‘Cut him some slack’. ‘Give him a chance’. Just a few of the vox pops of members of the public who are as fed up with the British press in its predictable onslaught against Jeremy Corbyn as I am….Read more…
Together we can win
Click below to see Unite general secretary Len McCluskey discuss racism – and how we can defeat it – in football, at work and in society with Show Racism the Red Card’s former player and manager…Read more…
Solidarity is the only way
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we look at how divide and rule tactics de-humanises immigrants Immigrant ‘swarms’ are…Read more…
No business case
Business secretary Sajid Javid has been urged to ‘bang heads together’ so that the US bosses of Goodyear hold ‘genuine’ consultations over the threat to 330 jobs at its Wolverhampton plant. …Read more…
Rally for Redcar
SSI, Majuba Road car park, Redcar, Teesside TS10 5BJ 18:45 tonight (Thursday 24 September 2015) A rally tonight in Redcar will highlight the crisis in the UK steel industry which is…Read more…
Levelling the playing field
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we discuss the findings of Unite’s survey Unite’s recent survey of black,…Read more…
Holiday pay result
Unite has won compensation for cabin crew for underpayment on all elements of holiday pay at easyJet. The ground-breaking deal covers basic pay, sector pay and commission. Cabin crew’s holiday pay…Read more…
They shall not prevail
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we continue with two Unite members’ experiences of racism at work What do a…Read more…
Cameron’s welfare merry-go-round
A new report out today (Tuesday September 22) shows that the best way to help the in-work poor is through tax credits and that they should be increased to eliminate financial inequality. But…Read more…
The People’s railway
Unite has welcomed Jeremy Corbyn’s proposed people’s railway describing it as “an end to business as usual for failed companies in a failed system.” The new Labour leader has indicated he…Read more…
Bigger than football
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we continue with some footballers’ own stories If football is a microcosm of…Read more…
Pay rise win after strike threat
The threat of strike action by refuse workers in the London borough of Bromley has led to a ‘double your money’ pay offer which sets an example for other firms providing outsourced local government…Read more…
A beacon for freedom
The Woodland Trust is asking people to vote for England’s first Tree of the Year from a list of 10 unique English trees that have significant cultural or ecological value. Unite is urging…Read more…
Call for energy blueprint
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…