Reports from the EU say some of the EU 27 think that the UK has hatched a cunning plan behind the shambles currently afflicting the Government and our UK negotiating team! This helpful little guide…Read more…
Mr. Fox Goes To Washington – Why?
UK trade secretary Liam Fox MP is visted Washington, D.C. on Monday, 24th July for talks with the US administration on a future UK-US trade deal. As representatives of working people on both sides of…Read more…
Brexit Chickens Coming Home To Roost
“The Brexit chickens are coming home to roost” a prominant person in the automotive industry told me during a discussion about the announcement by Michel Barnier that the UK would not…Read more…
Macron Hopes To Use French Summer Holidays To Drive Through Labour Reforms
The new French President Emmanuel Macron has said he intends to reform France’s labour laws before the end of this summer after meeting unions and telling them he ‘intends to act…Read more…
Finnish Unions Create New Industrial Union
Three Finnish trade unions have come together to create a new union – the Finnish Industrial Union. The merger was initially repoerted on this site in December 2016. The industrial and general…Read more…
United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Len McCluskey
Len McCluskey: Speech to Unite EWC Reps
Febuary 10th, Esher, UK Colleagues, I’m delighted to be here. I hear you’ve had positive and instructive debate over these two days and that’s something that will feed into our union’s work on Brexit…Read more…
Len McCluskey Speech On Brexit & Manufacturing
Liverpool, 2nd February 2017 Let me start by welcoming you all here today – What a fantastic turn out. We have over 200 people here today, shop stewards from across our manufacturing sector,…Read more…
Finland: Four Industrial Unions Set To Merge
In a move which commenced earlier this year four of Finland’s main industrial unions are planning to merge to create one powerful 260,00 strong union whose focus will be on Finland’s exporting…Read more…
Len McCluskey: Why I Am Standing For General Secretary
Trade unionism matters more than ever. With the economy still in a slump, the Tories in power and the shadow of Brexit hanging over millions of jobs, unions are the only line of defence for working…Read more…
German Trade Union’s Reject CETA
In a surprise turn around the German trade union umbrella organisation the DGB have come out against the EU-Canada Trade agreement known as CETA. A document available to download here spells out why…Read more…
Len McCluskey On Brexit & Immigration
Britain’s exit from the European Union must deliver a migration policy that changes the UK from a ‘race-to-the bottom to a rate-for the-job country’, Len McCluskey of Unite will say today….Read more…
Great News For Construction Workers As UCATT Vote To Join Unite
Construction workers in the UK will now have one powerful union voice on their side fighting for them from 1 January 2017, as members of the construction union Ucatt voted by 85.5 per cent to merge…Read more…
‘Monumental Victory’ In Uber Case
This is the official GMB press release: Similar contracts masquerading as bogus self employment will all be reviewed says GMB GMB, the union for professional drivers, has won their case against Uber…Read more…
Unite will not stand by and see good jobs scrapped amid Brexit
This week Unite will set out its strategy on manufacturing and Brexit. Called Brexit On Our Terms, Unite has consulted and listened to our shop stewards and reps in manufacturing, the Trades Union…Read more…
Norway Oil Workers On Strike
350 oil workers all members of the Industri Energi union, are on strike after wage talks broke down with the Norwegian Oil Industry Association. “We are on strike because the Norwegian Oil Industry…Read more…
Early Reflections on Labour Conference 2016
The portents were not good a few weeks ago – the conference was expected to expose a giant chasm and split the party; Ian McNichol was for the chop; they were struggling to find a new security…Read more…
Speech at EU Life Long Learning Project Final Conference – London, 23rd September 2016
Unite is the biggest manufacturing union in the UK and we also have a unique relationship with our fellow trade unionists and workers in the EU. Unite’s elected workplace representatives represent…Read more…
The Future Of Trade Unions – September 3rd
Notwithstanding a truce during the EU Referendum campaign, the Government’s relationship with trade unions has reached rock bottom with more restrictions aimed against them through the…Read more…
North Sea: 48 Hours Strike Begins
A 48-hour strike by North Sea offshore oil and gas workers starts today (Thursday 4 August), after company managers rejected an offer from trade unions. Workers in the trade unions Unite and RMT will…Read more…