It was early morning at a factory on Humberside. My campaign team were handing out leaflets as workers made their way in to work. One worker told the team: “I voted for the best candidate for the…Read more…
Labour’s ‘new deal welcome programme for working families’
Last week marked a turning point for the Labour Party as they at last announced a “new deal” for workers – adopting many policies and ideas advocated by the UK unions, The TUC, the Campaign For Trade…Read more…
First of June 2021
Zero Covid. No recorded deaths. Zero Covid the news announcer, announced. After all we’ve been through together. Is this phase of Covid 19 coming to an end? As for coronavirus, we are told,…Read more…
‘Don’t snap the investment wallet shut – our jobs depend on it’
Boris Johnson cut the ribbon at Nissan but we know who really delivered – the workers. We’ve battled for years for UK battery manufacturing. At long last we’ve got somewhere –…Read more…
Furlough scheme ‘must be extended for as long as it takes’
Michael Gove is just wrong when he claims that Rishi Sunak has created enough of a cushion to prevent further need for financial assistance beyond September. It is simply irresponsible to announce a…Read more…
Who will listen to my heart now?
Heads down. Hushed voices.Coughs and sneezes.Old Magazines.Women’s Own, Women’s Weekly.Flipping pages in the surgery. Your call is valuable to us.Please hold.Verdi’s Hebrew Slaves’ Chorusfilling the…Read more…
‘A cornerstone of our union and our democracy’
From the moment the coronavirus hit our shores, Unite was on the front foot, fighting to protect your safety, your jobs and your pay. We worked day in and day out to secure the Job Retention Scheme…Read more…
Mental health issues surging at work
This time last year I wrote for Left Foot Forward about what a unique survey of over 1000 Unite representatives revealed about the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on workplaces…Read more…
‘The continuing carousel of sleaze and cronyism allegations’
There usually comes a time in the life-time of a long-serving government when there is a light bulb moment which turns out to be terminal for its popularity and electoral prospects.
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Outlaw ruthless ‘fire and rehire’ practices
Fire and rehire has been described by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey as being a ‘disease that’s ripping through our workplaces’.
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Our Streets
With flowers for a vigil and a sombre tone
women gathered to pay their respects.
Why couldn’t she have been left alone?
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Black Friday 1921: One hundred years on the unemployed still need to organise
Mention Black Friday today and most people will conjure up images of bargain-hunting shoppers grappling with each other for discounted consumer goods. But 100 years ago, on April 15 1921, Black…Read more…
Don’t push workers into poverty
A London tour guide approached me recently near to the office. He was a Unite member and wanted to know what we have been doing for the past year to help self-employed workers such as him.
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Hotel hit ‘is not journalism’
Responding to the piece broadcast by Sky News in relation to the Birmingham hotel, conference and education facility built for Unite, the union said today (Wednesday April 7):
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Taking liberties
Unite organiser and Ogreave Truth and Justice Campaign chair Joe Rollin tells us all you need to know about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the explainer below. What’s it all about? …Read more…
Why this May 6 really matters
This May’s elections really matter. Across the whole of the UK polling stations will be open on May 6 for our own ‘Super Thursday’ as directly elected mayors, councillors, London Assembly members,…Read more…
‘Never forget that there is hope’
Today, March 23rd, has been declared a National Day of Reflection, a moment for us to stop for a minute and reflect upon the lives lost and the millions bereaved by this dreadful Covid-19 disease….Read more…
We need to revalue our public services
One year ago today, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 global pandemic. The last year has magnified the strengths and weaknesses of our societies. In Europe, it has exposed the fragility…Read more…
How collective bargaining can tackle the race to the bottom
In 1966, the first transatlantic container ship arrived into the Port of Grangemouth. The ship’s 226 containers were loaded with Scotch whisky for return sailing to the United States. In 2020, HMM…Read more…
‘This government is actively anti-women’
It couldn’t be clearer. The Tories are completely out of touch with the realities for women of the impact of the pandemic and have failed them at every turn. In fact, we need to recognise that…Read more…