Back in 2010, the ConDem government promised us the world. But did they deliver? To find out, we’ve drawn up a 10-point exam, which we’ve marked – the facts speak for themselves. So how…Read more…
Radical alternative for change
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey spoke to LBC Radio this evening (May 1), urging the British people to take stock of the enormously important decision facing the electorate on May 7. …Read more…
Rooted to hopes of working class
There’s a no-nonsense streak to Ian Davidson which can only be a strength on the doorstep during the cut and thrust of an election campaign. “The issues here are a lack of income and under…Read more…
In search of the impossible
Grand Central, a luxury development to be constructed on a derelict site in Cambridge, will only have eight affordable homes. This is in an area where over 2,000 people languish on council house…Read more…
Finely in the balance
What did last night’s Question Time with the “three leaders” tell us? Certainly that the public likes it political meat raw and there remains real anger out there at the “political class”. …Read more…
Shock redundancies
Over 300 workers from the Markinch paper mill Tullis Russell met in Glenrothes yesterday (April 30) with emotions running high following 325 shock redundancies earlier this week after company…Read more…
Another world is possible
“The biggest assault on workers’ rights for a generation” is how Katy Clark characterises the past five years of Tory-led government. “Measures such as tribunal fees and cuts to health and…Read more…
Redundancies resistance
Rolls-Royce’s continued failure to offer guarantees over compulsory redundancies is leading to mounting anger that raises the possibility of industrial action, Unite warned yesterday (April 29)….Read more…
Spirit of Clem Attlee
The shining example of Clem Attlee in rebuilding a battered Britain after the Second World War and her belief in Christian Socialism inspire Rachael Maskell (pictured left) in her bid to become the…Read more…
Only if it works for workers
“I’m on the left” says Michael Connarty with an obvious degree of pride about his deep roots in Labour and the trade union movement going back to the 1970s. First elected to Westminster in…Read more…
‘Die-in’ protest to save NHS
Health campaigners from across the country staged a “die-in” today (April 30), gathering outside the Department of Health to deliver a petition to save the NHS. UniteLive spoke to Andy…Read more…
The great Tory jobs illusion
While the central weapon of the Tory’s election campaign – economic growth – collapsed yesterday, one of their claims does indeed hold water. The coalition government has actually presided…Read more…
Employment practices 1215-style
Unite member Reverend Mark Sharpe, like faith workers up and down the country, carried out duties on a full-time basis in exchange for pay – it’s what we in a modern democracy governed by the rule of…Read more…
Don’t gamble – vote Labour
It’s been interesting watching the Tory media over the election period as they panic more and more as the election draws near. Distortions give way to outright lies as they seek to sow the…Read more…
Choose hope over fear
`By the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone.’ So it says on my Labour party membership card, the card I’ve carried with me throughout my adult life, nestling…Read more…
Stop London’s ‘social cleansing’
Unite Community is launching a London-wide campaign bringing together residents whose estates are threatened by regeneration schemes which divide communities and force families from the areas they…Read more…
Labour’s rural lifeline
Labour has pledged to replace the Agricultural Wages Board with a new taskforce – it revealed yesterday (April 28) in the launch of its new rural manifesto. Outlining how Labour would ensure…Read more…
House of cards
The Tory election campaign has been built on one premise and one premise alone – that it was their government who was responsible for an economy now bouncing back, and that it was their austerity…Read more…
Remembering those we have lost
Unite members in North East Lincolnshire have played a major role in today’s International Workers Memorial Day (WMD April 28) events in their area. This is the 13th year in which…Read more…
Never forget
Today (April 28), International Workers Memorial Day, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey dedicated a bench in Red Lion Square, London, to never forget those who have died at work. To hear…Read more…