Chinese investment in the Hinkley Point nuclear power station has “laid the financial building blocks” for the project to go-ahead according to Unite. But the country’s largest…Read more…
TUC 2015 – Unite highlights
This year’s TUC saw members of Unite’s delegation speak on the gender pension’s gap, blacklisting, discrimination against pregnant women, the EU referendum, the NHS and the Trade Union Bill to name a…Read more…
Support trades councils call
Unite delegate Pat Stuart spoke on the last day of the TUC conference (Wednesday September 16) in support of trades councils. Pat called trades councils, which bring together unions to work…Read more…
Making the change
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we start with how it all began. At Newcastle’s St James Park in 1995 it…Read more…
Lidl: wages pledge exclusion anger
As supermarket chain Lidl announced today (September 18) that it would introduce a Living Wage of £8.20 an hour for workers in England, Wales and Scotland, Unite members demand to know why workers in…Read more…
Crisis point
Britain’s steel industry is at ‘crisis point’ warned Unite as it urged the government to step up its support for the troubled industry. The call follows today’s (September 18) decision by SSI…Read more…
Porton Down secret move
Public Health England (PHE) has been accused of ‘acting in bad faith’ by not informing the trade unions before the announcement that its facilities will be moved from Porton Down to Harlow in Essex….Read more…
Millions say no to TTIP
Set to be one of the largest bilateral trade agreements every negotiated, TTIP – the mammoth EU-US deal currently being negotiated in secret – has also garnered mammoth media attention. The…Read more…
‘Paltry’ pay offer
Workers at a Leeds printing plate firm are going on a 48-hour strike over a ‘paltry’ pay offer from Sunday morning (September 20). About 50 Unite members at AGFA Graphics, Coal Road, Seacroft…Read more…
High cost of right to buy
More than one hundred thousand council homes across England will have to be sold to fund the Tories’ extension of right to buy, according to a new report released today (September 17) from housing…Read more…
No workers’ rights? No World Cup
Unite delegate Scot Walker spoke in support of a motion on FIFA today (September 16) on the final day of the TUC conference. “Sisters and brothers, as a football fan, I recognise that…Read more…
LGBT equality fight continues
Unite delegate Maggie Ryan moved a motion today (September 16) at the TUC on discrimination in survivor pensions – a motion that was prioritised at this year’s national LGBT conference. …Read more…
End gender pensions gap
Ceri Wright, a Unite delegate from the finance sector, spoke today (September 16) on the gender pension gap. According to a report from Prudential, women can expect an average retirement…Read more…
Zero tolerance
Unite delegate Suki Sangha today (Wednesday September 16) spoke at TUC conference on young people and the challenges they face today in and outside of work. “The threat of eviction and…Read more…
Demand the truth
Unite delegate Howard Sharpe spoke today (September 16) at the TUC in support of blacklisted trade unionists. “My story is the story of hundreds, maybe thousands, of other union activists,” he…Read more…
TiSA: threat to public services
Readers of Tribune will undoubtedly be aware of the transatlantic free trade agreement between the EU and the USA, known as TTIP. You may have heard about a similar agreement (which is all but signed…Read more…
Campaign for pregnant workers
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland today (Tuesday, September 15) moved a motion at the TUC in support of pregnant women facing discrimination at work. “When I first became a union…Read more…
Rousing applause
Unite delegates applaud new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at TUC today (September 15). Pic by Mark Thomas
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Towards a ‘Europe that shares our values’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner moved a general council statement on the EU referendum at the TUC today (September 15), arguing for a vision of “a social Europe, a peaceful Europe and…Read more…
Injustice for disabled workers
Unite delegate Ian Lidbetter today (Tuesday, September 15) addressed TUC on disabled people and our welfare state. “When the reality of the general election result gradually sunk in in…Read more…