Cardiff branch of the National Union of Seamen banner (now RMT) on the P&O Dispute march Dover August 1988
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Cardiff branch of the National Union of Seamen banner (now RMT) on the P&O Dispute march Dover August 1988
Cardiff Boilermakers union banner unveiled September 1893Read more…
Given the welcome scrutiny of police failings and cover ups in recent years – including Hillsborough, Orgreave and the scandal of undercover police officers infiltrating legitimate campaigning and…Read more…
When you’re considering how to vote in the EU referendum later this month, here are five key points to have in mind
The article 23 June: five key questions on the EU referendum first appeared on the…Read more…
UNISON produces two new factsheets on migration and an inclusive Europe as part of campaign for a Remain vote in the EU referendum on 23 June
The article Migration and the EU referendum first…Read more…
Pictured is Sports Direct chief Mike Ashley, smiling outside the Red Lion pub on his way to the parliamentary BIS select committee hearing on workplace practices at the sports clothing firm. …Read more…
The fight against unfair tripping practices continues, after Unite staged a protest outside the STK restaurant at the Melia Hotel last night (June 6) in support of a sacked worker. Robert…Read more…
Latest Press release. “UNISON has taken a position – guided by our membership – to advise support for a Remain vote in the upcoming EU referendum.Of course there are those within our union who take a different view, and those views are respected but what unites us all is our condemnation of the…Read more…
As part of Carers Week, UNITElive is publishing a series of stories featuring Unite members who care for their relatives or work in the care sector. Today UNITElive speaks to Unite national…Read more…
Disabled People and the European Union: equal citizens? While there may be a growing formal commitment at EU-level to extend full citizenship and its accompanying free movement rights to disabled…Read more…
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey joined nine other trade union leaders in urging union members to vote to remain in the EU. In a letter published in the Guardian today (June 6),…Read more…
National retired members’ organisations asks for submissions from members wanting to attend disabled members’, LGBT members’, Black members and women’s conferences as delegates in October, November,…Read more…
Remploy was originally established under the terms of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, to directly employ disabled persons in specialised factories. It opened its first factory in…Read more…
Rally convened by TEAM The European Alliance of EU critical Movements- founded 1992. Saturday 11 June 9.15 for 10.00 till 17.00 Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London Speakers in three panels and…Read more…
Already the EU with Britain and NATO are putting boots on the ground in Syria. They are putting boots on the ground in Libya. The EU is provoking war once more in Ukraine. They have the ambition of…Read more…
Morning Star PIERRE MARSHALL speaks to those on the front lines of the anti-fascist war in the east of Ukraine ON A recent trip to Novorossiya, formerly eastern Ukraine, I was able to spend a day in…Read more…
Although UNISON is encouraging a Remain vote, it’s clear that there are arguments for leaving the EU. But they aren’t being made by the bilious, hate-filled campaigns aiming to drag us into…Read more…
Letter in The Guardian June 6th As general secretaries who represent a large part of Britain’s trade union movement, we are writing to make our position clear and urge our collective membership,…Read more…
Comrades whom I respect continue to share the views I held a generation ago and therefore believe that workers in the UK (United Kingdom) should vote to leave the EU (European Union).
They are wrong.
In the 1980s it was possible to believe that it coul…Read more…
Join now. Do not put it off. One of the worse things about being a union rep is telling fellow employees who have a good case for unfair treatment that they have left it too late. You cannot get representation if you only join when you know you have a …Read more…
Dear Colleagues,
I am at a stage where I can share a simple/basic description of how I am framing a key aspect of my thesis findings: embodied activism. I am going to distribute the link for this post to MA students and alumni (maintaining the spirit …Read more…