The Cuba Solidarity Campaign calls on the US government to suspend the blockade of Cuba to allow emergency medical and humanitarian aid into the country in order to ease the economic and health…Read more…
This sickening return to racist abuse cannot be tolerated
Our England football players are taking the lead that our politicians need to follow
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Blog: Why this insult to council and school staff can’t be allowed to stand
The government must do the right thing by the people who have kept us going during the pandemic
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Blog: George Floyd’s murder, one year on
The public protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder challenged corporations and institutions to address the glaring racial disparities in their organisation and in society
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Blog: The government can still address racism properly
Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie looks at the background to the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and examines its failings
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Unite Statement On The Union’s Birmingham Hotel, Conference & Education Centre
Responding to the piece broadcast by Sky News in relation to the Birmingham hotel, conference and education facility built for Unite the union, the union said: “Unfortunately, Sky News has let…Read more…
Unite slams ‘abysmal’ removal of black bus driver from Labour’s London campaign
London’s biggest trade union, Unite, has slammed the ‘abysmal’ decision to remove the only male Afro-Caribbean candidate from the Labour party list of candidates for elections across the…Read more…
Blog: The importance of Black people standing up for their rights
The UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reminds us all of what is at stake in the fight against racism
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McCluskey To Government: Publish Impact Of Bad Bosses Threat To UK Workers
Len McCluskey of Unite, is demanding that the government discloses the full impact of any roll-back of workers’ rights on the country’s millions of women, vulnerable and minority workers. Unite…Read more…
AFL-CIO: Workers Five Priorities For 2021
Statement By Unite on article in The Times, January 16th.
Unite have issued the following statement today. “The reports in The Times are an extremely crude attempt to smear Unite and its leadership through a disgraceful attempt at…Read more…
Workers Can’t Wait – Without Support, Millions Face Poverty
By Len McCluskey With poverty and unemployment skyrocketing before lockdown, the government must act urgently to avoid a disaster – and support millions of workers who are already on the breadline….Read more…
ETUC On EU-UK Brexit Agreement
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) believes there is no Brexit that will benefit working people. In the circumstances, we welcome the European Union’s efforts to stop no-deal, guarantee…Read more…
UK-EU Brexit Agreement: “A Thin Deal” Says David Bailey
Blog by Professor David Bailey Birmingham Business School That a trade deal has been at been agreed at the last minute between the UK and EU comes as a huge relief for manufacturing sectors like…Read more…
Unite on UK-EU Brexit Deal – Manufacturing.
Commenting on the UK – EU trade deal Unite said the UKs manufacturing workers will be relieved ‘but government must not claim job done Steve Turner, assistant general secretary said: “The…Read more…
KCK statement on the arrest of MP Leyla Güven
The arrest of Leyla Güvenexposes the reality of the Turkish State Tens of MPs and mayors, hundreds of leading HDP members and thousands of democratic politicians find themselves imprisoned in Turkey….Read more…
Blog: Time to celebrate and look after our young members
This young workers month, let’s listen and support one of the fastest growing groups of our membership and ensure they don’t pay the price of the pandemic
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Blog: This is a critical young workers’ month
Jess McGuire, the chair of UNISON’s young members’ forum, says that the pandemic makes this year’s young workers’ month more important than ever
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Help Us Stop Holiday Hunger
By Julian Vaughan, Chair North East Bedfordshire Labour Party Like many of you, I was dismayed at the government’s decision not to back Labour’s proposal to extend the provision of free…Read more…
Tony Abbott and the Aussie Car Industry
Andrew Dettmar President of the AMWU in Australia sent me this about the UK’s new ‘joint president of the Board of Trade’ former Aussie PM Tony Abbott – supposed trade…Read more…