Unite EC member Mohammad Taj addressed TUC Congress on transport today (September 14). Unite has a long and proud record of representing transport workers and making the case for high…Read more…
MPs: listen to public on Trade Union bill
As the second reading of the Trade Union bill takes place this afternoon (September 14), mounting pressure against the bill is revealed in a new YouGov poll showing the vast majority of the public to…Read more…
Take heart comrades
Don’t let the Tory ‘schoolboy bullies’ get you too despondent – was Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s message to a packed fringe meeting on the trade union Bill. The Institute of Employment…Read more…
TUC calls for Corbyn to get stuck into Tories
Frances O’Grady says Labour should do what Opposition should do and oppose the governmentRead more…
Paying the price for industry’s failures
Unite EC member Jane Stewart spoke at the TUC conference today (September 14) in support of a motion highlighting the current issues members in the offshore oil and gas industry now face. …Read more…
‘Crucial component’ of the economy
Unite delegate Dai Bowyer spoke about the UK’s steel industry and what must be done to protect its future at the TUC conference today (Monday September 14). “Unite and Community are proud of our…Read more…
It is our ‘humanitarian and moral duty’ to act over refugee crisis
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis speaks at TUC race relations fringe
The article It is our ‘humanitarian and moral duty’ to act over refugee crisis first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Culture change call
On Sunday (September 13), Unite conference delegate Jane Stewart spoke on positive consultation and employee engagement. She said that Unite supported the motion but had some reservations as…Read more…
Why the Trade Union Bill is especially wrong in Scotland
The Trade Union Bill weakens our voice at work, and weakens our campaigning voice. It undermines the right to strike, union organisation and aims to make it harder for unions to win a fairer deal at…Read more…
TU Bill: down a slippery slope
The right to form and join trade unions has been protected in international law for a very long time. So has the right to protest. The most obvious legal provision is found in Article 11 of the…Read more…
‘Curious financial reasoning’
Tomorrow (September 15) Unite Community members will march to Bristol council to hand in a petition against the closure of beds for disabled children at a local respite centre. The petition…Read more…
Bercow praises unions as his party prepares to bury them
Ahead of Trade Union Bill, House of Commons Speaker says he respects unionsRead more…
Members rally for the right to strike in Newcastle
Singer Grace Petrie joins campaigners in protest against Trade Union Bill
The article Members rally for the right to strike in Newcastle first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON launches survey of chief officers and senior managers in local government
Local government chief officers and senior managers: help us represent and campaign on your behalf by completing our survey
The article UNISON launches survey of chief officers and senior managers…Read more…
Campaign against TTIP gains momentum
Councils sign up to support campaign against transatlantic trade deal that threatens democracy
The article Campaign against TTIP gains momentum first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘A new kind of politics’
Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader with a mandate which dwarfs that given to Tony Blair 21 years ago is the most extraordinary event in the 45 years I have been a party member. To say it is a…Read more…
Support local newspapers call
Unite print worker Tom Murphy seconded an NUJ motion at the TUC conference yesterday (September 13), calling for support for local newspapers. In his speech, Murphy highlighted the need for…Read more…
Can Dave Prentis make his own supporters behave appropriately?
Dave Prentis, our incumbent General Secretary and candidate for re-election to his job for the fourth time, is careful to campaign in a positive and statespersonlike way. Not for him any direct attacks upon his opponents (whom he doesn’t mention on his…Read more…
We have collectively chosen to drive the car towards an increasingly unequal society
James Meadway, Chief Economist at the New Economics Foundation gives us his thoughts ahead of Tuesday’s TUC fringe ‘Will the current education system deliver skills for the workforce of…Read more…
Why I’m voting against the Trade Union Bill
Labour MP Jo Stevens tells USi the Bill must be opposed by everyone who values freedom and the rule of lawRead more…