With the 153rd annual TUC congress underway, UNISON vice president Andrea Egan spoke of the need for a proper investment in public services
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With the 153rd annual TUC congress underway, UNISON vice president Andrea Egan spoke of the need for a proper investment in public services
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On the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 13), Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland highlighted the importance of union equality reps and the pressing need for their statutory…Read more…
“Our priority must be to co-ordinate a fightback at the work place. We have all shown that fire and rehire can be beaten. At British Airways, we stopped the worst of the cuts. At Go North West, the…Read more…
It was early morning at a factory on Humberside. My campaign team were handing out leaflets as workers made their way in to work. One worker told the team: “I voted for the best candidate for the…Read more…
Greater Manchester is facing severe traffic disruption beginning later this month after Metrolink tram drivers voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. The 300-plus drivers and…Read more…
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a clerical fascist regime. It is essentially no different from the fascist regimes we know from history – Mussolini’s Italy, Franco’s Spain and most infamously,…Read more…
A great 9 mile walk courtesy of Essex Country Council only 30 minutes by car (nearest bus stop 20 minutes I am afraid) from Forest Gate, East London.
We cut a little bit off around Tan House since we had started late but the beginning…Read more…
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at TUC president and Unite assistant general secretary…Read more…
“Colleagues, nobody in this virtual hall is going to disagree on the scale of the challenge ahead. Climate change is not somebody else’s problem, an issue for the global south or island communities…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link members should have got an email or postal ballot (or both – but with the same security number). Please vote for Anu and outside London consider the following recommendations here
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This evening I took part in a panel discussion at a SNP conference virtual fringe hosted by the Smith Institute and supported by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).on “Just transition”. I took part in my capacity as a Joint Vice Chair…Read more…
Those with disabilities and the elderly using Leeds station will face ‘intolerable obstacles’ if they wish to hail a cab, as the current taxi rank is set to be moved further from the platforms, Unite…Read more…
As the adverse impact of the ending of the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit (UC) looms, Coventry City Council has been praised for becoming a Right to Food city, despite Tory councillors voting…Read more…
When prime minister Boris Johnson unveiled plans to ‘fix’ social care this week, totally absent were those at the very heart of it – the millions of carers, both paid and unpaid, without whose…Read more…
With the recent report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) painting a stark picture of the future without immediate cuts to carbon emissions, and the CoP 26 in Glasgow only…Read more…
Labour Link ballots have arrived this week. Check your emails and post!VOTE ANU PRASHAR today, for a more inclusive Labour Link and a Labour Party that stands up for workers!
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Tonight both West Ham and Forest Gate North wards were out campaigning. I joined FGN since I had to leave early for a meal with a mate in Leytonstone.
All the ward Councillors were present. Cllr Rachel Trip was the lead organiser.
Th…Read more…
A new play written by a Unite member lays bare the consequences of divide and rule tactics in the workplace – and reflects “exactly what’s going on” in the real-life hospitality sector.
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Unite is supporting a new parliamentary bill to be debated in the House of Lords on Friday (September 10) that would give “all rights to all workers from day one”. Lord John Hendy QC’s Status of…Read more…
Unite has secured a huge pay increase for HGV drivers employed by Wincanton on the North West England Argos contract. Over 90 drivers based at the company’s Heywood depot in Greater Manchester will…Read more…