Unite general secretary Sharon Graham on Wednesday (September 29) joined Weetabix factory engineers who are striking over Weetabix’s brutal ‘fire and rehire’ ultimatum that will slash their wages and…Read more…
‘This is not the time to stop furlough’
With a fuel supply crisis, a mounting cost of living crisis and parts of the economy still operating under Covid-19 restrictions, Unite’s general secretary says that this is not the time to end…Read more…
Keir Starmer Leader Speech to Labour Party Conference 2021
I am back home after spending the last 5 days at Brighton for the Labour Party Conference 2021. It was great to be back in Brighton at a physical, real life face to face conference, after all this time.
I was there as a Party member (self funding…Read more…
Speech at Labour Part :about & Palestine Fringe Meeting September 28th
Comrades, Yesterday the Labour Party members made a momentous decision committing our Party to stand solidly behind the Palestinian people. In 2020 I was proud to move the motion that committed the…Read more…
Save Elkes Biscuits call
Unite the union today (September 29) called for potential buyers to step forward to purchase Elkes Biscuits in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, following the decision by its owner 2 Sisters Food Group to…Read more…
‘Not much for Unite members’ in speech
Unite expressed disappointment in Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on Wednesday (September 29), his first in-person address to Labour Party Conference. Starmer outlined the cost of living…Read more…
UNISON responds to Keir Starmer’s speech
Labour is offering just what the country needs after 11 years of Tory mismanagement
The article UNISON responds to Keir Starmer’s speech first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘We stand at the brink of a social and industrial crisis’
Unite political lead Rob MacGregor gave an impassioned speech at Labour Party Conference on Monday (September 27) as he moved a composite on ensuring working people don’t pay for the present…Read more…
‘We are on our own’
Paul Ainslie, a London bus driver and Unite delegate to Labour’s conference has a powerful story to tell.
Throughout the pandemic bus drivers kept on working taking staff to hospitals, to…Read more…
Wrong prescription for the NHS
Labour must oppose Health and Care Bill
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‘Defend our rights – through whatever means necessary’
Unite delegate Susan Matthews spoke out against the police and crime bill – and its implications for peaceful protest – on Tuesday (September 28) at the Labour Party conference. “It is no coincidence…Read more…
‘I don’t need a cure’
Unite delegate Phil Jones, who is also chair of Unite’s national LGBT+ committee, gave an impassioned speech on Tuesday (September 28) in support of motion calling for an immediate ban on ‘conversion…Read more…
Delivering a fairer society – policy and people.
I am in London this week, mostly doing some research in the National Archives and British Library. However, I spent a day at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, and it was good to meet in person…Read more…
Take the profiteering out of care sector and pay staff fair wages, says UNISON
In her Labour conference speech, Christina McAnea condemns exploitation of those needing and giving care
The article Take the profiteering out of care sector and pay staff fair wages, says UNISON …Read more…
Pushed over the brink
Our Party built the NHS – now it’s our task to help save it
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Arriva North West bus drivers in strike vote
Nearly 2,000 Arriva bus drivers across Liverpool, Manchester and the north west of England are being balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay. If the Unite members, based at depots in…Read more…
High quality apprenticeships call
Unite delegate Caroline Baikie highlighted the importance of apprenticeships in a debate about education and skills at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday (September 28). Caroline told conference…Read more…
Future-proofing our jobs: “Members know that this is the way forward”
Falkirk shop stewards celebrate investment in electric bus manufacturingRead more…
Unite GS joins Blackburn biomedical scientists on picket line
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined Blackburn biomedical scientists striking over pay grades on Tuesday (September 28). Unite represents 21 biomedical scientists at East Lancashire Hospitals…Read more…
Public backs trade unions
The public is firmly onside with trade unions when it comes to acting to prevent the mistreatment of workers, a poll for Unite revealed earlier this week. Nearly seven in 10 (67 per cent) support…Read more…