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Review: The Bomber Mafia, by Malcolm Gladwell
If Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book about cardboard boxes, I would buy it. He could write about paint drying and make it interesting. I think every non-fiction author wants to grow up to be Malcolm…Read more…
‘What Labour can do for the community’
“Where I live we’ve had three Tory councillors for the past three years. Before that it was Lib Dem. We’ve never had a Labour city councillor in this area so I’m hoping to be among the first.
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‘I want to be part of the solution’
As a young person desperately trying to enter the job market at the height of the last major economic crisis, Newport Labour councillor and Unite member Majid Rahman is eager to help young people get…Read more…
May Day Statement From EU Unions
” It is only when the sky is dark that we can see the stars .” Long live the 1st May This sentence, pronounced a few decades ago by Martin Luther King, has not aged a bit. We chose to…Read more…
‘Amazon workers need an independent voice’
Amazon has tripled its profits off the backs of workers who are routinely prevented from having a collective voice in their workplace says Unite. Against a backdrop of reports about poor working…Read more…
Mental health issues surging at work
This time last year I wrote for Left Foot Forward about what a unique survey of over 1000 Unite representatives revealed about the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on workplaces…Read more…
Public ‘firmly against’ fire and rehire tactics
The UK public wants fire and rehire banned, according to a new poll issued ahead of May Day (May 1) by the country’s leading union, Unite. Seven in ten people (70 per cent) say that the…Read more…
West Ham Leaflet & East Ham Canvass for Team Labour: Sadiq, Unmesh, Elly, Bob & Farah
Yesterday was a big day for me. I went (Covid safe) leafleting and door knocking for the first time in over a year. I have really missed such contact with residents.
After the Workers Memorial Day event during the day, in the evening I we…Read more…
Denise Thomas and John Gray for UNISON Community NEC seats
If you work in housing associations, charities and the voluntary sector and are members of UNISON please vote for Denise and John as your voices on its National Executive Council (NEC).
Ballot papers will be sent to UNISON members home address fr…Read more…
Blog: Be part of the solution
Democracy is at UNISON’s heart – and the more of you that vote, the better your union can represent you and be representative of you
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‘All one multi-ethnic working class’
In this ‘tale of two cities’ Oxford Unite member Dr Hosnieh Djafari Marbini, re-standing as a city councillor, believes that local people working together can truly bring about real change in…Read more…
‘More important than ever to vote Labour’
Back to the South West and the vibrant city of Bristol. Unite rep and secretary of the Bristol Legal and Finance branch, Simon Crew is standing as a Labour candidate for the Council seat of…Read more…
‘An incredible memorial’
Yesterday (April 28) was Workers’ Memorial Day. As part of the union’s observation of this date when we remember all those who have lost their lives at work, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – bereaved Covid families demand public inquiry
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 International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) in April,…Read more…
Coffee workers’ terms row May Day demo
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury are ramping up pressure in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute with a protest on Saturday (May 1), followed up with a 24 hour strike on May 8 and 9.
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International Workers’ Memorial Day in West Ham (& also remembering Uncle Harry)
Today is International Workers Memorial Day and this afternoon we remembered all those who have been killed at work or died of work related diseases at the beautiful “Clasping Hands” sculpture and memorial in Three Mills Green, Newham, East London.
We need to talk about low skilled jobs
‘High skilled green jobs’ is the shibboleth of the think tank-ocracy right now. It is fashionable (and important) to talk about how we create jobs that meet our climate target obligations and support…Read more…
Don’t underestimate our Sarah
For Unite member Sarah Murphy, who is standing as a Welsh Labour candidate for the Bridgend constituency at the Senedd election, hard work and trade unionism are in her blood
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‘The continuing carousel of sleaze and cronyism allegations’
There usually comes a time in the life-time of a long-serving government when there is a light bulb moment which turns out to be terminal for its popularity and electoral prospects.
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