Unite delegates applaud new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at TUC today (September 15). Pic by Mark Thomas
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Unite delegates applaud new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at TUC today (September 15). Pic by Mark Thomas
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Despite being elected as Labour Leader only four days ago, Jeremy Corbyn, travelled down to address Congress. When he appeared there was a genuine standing ovation before he said a word. The former NUPE official (a founder union of UNISON) started his …Read more…
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner moved a general council statement on the EU referendum at the TUC today (September 15), arguing for a vision of “a social Europe, a peaceful Europe and…Read more…
Unite delegate Ian Lidbetter today (Tuesday, September 15) addressed TUC on disabled people and our welfare state. “When the reality of the general election result gradually sunk in in…Read more…
The news that automotive workers are the UK’s most productive employees, each generating £100,000 a year in added value, will come as no surprise to Unite members working in the sector. …Read more…
Running in parallel with their controversial and wide reaching trade union bill, the government are currently trying to overturn a 40 year ban on employers using agency temps to cover for striking workers. Unions are rather obviously against this move,…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn, newly elected Labour Party leader and lifelong trade union member addressed the TUC conference today (September 15). To a rapturous, standing ovation Jeremy Corbyn spoke about…Read more…
MPs from all parties condemn the ‘most significant, sustained and partisan attack’ on workers’ rights in 30 years
The article ‘Draconian’ trade union bill passes second reading first…Read more…
Nick Parnell is a Unite delegate and works for the emergency services. He is also a local councillor in Bury MBC. Today, (Tuesday September 15) he spoke to Congress in support of an emergency…Read more…
Jill Stokoe is is an Education Policy Adviser at ATL. Last week ATL submitted evidence to the Education Select Committee on the work of Ofsted, based on members’ views and experiences –…Read more…
The right to strike is under attack across the world. Unions in Finland are fighting back.Read more…
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady addressed Congress yesterday (September 14) as she laid out the scale of the challenges working people face. Welcoming the new Labour leadership, she…Read more…
Unite Executive Council member Jasmin Suraya spoke on quality care in the NHS today (September 15) at the TUC. She thanked the CSP for putting an important motion forward. Jasmin…Read more…
UNISON general secretary welcomes new language of opposition at TUC congress in Brighton today
The article ‘This is our time to smash the consensus’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Effectively tackling harm, abuse and neglect in health and care settings is vitally important, but is more legislation the best way to address this issue?
I was giving evidence to the Scottish…Read more…
The bill is far from finished, and we’ll be fighting it all the way over the coming months.Read more…
Former business secretary Vince Cable has branded it “depressingly ideological and completely unnecessary.” HR directors say it is counterproductive. The police say that union protests are peaceful…Read more…
Listen to Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s powerful speech to TUC in the video below on the trade union Bill – building a campaign to stop government attacks.
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Unite general secretary Len McCluskey made it clear from the very start of his moving speech that he was, “hereby giving this government due notice of my union’s intent to oppose, defy and using any…Read more…
Frances O’Grady says unions will continue to oppose the Bill as it goes through Parliament.Read more…