After a long and distracting contest, ending with Jeremy’s re-election as leader of our Party on an even greater mandate than last time means that we can get back to work. We can move away…Read more…
‘Under a shadow’
Unite health visitor Joyce Still warned the Labour Party Conference at a health debate today (September 27) about the impact that government austerity cuts have had on social care and urged the party…Read more…
Pension plans ‘fury’
Plans to close the final salary pension scheme for about 5,000 BMW car workers will be fought ‘tooth-and-claw’, Unite said today (September 27). Unite expressed fury at the announcement that…Read more…
Unite and reconnect call
Yesterday (September 25) saw the Real Britain fringe – a joint event hosted by Unite and the Daily Mirror – and by many regarded as the fringe event of the conference. The fringe, entitled…Read more…
Right-to-buy promises failing
Tory promises to build one home for every one sold under the controversial right-to-buy scheme are flatlining, with the National Audit Office (NAO) warning that a “fivefold increase” in new…Read more…
Support the right to strike
Now that we have come through a long and needless contest which saw Jeremy Corbyn not only winning but increasing his majority we can concentrate on policies. Tony Benn used to say its issues not…Read more…
‘True Labour’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey received a standing ovation after calling on the Labour Party at conference today (September 26) to stand in opposition to austerity but to also “stand for…Read more…
Fair day’s pay
Unite welcomed today’s (September 26) commitment from the shadow chancellor John McDonnell, that a Labour government would address poverty pay by putting a real living wage into law, which is…Read more…
‘Can’t run without us’
Unite bus worker James Mitchell, speaking on the Transport report at the Labour Party Conference today (September 26), highlighted key measures in the government’s Bus Services Bill which Labour must…Read more…
Transport unites us all
There have been calls for unity within the Party and I share these calls. We have to be united to take the fight to the Tories. And on many issues we are far more united than the Tories. We…Read more…
Fundamental right
Laura Pidcock, a Unite delegate from Blyth Valley, today (Monday 26 September) addressed the National Policy Forum report on housing. “Conference, every single person should have a home as a…Read more…
Harnessing Labour’s talents
An active industrial strategy which supports British manufacturing, decent jobs and reconnecting communities battered by Conservative cuts are among the issues for Unite at this year’s Labour Party…Read more…
So much anger, so much pain
Ahead of the US premiere of Ken Loach’s latest film, I, Daniel Blake, one reviewer called it a “joyous, funny and moving portrait of man”. At the heart of this portrait is the film’s title…Read more…
Bangladesh factory fire kills 34 as government fails to protect workers’ rights
This latest disaster in Bangladesh exposes poor governance and the desperate need for union involvement in keeping workers safe. The death of 34 workers at a Bangladesh factory last week, the…Read more…
Celebrate health visitors
Unite will celebrate the nation’s health visitors and 120 years of the CPHVA (Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors Association) with a special week of events from Monday 26 to Friday 30…Read more…
The ‘great pretender’
Last month, the government celebrated that it had ‘named and shamed’ 200 companies for failure to pay the minimum wage – the largest number of companies since the ‘naughty list’ scheme was first…Read more…
Care cuts: ‘A toxic mix’
Crippling social care cuts are hitting poor elderly people the hardest and leaving an increasing number of care homes on the brink of closure, a new report has found. The King’s Fund and…Read more…
Lord Price, show CETA the door at Bratislava castle
On Friday Lord Price, the UK’s minister for trade, will meet with ministers across the EU in Bratislava castle and the EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) is top of the agenda. This week the TUC General Secretary wrote to Trade Secretary Liam Fox calling for the UK government to oppose CETA and for…Read more…
Leavers ♥ NHS. Remainers ♥ NHS. Isn’t it about time to fund it properly?
The NHS funding crisis is well documented – descriptions of ambulances queuing to get into A&E, drastic cuts to budgets and the unprecedented numbers of NHS providers in the red (to name but a few) continue to dominate news headlines. The NHS – and how much money it gets – was a key issue…Read more…
Labour MPs: Shape up and unite
At last Wednesday’s (September 14) prime minister’s question time (PMQs) Jeremy Corbyn heard a sound that up until then had been absent from the Commons chamber – the sound of cheering from behind….Read more…