Over 3,000 people reported hate crimes to the police in the weeks around the EU referendum. That’s an increase of nearly 60%. We can only assume that many more crimes went unreported. Racism in…Read more…
Brexit’s implications for the rest of Europe: relaunch social Europe now!
As I’ve already reported on Stronger Unions, leaders of Europe’s trade union movement visited London on Monday. They were here in part to show solidarity with the British trade union movement post-Brexit. But they were also beginning to grapple with the implications for the rest of…Read more…
‘Miracle’ opportunity
Two of the Miami Five – anti-terrorism campaigners who were wrongly accused of espionage and spent nearly two decades in a US prison – received an emotional standing ovation at Unite’s policy…Read more…
The nation didn’t vote for a Brexit without a plan. Before triggering article 50, we need much broader negotiations
Two-thirds (66%) of voters want to see a broader team negotiating Brexit, including cross-party politicians, trade unions and employers. That’s the finding of a new GQRR poll we’re publishing today. That went for both remainers (69%) and leavers (65%). Only 10% of respondents thought the government…Read more…
Fighting trade union spirit
For the third consecutive year, on July 9, 150,000 people attended the Durham Miners’ Gala or ‘Big Meeting’ that is held against the spectacular backdrop of Durham Castle and…Read more…
‘We are on your side’
Yesterday (July 11) Unite policy conference made it clear that defending and securing the jobs of tens of thousands of defence workers involved in the successor submarine programme was its priority….Read more…
Why Theresa May is right – and the FT is wrong – about co-determination
It was the UK’s first woman Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who said “It’s a funny old world” as she was about to take her leave of Downing Street. Now the second woman to enter the UK’s most famous address, Theresa May, is setting out her policy stall and has advocated both an active industrial…Read more…
Under threat
Unite has said that Transport for London (TfL) has a duty to find employment for the 400 Routemaster conductors who face losing their jobs and that there must be no compulsory redundancies by TfL and…Read more…
Devastating impact
A campaign to stop lethal cuts to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been launched by Unite and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS). Last autumn the Tories…Read more…
‘Yes to solidarity’
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Making a difference to workers
Unite’s fourth ever Policy Conference began yesterday (July 11) in Brighton, with Unite’s executive committee chair, Tony Woodhouse, giving opening remarks in which he laid out Unite’s mission – to…Read more…
Shoulder-to-shoulder
In a powerful speech Unite general secretary Len McCluskey told Unite Policy Conference delegates yesterday (July 11) that the Labour Party must step away from the ‘squalid coup’ that has engulfed…Read more…
Remain united, remain strong
In a dynamic keynote address at policy conference yesterday (July 11), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey emphasised the importance of unity at a time in which, he said, “our country is riven by…Read more…
Theresa May echoes key TUC policy calling for workers on company boards
Theresa May, now the only candidate for the Conservative leadership, has called for company boards to include both workers and consumer representatives. She has also called for shareholder votes on remuneration to be held annually and for votes on individual directors’ pay packages to be made…Read more…
Mesothelioma statistics show need for action
The HSE have published their fatalities statistics. Provisional figures indicate that 144 people were killed while at work in 2015/2016 – up from 142 in 2014/2015. This is the second year running…Read more…
If it was safe enough to choose our new PM, online voting is safe enough for trade unions
The Conservative Party leadership election has been rapid, dramatic and completely bewildering. And now with the withdrawal of the last remaining challenger to Theresa May it looks like there won’t even be a vote at all. But there’s one thing in this campaign that has been overlooked in…Read more…
Europe’s trade unions come to London to show solidarity
This morning, the leaders of Europe’s trade unions met in the TUC General Council chamber – people like ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation) General Secretary Luca Visentini and…Read more…
Fairness for Ebola fight heroes
An NHS biomedical scientist and Unite member, who twice volunteered in Sierra Leone during the Ebola Crisis, has called for the 200 NHS workers and academics who risked their lives to combat the…Read more…
EU workers in UK: where do I stand?
I’m an EU national, from Spain. I work as a hotel cleaner. On June 24 after the UK voted for Brexit, my employers gave me a pay cut. They said if I don’t like it I can go back to Spain. Where do I…Read more…
£150bn new lending is a tall order, even for Mark Carney
Since the referendum vote, the Bank of England have been working tirelessly to protect the economy. But the announcement the other day of an increase in banks “capacity for lending to UK households and businesses by up to £150 billion” needs to be taken with a big pinch of salt (hence ‘up to’). The…Read more…