Addressing a packed hall of students at York University (November 19) Unite general secretary Len McCluskey spoke about the positive economic policies needed to kick-start British industry and create…Read more…
Justice now call
Unite has welcomed the `unreserved apology’ from the Metropolitan Police to the seven women duped into relationships with undercover police officers specially assigned to infiltrate politically…Read more…
Episode 25: Taking the first step
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‘Economics of Arthur Daley’
Media reports that further cuts to local government public health budgets are on the cards as a way of slashing overall health spending should be strongly resisted, Unite said today (November 20)….Read more…
Episode 24: ‘We don’t want one day heroes’
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Fare treatment please
George Osborne is being warned the impact of looming government cuts to bus services will see the country “grind to a halt.” Local bus services – which account for almost two thirds of public…Read more…
Strong medicine
Junior doctors are not known for taking strike action. In fact it is over 40 years since they last did so. But today (November 19), junior doctors have delivered the biggest ever vote in…Read more…
Tax credit cuts: hunger rise
Tax credit cuts – which will see millions of the nation’s poorest families lose more than £1000 each year – have not yet even kicked in, and food bank use continues to soar each year. Figures…Read more…
Galvanising a generation
With only 10 per cent of Unite’s 1.4m membership aged under 30 the race is on to recruit young workers and get them active in the union. Anthony Curley will be key to developments. Aged…Read more…
Saluting our community nurses
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey spoke at the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) conference this morning (November 18). In his address, he hailed members who…Read more…
Episode 23: Picnic against poverty
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‘Draconian assault’
The battle against the Tory trade union Bill will shift to the House of Lords in the next two weeks after the Commons voted it through with some minor amendments. The Bill remains a draconian…Read more…
Bad job
For more and more people, bullying does not simply end in the schoolyard – it continues, too, in the workplace. As part of National Anti-Bullying Week this week, the conciliation and…Read more…
Episode 22: ‘What do we want?’
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Rock bottom deal?
Boasts by George Osborne that the £13bn sale of former Northern Rock mortgage loans have resulted in gains for the taxpayer are being questioned by industry experts with Unite calling for answers and…Read more…
Episode 21: ‘Bullied and victimised at work’
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The 50-year pay gap
The UK is now on track to close the pay gap with men. A girl born this week will see equal pay between men and women in her lifetime. Good news indeed – although she’ll have to wait till the time she…Read more…
Unity is strength
In the wake of the horrific attacks that took place in Paris on Friday (November 13) Unite last night expressed its deepest sympathy, sending heartfelt condolences to the friends, families and loved…Read more…
The commission of omission
At the end of October the chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, revealed the eight names on the new infrastructure commission led by former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis. The…Read more…
No diversions
Bosses should focus on settling the wage rates dispute at the £200 million energy-from-waste plant being built at the Wilton complex on Teesside, instead of hiding behind court injunctions to divert…Read more…