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On a mild October evening a theatre above a London pub in Highgate is packed for Francis Beckett’s timely new play set just after the Briton’s First Party wins its first general election led by a charming, but incredibly slimy, leader. Though now mainly known as an author for his plays and books Francis is […]
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First meeting since the general election also hears about developments on organising and on fighting racism and the far right
The article NEC hears Christina McAnea welcome Employment Rights Bill first appeared on the UNISON National site.
First meeting since the general election also hears about developments on organising and on fighting racism and the far right
The article NEC hears Christina McAnea welcome Employment Rights Bill first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Check out this excellent article by Peter Apps (former Inside Housing magazine). Powerful factual arguments that is a million miles away from far right fake news. “As the far right march through the streets of Britain, it is worth reminding oursel…Read more…
Unite has called for working-class unity and long-term workplace and community organisation to tackle the root causes of far-right riots over the last week. The violent riots, which were sparked last week by misinformation propagated by far-right extremists online in the wake of fatal stabbings of children in Southport, have terrorised communities across the UK. […]
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Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at a story from September, when Unite members…Read more…
Unite will become the first major union to commit to stop funding hate speech and divisive narratives through advertising spend, when it signs the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN) manifesto…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…
Away from the conference floor, delegates to Unite’s third rules conference had a busy time on the fringe meeting circuit. From untold stories of trade unionists and working class history, and…Read more…
A major advertising campaign aimed at boosting voter turnout to stop the far right in this Thursday’s (May 23) European elections is being launched today (May 20) across towns and cities in the North…Read more…
Unite has accused Northumberland County Council of rejecting its responsibility to help tackle rising racism after its decision to pull Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) funding for schools in the…Read more…
On Saturday (March 16), millions of people took to the streets across the globe in solidarity with those facing fear and hate in our communities from a growing and dangerous far right. And we…Read more…
A campaign to tackle the alarming surge in far right extremism in the UK and across Europe will be launched by trade unions and party members at the London Labour regional conference this weekend…Read more…
On Sunday (January 27), Unite is joining the world in observing International Holocaust Memorial Day, when, on the day 74 years ago, the survivors of the most destructive Nazi concentration camp,…Read more…
I was little late turning up to the Greater London UNISON Regional Council on Thursday, so missed the guest speakers from Camden UNISON on their dispute with Parking Contractors NSL on poverty pay (see UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, on th…Read more…
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner gave a stirring speech in support of an emergency motion on tackling racism and the rise of the far right. He lauded the trade union movement for…Read more…
June 9th last month marked the largest mobilisation of the far right since the 1930s, when about 15,000 people gathered in a racist demonstration in London in support of former English Defence League…Read more…