MPs from all parties condemn the ‘most significant, sustained and partisan attack’ on workers’ rights in 30 years
The article ‘Draconian’ trade union bill passes second reading first…Read more…
The road to privatisation
Nick Parnell is a Unite delegate and works for the emergency services. He is also a local councillor in Bury MBC. Today, (Tuesday September 15) he spoke to Congress in support of an emergency…Read more…
Education Select Committee, there are questions we want answered
Jill Stokoe is is an Education Policy Adviser at ATL. Last week ATL submitted evidence to the Education Select Committee on the work of Ofsted, based on members’ views and experiences –…Read more…
Finnish unions organise against anti-trade union legislation
The right to strike is under attack across the world. Unions in Finland are fighting back.Read more…
‘Together we are stronger’
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady addressed Congress yesterday (September 14) as she laid out the scale of the challenges working people face. Welcoming the new Labour leadership, she…Read more…
NHS faces ‘dire threat’
Unite Executive Council member Jasmin Suraya spoke on quality care in the NHS today (September 15) at the TUC. She thanked the CSP for putting an important motion forward. Jasmin…Read more…
‘This is our time to smash the consensus’
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…