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…
Can more legislation raise care standards?
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…
Trade union bill: Government wins round two. What’s next?
The bill is far from finished, and we’ll be fighting it all the way over the coming months.Read more…
‘Shabby’ Bill will fail
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…
Resist the trade union Bill
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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By any means necessary
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…
The fight goes on – TUC defiant over TU Bill
Frances O’Grady says unions will continue to oppose the Bill as it goes through Parliament.Read more…
Waterloo Branch nominate Glenroy Watson for National President
UK’s biggest unions
Name No of members Industry it represents Unite 1,310,649 Industry-wide Unison 1,266,711 Public services GMB 617,064 Industry-wide USDAW 433,402 Retail and manufacturing NUT 330,719 Teachers NASUWT…Read more…
TUC Congress 2015: Sunday
This post is a little late but I had to prepare for a speech on Housing as well as some urgent work related union stuff today. Above are some pictures from the first day of this years TUC and some brief comments I posted on twitter and Facebook. The Pr…Read more…
‘Bad for workers, bad for industry’
Unite delegate Tony Lewington addressed TUC Congress today (September 14) on casualisation in Road, Transport and Logistics. “Casualisation is the daily reality for everyone who works in my sector—…Read more…
Affordable homes for all
Speaking on the housing crisis today at the TUC congress, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner hailed the housing campaigners and tenants who have been fighting back against evictions and…Read more…
Stronger collective bargaining call
Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke moved a motion today at the TUC conference, arguing for stronger collective bargaining to lift wages. Soon after the Tories election…Read more…
‘Raise our sights’
Unite delegate Suki Sangha addressed the TUC conference today (September 14) highlighting the struggles of those in service industries, such as care, hospitality and cleaning, in which exploitation…Read more…
‘Lifelines of our communities’
Unite EC member Mohammad Taj addressed TUC Congress on transport today (September 14). Unite has a long and proud record of representing transport workers and making the case for high…Read more…
MPs: listen to public on Trade Union bill
As the second reading of the Trade Union bill takes place this afternoon (September 14), mounting pressure against the bill is revealed in a new YouGov poll showing the vast majority of the public to…Read more…
Take heart comrades
Don’t let the Tory ‘schoolboy bullies’ get you too despondent – was Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s message to a packed fringe meeting on the trade union Bill. The Institute of Employment…Read more…
TUC calls for Corbyn to get stuck into Tories
Frances O’Grady says Labour should do what Opposition should do and oppose the governmentRead more…
Paying the price for industry’s failures
Unite EC member Jane Stewart spoke at the TUC conference today (September 14) in support of a motion highlighting the current issues members in the offshore oil and gas industry now face. …Read more…
‘Crucial component’ of the economy
Unite delegate Dai Bowyer spoke about the UK’s steel industry and what must be done to protect its future at the TUC conference today (Monday September 14). “Unite and Community are proud of our…Read more…