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Banners, bands and crowds. Locally known as The Big Meeting, the Durham Miners’ Gala has been marching along on the second Saturday in July since 1871 and despite there being no mines today it seems certain to continue for the foreseeable future as the largest annual labour movement gathering. Among the 100,000 participating in the […]
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As people across the world get ready for tonight’s (June 10) World Cup kick off in Mexico, Unite Live shares a story from the latest edition of the buildingWorker. Last October trade unions scored a goal for workers rights in the build up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. While much of the world has […]
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Many Unite members were part of a mighty crowd of well over 150,000 on Saturday (July 13) as the Durham Miners’ Gala ‘Big Meeting’ retained its place as the largest annual labour movement gathering in the country. Platform speakers included for the second time Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, whose descendants include her great uncle […]
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Unite joined the wider trade union movement at the 138th Durham Miners’ Gala this weekend, where attendees marked the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike. Held on the second Saturday of July each year, the gala sees trade union members and their friends and families descend on the city of Durham for the largest gathering […]
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Unite members flocked to the 136th Durham Miners’ Gala on July 9 after a two-year hiatus to celebrate with the wider trade union movement. Below are highlights in pictures from the event. Pics by Mark Harvey
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave an impassioned speech at the 136th Durham Miners’ Gala on Saturday (July 9). She highlighted the more than 60,000 Unite members now out on strike and…Read more…
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a film from July, when we heard from Unite general secretary Len McCluskey about the Durham…Read more…
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you a new list of heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite’s Davy Kettyles and actor Adrian…Read more…
For nearly 150 years the Durham Miners’ Gala has been admired all over the world as a carnival like no other, with beautiful banners, brass bands and voices lifted together in song, we fill the…Read more…
Like Tolpuddle, Burston and other fantastic labour movement events, Durham is about both our movement’s past and our future. As the Durham Miners’ motto says “the past we inherit, the future we…Read more…
Unite members from across all regions and sectors joined this year’s 135th Durham Miners’ Gala, where it is estimated that 200,000 people attended on Saturday (July 13). At one of…Read more…
Yesterday (September 9) Tommy Murphy spoke at TUC for Unite seconding motion 75 on Turkey. “Comrades, the Turkish regime is at war with its own people,” said Murphy. It’s record of…Read more…
They came in their tens of thousands as, once again, the cobbled streets of Durham City, with its spectacular Castle and Cathedral, were packed for the annual Durham Miners’ Gala, known locally as…Read more…
Provocative plans to hold a Tory party celebration at the National Coal Mining Museum have been cancelled following a mass outcry. Shameless Dewsbury County Conservative Association planned to…Read more…
Shameless Tories who are planning to hold a party at the National Coal Mining Museum have been warned they will face protests if the event goes ahead. The Dewsbury County Conservative…Read more…
Hat tip Labour history website & twitter feed “On this Day” OTD in 1965. Redundancy Payments Act. “Gives workers the right to receive financial sum should they lose a job”.
Great picture of Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, with his famou…Read more…
For the third consecutive year, on July 9, 150,000 people attended the Durham Miners’ Gala or ‘Big Meeting’ that is held against the spectacular backdrop of Durham Castle and…Read more…