Unite’s Steve Turner joined Harland and Wolff shipyard workers on August 1 – their fourth day of protests against the site’s closure. The union’s assistant general secretary for…Read more…
‘Take no-deal off table now’ call
Investment in the UK’s car industry faces collapse from the threat of a cliff-edge Brexit new figures show – leading to renewed calls from Unite for prime minister Boris Johnson to take no deal off…Read more…
‘Our jobs matter’
‘Our jobs and our communities matter’ will be the message from Unite manufacturing shop stewards from across the UK when they travel to parliament on Wednesday (July 24) to meet MPs and demand that…Read more…
UK business investment tumbles
The increasing likelihood of a no-deal Brexit is pushing the UK towards the largest fall in business investment since the financial crash, business leaders have warned. The Confederation of…Read more…
Newly elected NEC gets down to business
Local government funding and Brexit dominate debates at first business meeting
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‘Catastrophic’ no-deal Brexit
A failure to take a no-deal Brexit off the table will destroy jobs and snuff out the hope of securing the long-term future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant, Unite warned today (June 27). The…Read more…
‘Sea of uncertainty’
Tory leadership contenders must take a no deal Brexit off the table Unite has warned, after car manufacturing figures fell for the twelfth month in a row. The union called on leadership…Read more…
‘Challenging times – nothing will divide us’
I will take the opportunity of having our key activists from across the union, here in one place, to make a couple of points. The first is that we are facing challenging times. Brexit is one…Read more…
Keir Starmer: “The public should have the option to remain”
Shadow Brexit Secretary tells UNISON that the option to remain in the EU should be part of any second referendum
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For UNISON, it’s solidarity forever, pledges Dave Prentis
General secretary praises the union’s growth and how solidarity is seeing strikes and success stories around the UK
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NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON
Move would undermine efforts to roll back health service marketisation
The article NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Election results show the country is more divided than ever, says UNISON
Labour must find clearer Brexit line and end ambiguity
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Working people should fear what comes next
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement today (Friday) that she is to step down on 7 June, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Theresa May will go down in history as one of the worst…Read more…
West Ham Labour crew playing at home during Euro playoff
Picture college from Labour campaigning last night in West Ham ward. Labour has lost votes to remainer and brexit parties but the ward is still a Labour heartland. Some voters made it clear that while they are making a protest against current Labour Pa…Read more…
Nigel Farage wants you to think he’s on the side of working people. He isn’t. See what insurance based healthcare costs American workers per month
Nigel Farage wants you to think he’s on the side of working people. He isn’t. Don’t forget to use your vote this Thursday
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…..Currently, Americans pay $3.4 trillion a year for medical care (and, unfortunately, don’t get impressive…Read more…
Stop the far right call
A major advertising campaign aimed at boosting voter turnout to stop the far right in this Thursday’s (May 23) European elections is being launched today (May 20) across towns and cities in the North…Read more…
British Steel seeks new loan
Unite said it would be seeking urgent assurances from British Steel bosses on Tuesday (May 14) after reports suggested that the steelmaker was in talks with the government about a new loan. It…Read more…
Sweet deal
About 1,000 workers working for iconic chocolate maker Cadbury have accepted a three year pay deal, which Unite said was ‘a good package in uncertain times’. The employees at the Cadbury…Read more…
Gov’t grants British Steel loan
British Steel workers and their colleagues in the supply chain will be breathing a sigh of relief Unite said today (May 1) after the government confirmed it was giving the steel maker a loan to help…Read more…
Brexit on our terms
Nearly three years have passed since the Brexit referendum and still the final outcome remains unclear. In this unprecedented period of political and economic uncertainty for British…Read more…