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…
A Budget of ‘spin, gimmicks and dangerous wheezes’
Reacting last night to the Budget statement delivered by chancellor Rishi Sunak (Wednesday, March 3) Unite general secretary Len McCluskey warned that the government’s flagship freeports policy could…Read more…
Budget: has govt learnt anything from pandemic?
This government’s mismanagement of the crisis has led to the UK suffering the biggest economic hit in Europe, not to mention a tragically high loss of life. Much-trailed in the media, we’ll soon find…Read more…
Britain should not support Aussie rightwinger for top job at OECD
The TUC has intervened in a row over the appointment of the new secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) urging foreign secretary Dominic Raab not to…Read more…
‘Trojan Horse’ for more NHS privatisation?
The government’s plans to jettison the ‘reforms’ of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, which apply to England-only, must not become a Trojan Horse that sees the private sector set for growth,…Read more…
‘Political football’
As the trade union representative on the boards of Enginuity, (the Sector Skills body for the engineering sector) and the Board of Cogent, (the Sector Skills body for the chemical, pharmaceutical and…Read more…
‘Build the future’
Following the takeover of GKN by Melrose Industries in 2018, I met with directors to discuss establishing a long-term fund to support and encourage young people from minority groups and disadvantaged…Read more…
❤ Unions week is back
Next Monday, February 8 sees the fifth annual Heart Unions week where trade union members and workers across the country come together to celebrate the amazing things unions do. The last year…Read more…
The Poet
In the Rotunda where once Lincoln and Kennedy lay in state rioters carrying confederate flags spat in the eyes of democracy. He craved power. The flames of sedition lit by a crowd dangerously devoted…Read more…
‘Fix furlough and extend it now’
Urging the government to extend the job retention scheme, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (January 26) said, “The government mustn’t repeat the mistake of the last time round when it…Read more…
‘Cuts have consequences’
After initially being promised by the government last Autumn, this week the wait for the Further Education White Paper finally came to an end as the Department for Education published “Skills for…Read more…
Solidarity with Indian farmers
The Punjab farmers dispute is the biggest dispute and the largest protest in the world and other states in India have joined in. There are a lot of people in the Punjabi community posting this on…Read more…