Unite delegate Graham McNab on how to end the housing crisis
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Publicly owned public transport
Unite bus driver Simon Rosenthal makes the case for publicly owned buses.
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Nationalise Wrightbus call
Unite has called on the government to take immediate action and nationalise Wrightbus, the Ballymena-based bus manufacturer which announced today (September 25) that it has entered into…Read more…
UNISON appoints national nursing officer
Stuart Tuckwood has been appointed UNISON’s national nursing officer to help the union promote and defend the interests of nurses. He took up the position this month (September). A registered adult…Read more…
‘Unite and fight for it’
As Labour Party delegates held a debate on the final day of conference on Wednesday (September 25) about immigration, Unite delegate Neelam Verma explains why she and her union stands with migrant…Read more…
Where the blame lies
Syed Nahid Uddin a Unite delegate works for a council so knows first-hand what austerity has meant for local government. For Syed this isn’t a rhetorical argument this is real life day in and day…Read more…
‘Complete failure of the system’
Amid the largest repatriation effort since the Second World War after the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook, Unite raised an emergency motion on the final day of the Labour Party Conference…Read more…
Stop LGBT bullying
Unite’s Phil Jones calls for greater powers to tackle workplace bullying at Labour conference.
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Homelessness ‘crisis’
The UK is in the midst of a homelessness crisis, the Labour Party Conference heard on Wednesday (September 25). Speaking in support of a composite, Unite delegate Joyce Still highlighted the…Read more…
Defend local services call
Unite delegate Jessie Jacobs, who is also running to be the UK’s first female directly elected metro mayor in the Tees Valley, gave an inspiring speech at the Labour Party Conference on defending…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2019: Tuesday #Lab19 (Twitter)
We will only be able to keep global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels if we effect unprecedented transitions in all aspects of society, including energy, land and ecosystems, urban and infrastructure as well as industry’
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‘A very different kind of prime minister’
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took the stage to a standing ovation ahead of an electrifying closing speech at Labour Party Conference on Tuesday (September 24) – brought forward by one day after the UK…Read more…
The UK needs a Labour government, says UNISON
Jeremy Corbyn has set out “inspiring vision” for future
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‘It can be won’
While automation provides opportunities but as Sharon Graham, Unite Executive Officer for organsing and leverage argues we must not let employers seize them for their own benefit taking eye-watering…Read more…
‘Learn the lessons of Monarch’
Unite is calling on banks to give breathing space to Thomas Cook workers struggling to pay bills and mortgages and for the government and airlines to urgently assist in getting stranded Thomas Cook…Read more…
In pictures: UNISON backing the school climate strike
As part of Green UNISON Week, members across the regions supported the school climate strikes and took action themselves
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Thomas Cook investigation ‘too little too late’
An urgent investigation into the collapse of Thomas Cook ordered by the government is “too little too late” according to Unite, which said ministers had failed to learn the lessons from the Carillion…Read more…
Far right fans Amazon flames
The wildfires engulfing the Amazon rainforest are linked to Brazil’s far right government, Unite’s Mike Hedges explains
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‘Climate change is a class issue’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner highlighted the importance of tackling climate change, and the need to see it as a class issue, on the penultimate day of the Labour Party Conference on…Read more…
End bandit capitalism
Unite delegate Philippa Marsden calls for an end to vulture capitalism at Labour Conference
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