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Unite delegate Aaron Griffiths gave a heartfelt and moving speech in support of a motion on young workers’ mental health on the last day of TUC Congress on Thursday (October 20). Aaron said he spoke on the same motion, which he called ‘very close to my heart’, in London at the TUC young workers’ conference, […]
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Unite delegate Dave Allan seconded a motion on disabled workers at TUC conference on Thursday (October 20) as he outlined how the “government’s disability strategy fails on all fronts”. “It was delivered too late; it was not based on any consultation with disabled people or disabled people’s organisations; it has zero ambition and any recommendations […]
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham highlighted the ‘horror story’ of the present government and called on Labour to present a ‘a clear and action-based’ alternative, as she reacted to Labour leader Keir Starmer’s speech to TUC Congress. Starmer addressed TUC Congress on its last day on Thursday (October 20), outlining what a future Labour government […]
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Public services, wages and staff would be better treated under Labour
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Unite delegate Jane Stewart spoke passionately in support of a composite on menopause on Wednesday (October 19) at TUC conference. Seconding the composite, Jane said, “Menopause is not an illness, it’s part of a woman’s life cycle and should be accepted as that without fear or embarrassment.” But, she added, because it is considered a […]
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Unite delegate Lesley Mansell spoke passionately in support of a motion on tackling and preventing sexual harassment in the workplace on Wednesday (October 19). She highlighted how lesbians are not protected from sexual harassment because their “experiences are still largely invisible and therefore ignored”. Lesley pointed to a 2017 TUC report which shed light on […]
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I am looking forward to this trade union Labour Party focused debate on 29 October (in personal capacity only). It was an amazing conference and while we should not be at all complacent, the Tories were (and still are) seemingly trying to do everything…Read more…
At TUC Congress in Brighton on Wednesday (October 19), Unite called for a just transition for UK food industry workers impacted by efforts in the sector to reduce carbon emissions. Supporting composite three in favour of declaring a food emergency, Unite noted that last year Congress welcomed the government’s National Food Strategy. However Unite said […]
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Unite delegate Susan Matthews gave an impassioned speech at TUC conference on Wednesday (October 19) as she moved a composite on winning equalities in the workplace. What is needed, Susan said, “is stronger action – action is needed to drive an equalities strategy through our workplaces, as part of achieving a more equal society and […]
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Meeting for their annual conference, delegates also discuss motions on pensions, bus passes and free prescriptions
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Unite called for the government to prioritise UK jobs and industries when issuing defence contracts at Congress in Brighton on Wednesday (October 19). Supporting composite two on economic recovery and manufacturing jobs, the union said hundreds of thousands of skilled workers in shipbuilding, defence, steelmaking and other industries are all being failed by a government […]
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Unite delegate Tommy Murphy seconded an emergency motion on the Royal Mail, which recently announced it would be cutting 10,000 jobs. Tommy said at the heart of this “disgusting threat to jobs” was the “grim reality of privatisation”. “Royal Mail, a once great public service, used to set the standards that all public postal services […]
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Unite head of operations and former TUC president Gail Cartmail gave a moving speech at TUC conference on Wednesday (October 19) in which she paid tribute to the NHS. Reflecting on a previous speech given by then-TUC president Mark Serwotka in 2019, Gail noted how Mark had said he’d passed an important milestone – 1000 […]
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There is another way to deliver an economy that works for working people, but the government couldn’t be further from it,
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Unite delegate and construction worker Tracey Whittle made a powerful contribution to a debate on working in high temperatures on Wednesday (October 19). Highlighting that as weather becomes more and more severe, Tracey said it was vital that conference discuss “the realities of working in a climate crisis”. Drawing from her own experience in the […]
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Unite delegate Dave Allan made a powerful intervention at the second day of TUC conference on Wednesday (October 19) in defence of social model language. Dave, who is Unite’s disabled workers rep on the executive council and co-chair of the Disabled Workers’ Committee, reminded conference that it has long “supported the social model of disability […]
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave an inspiring speech at TUC conference on Wednesday (October 19), as she moved a motion on rebuilding industrial power. Below is Sharon’s speech in full. Friends, I bring with me solidarity from over 400 Unite picket lines that have lined the streets and cities throughout our nations — from […]
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(Looking forward to being a speaker at the Labour Housing Group Policy day this Saturday in Birmingham). “Join us in Birmingham or online to discuss tackling poor housing standards across all tenures. Winter is coming and millions of pe…Read more…
Unite head of operations Gail Cartmail spoke of the pressing need for a just transition to net zero on the first day of TUC conference on Tuesday (October 18). Moving a composite on defending jobs and a just transition, Gail said, “The need for action in the face of our climate emergency could not be […]
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This is a superb book – well-written and compelling. It tells the little-known (or little-remembered) story of the relationship between the man known as the ‘Pope of Marxism’ and the Russian revolutionaries. Karl Kautsky was…Read more…