Unite Executive Council member and a bus worker James Mitchell spoke today (September 29) at the Labour Party conference on the Living Standards and Sustainability report regarding transport and the…Read more…
A new political movement
Yesterday (September 28) at the Labour Party Conference was a turning point in our battle against this vicious Tory government. Unlike previous Labour conferences I was riveted to my seat…Read more…
‘Very, very worried’
If the government wanted to help we’d have been the first steel plant in line for it, given the position of the company,” says Unite SSI convenor Kevin Cook. “Talk about a ‘steel summit’ is one thing…Read more…
Policies for working people
Unite political director Jennie Formby spoke today (September 28) at the Labour Party conference about the Work and Business Policy Commission annual report. Jennie spoke as Labour Party NEC…Read more…
Pension loss for war grave staff scandal
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is to slash the pensions of staff who tend the cemeteries of the war dead. The CWGC is pressing ahead to break the final salary linkage for the…Read more…
A reminder of courage and determination
Trade unionists from across the globe gathered in Liverpool yesterday (September 26), to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the city’s historic 1995 dock workers’ dispute. Unite…Read more…
‘My paintings are my protest’
In a book launch like no other, a Tale of Two Cities – a powerful graphically illustrated novel about bullied and exploited hotel workers, had its formal opening at this year’s Labour Party…Read more…
Osborne’s cruel joke on manufacturing
During the 80s our industrial base was decimated. Margaret Thatcher in pursuit of new-liberal economics and her attacks on the trade unions ripped apart the post-war consensus. Whole swathes…Read more…
Hope and unity
The chances of victory over the limitations of the trade union Bill would be greatly enhanced with a united Labour Party behind us – said Len McCluskey, speaking to a motion on the trade union Bill….Read more…
Save our steel
Unite delegate Ian Cameron (pictured front in blue shirt) spoke today (September 28) at the Labour party conference in support of UK steel, specifically calling on the government to intervene after…Read more…
Beer’s off?
A global pay freeze by brewers Carlsberg has left a sour taste in the mouth for workers at its Northampton plant. As a result, nearly 200 engineers, brewers, processers and packers at the Bridge…Read more…
Support British manufacturing
Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke today (September 28) spoke at the Labour Party conference about manufacturing, growth and the role trade unions can play in being drivers of productivity….Read more…
Save Redcar steel
The government’s much vaunted ‘Northern Powerhouse’ risks being nothing more than empty rhetoric unless it intervenes to save the SSI steelworks in Redcar on Teesside, Unite said today (September 28)…Read more…
A real alternative
Unite and the Daily Mirror’s joint Real Britain fringe this year asked the question, when did the war on poverty become a war on the poor? The panel, chaired by the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire,…Read more…
We need a better politics
“The last few weeks have been an absolute spectacle – it is clear that this movement has voted for change, and not by a slight margin but by an overwhelming majority,” said Unite delegate Laura…Read more…
Engaging the energy of all
In Unite’s first contribution to this year’s Labour conference, Unite EC and Labour National Policy Forum member, Maggie Ryan, said at this time of re-building the party it was “absolutely vital” for…Read more…
Community spirit will never be defeated
Liverpool is my home city. I was delighted to be back home this weekend for many reasons but primarily so that I can honour one of the most heroic struggles in the history of our movement, the dock…Read more…
Tory’s green flag in tatters
Less than a decade ago, current prime minister David Cameron set off to visit a remote Norwegian glacier to witness first-hand the effects of global warming. On a sled to visit the site, he famously…Read more…
Steely resolve
The Redcar steelworkers were paid today, but only because the taxman fast-tracked money owed to their employers SSI iron and steel makers. And despite the possibility they won’t be paid next month,…Read more…
Return to the age of secrecy?
The MP’s expenses scandal — one of the biggest stories to break in the past decade — may have been kept a secret to this day, had it not been for the Freedom of Information Act, made into law in…Read more…