When both the Governor of the Bank of England and the Prime Minister called for ‘pay restraint’ it was clear that workers were being set up for a fall. Once again we were being asked to pay the price…Read more…
Couldn’t buy blueberries
I couldn’t go into John Lewis. Not from that door. The door fromthe Square, Cavendish Square. It was the menswear that did it.Scarves. Hankies. That sweater you liked and the blue shirt. No matterthe…Read more…
‘Fight for the living’
When my great uncle died at work in the mines in 1933, he left behind three children and a family to feed. The employer paid out a paltry sum and that was that. But for those left behind, the failure…Read more…
‘Rest in peace Jimmy Nolan’
On behalf of the Waterford Branch of Unite in the Community we offer our sincere condolences to family, friends and comrades on the sad passing of Jimmy Nolan. Jimmy was a docker, an internationalist…Read more…
‘Catastrophic’ health and care bill must be axed
This week Unite, alongside Your NHS Needs You and Diem 25, has unveiled billboards, ad vans and bus stops across the so-called ‘red wall’ that will carry direct messages to voters in constituencies…Read more…
‘It’s time to build union power’
Energy bills are rising, and the cost of basic goods and services are increasing at a rate not seen in many years. In response, another wealthy individual felt the need to lecture working people….Read more…
Unite leads fight against health and social care bill
Unite has joined with Your NHS Needs You to force a debate in parliament, after over 135,000 people signed a petition calling for the health service to be renationalised. It also demands that…Read more…
Never again
Read and hear Davy Kettle’s moving tribute to Holocaust victims
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‘We must build working-class power’
It’s only been a couple of months since I was elected to be general secretary of Unite. In that time, I have begun the change that I promised. Unite is involved in more industrial disputes than at…Read more…
Results in from first ever Unite all members’ survey
Unite has just published the report of its first ever all members’ survey and, although produced before the recent discovery of the Omicron variant, its findings reveal the reality of a sharpening…Read more…
‘Bring back furlough at 100% now’
As Unite Hospitality reps and front line workers in the hospitality, tourism and events industries, we are facing yet another unnecessary period of uncertainty that mirrors the start of the pandemic…Read more…
Unite: Covid jabs should not be mandatory
As a health trade union representing over 100,000 workers in the NHS, Unite has strongly encouraged our members to be vaccinated through our “Get a jab campaign”. Despite this, Unite, believe…Read more…
Pandemics have their own music…
We clapped outside our doorplayed violins on the balconyclattered pots and panssymbols of resistancewhile our hearts broketo the sound of sirens. By Joy Johnson, Unite political department
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‘Complete absence of a coherent government strategy’
Climate change and global warming are the single biggest environmental challenge the world is currently facing. Unfortunately, previous and current global climate policies have been insufficient in…Read more…
Tales from the far side
Sharon Graham, called it right when she said, pre-Budget, that she feared workers would pay the price of the pandemic. It certainly looks that way. And realistically the best chance workers will have…Read more…
‘True meaning of solidarity’
Unite heritage union hero Robert Somerville, who sadly passed on Thursday, September 30 at the age of 85, was among the Rolls-Royce workers who took a brave stand against Pinochet’s regime, as…Read more…
‘Unite members are my first priority’
In August, I won the election to succeed Len McCluskey as the general secretary of Unite, one of Britain’s biggest and most powerful trade unions. Judging by the newspaper headlines, the result took…Read more…
Self portrait
Out of CaravaggioVengeful son of the citygracing church wallssubverting sacred allusion.Came Caravaggio Out of the canvasscame a revolutionary.By his own handwith his own struggles.A spectator…Read more…
Tales of real working class heroes
Brian Reade is one of the finest, and rarest, journalists of our time. He exposes the nature of our class system and the inequalities and injustices it’s riddled with. His opinion pieces in the Daily…Read more…
‘The only way workers do not pay price of pandemic’
Following Keir Starmer’s speech at TUC congress, today, September 14, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham responded by saying, “Unite is now focused on defending our members’ Jobs Pay and…Read more…