to urge their MPs to support the party’s…Read more…
United for steel – 2
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell discussing the latest steel situation with Unite steel workers. Pic by Mark Thomas
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Accountable services call
Fighting against privatisation of public services was an important discussion for delegates (July 12) who believed that the process was “often not transparent nor meaningful. The consultation fails…Read more…
At the heart of Unite
“Solidarity is at the heart of Unite,” said shadow chancellor John McDonnell as he made his address to Unite policy conference, today (July 14). He received no less than three standing…Read more…
Seat at Brexit table call
Unite policy conference delegates backed a statement on Europe from the union’s executive council yesterday (July 14), which demanded trade union input into the ‘Brexit’ negotiations. Warning…Read more…
Change for the better
In his first speech after it was confirmed on Tuesday (July 12) that he would be on the ballot paper in the upcoming Labour leadership contest, Jeremy Corbyn addressed delegates at Unite’s policy…Read more…
Bus drivers under attack
Unite drivers suspended bus services in a district of West Belfast last weekend, after a double-decker was petrol bombed. Luckily no one was hurt during the attack, which took place in the…Read more…
What makes us strong
View Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s standing ovation speech in his address to Unite policy conference delegates, July 13.
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