Last week, the Brexit drama became a full-blown crisis. Anxiety is growing throughout industry over the continuing confusion and uncertainty over the terms of Brexit, and the possibility that…Read more…
No more Carillions
Unite held a highly successful fringe meeting at Labour Party conference.
The meeting titled ‘Ending Bandit Capitalism – No More Carillions’, looked at why Carillion collapsed, examined how…Read more…
‘Make way for a party that can’
Jeremy Corbyn said a no deal Brexit will be a “national disaster” that he will work to avoid as he met with EU officials in Brussels today (September 27) to discuss what would happen if Labour took…Read more…
‘Eroded day by day’
The dire threat posed to health visiting in the UK has long been highlighted by Unite – and today (September 26) Unite delegate Joyce Still brought that message to the Labour Party conference. …Read more…
Liverpool Royal result
The government has announced it will step in to get the Royal Liverpool Hospital built following a delay in construction caused by the collapse of Carillion.
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Carillion’s £65m public shell-out shame
Taxpayers are set to fork out £65m to former Carillion workers who were made redundant following the company’s collapse in January, Unite has discovered. The union submitted a freedom of…Read more…
‘Public vote’?
Unite spoke in support of a Brexit composite at the Labour Party conference that prioritises the need for a general election but leaves open the option of a “public vote” in the event that the Tories…Read more…
‘Get a grip’
The government must step in and make sure construction on a half-built hospital that is delayed because of the Carillion disaster is completed, Unite said yesterday (September 24).
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‘There can be no other way’
Unite delegate, EC member and construction worker Roy Bentham, who is also joint secretary of the Blacklist Support Group, shares his experience with blacklisting and the need to continue fighting in…Read more…
Stranger on the beach
Unite delegate Jessie Jacobs, a metal worker from Teesside made a powerful, passionate speech on the damage done to local government because of this Conservative government’s policy on…Read more…
Changing the narrative
Labour has said it could scrap the Tories’ disastrous Universal Credit (UC) welfare reform as the party launches a year-long review of the benefits system.
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An historic two days
Unite’s Sarah Hacker a delegate from the National Women’s Committee and a councillor in Reading made history yesterday (September 22) when she moved the motion on Women and the Economy at the…Read more…
The representation we deserve
Unite AGS Howard Beckett joined the debate today (September 23) supporting all eight democracy rule packages.
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Organise, grow and win
Unite member Labour GS Jennie Formby addresses Labour 2018
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Brexit deal for jobs
Unite has thrown its support behind a Labour amendment to Brexit legislation that calls on the government to negotiate “full access” to the EU single market, saying it demonstrates that only Labour…Read more…
‘Ambitious plan’
Unite welcomed the Labour Party’s new housing policy review, which was launched today (April 19) by shadow housing secretary John Healy and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Housing for the…Read more…
‘Young people deserve a break’
Young people will have one more burden lifted from them under a future Labour government, after the party yesterday (April 12) announced a new policy granting free bus travel to under 25s. The…Read more…
Passport protest
Dozens of Labour MPs gathered today (March 28) to show solidarity with De La Rue workers who face an uncertain future as the government prepares to award a £490m contract to produce the UK’s blue…Read more…
Standing up for jobs
Unite’s campaign to keep production of British passports in Britain was ramped up today as Labour MP Liz Twist presented an urgent question in the House of Commons this afternoon (March 26) on the…Read more…
Labour Brexit plan
The Labour Party is committed to a customs union with the EU and reform to prevent the exploitation of free movement by greedy bosses, Jeremy Corbyn said today (February 26). Unite welcomed…Read more…