Unite leader Len McCluskey visits East Midlands in general election campaign push
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‘Come home to Labour’
The public were urged to vote for “hope” today (21 November), as Jeremy Corbyn launched a Labour manifesto that would transform the country with an “investment blitz” coupled with higher taxes for…Read more…
Young people’s hopes for Labour
Unite’s national body for young workers met yesterday to talk about what they would like to see from a Labour government.
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Bring housing back in-house
Unite delegate Graham McNab on how to end the housing crisis
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Publicly owned public transport
Unite bus driver Simon Rosenthal makes the case for publicly owned buses.
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‘Unite and fight for it’
As Labour Party delegates held a debate on the final day of conference on Wednesday (September 25) about immigration, Unite delegate Neelam Verma explains why she and her union stands with migrant…Read more…
Where the blame lies
Syed Nahid Uddin a Unite delegate works for a council so knows first-hand what austerity has meant for local government. For Syed this isn’t a rhetorical argument this is real life day in and day…Read more…
‘Complete failure of the system’
Amid the largest repatriation effort since the Second World War after the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook, Unite raised an emergency motion on the final day of the Labour Party Conference…Read more…
Stop LGBT bullying
Unite’s Phil Jones calls for greater powers to tackle workplace bullying at Labour conference.
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Homelessness ‘crisis’
The UK is in the midst of a homelessness crisis, the Labour Party Conference heard on Wednesday (September 25). Speaking in support of a composite, Unite delegate Joyce Still highlighted the…Read more…
Defend local services call
Unite delegate Jessie Jacobs, who is also running to be the UK’s first female directly elected metro mayor in the Tees Valley, gave an inspiring speech at the Labour Party Conference on defending…Read more…
‘A very different kind of prime minister’
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took the stage to a standing ovation ahead of an electrifying closing speech at Labour Party Conference on Tuesday (September 24) – brought forward by one day after the UK…Read more…
‘It can be won’
While automation provides opportunities but as Sharon Graham, Unite Executive Officer for organsing and leverage argues we must not let employers seize them for their own benefit taking eye-watering…Read more…
‘Learn the lessons of Monarch’
Unite is calling on banks to give breathing space to Thomas Cook workers struggling to pay bills and mortgages and for the government and airlines to urgently assist in getting stranded Thomas Cook…Read more…
Far right fans Amazon flames
The wildfires engulfing the Amazon rainforest are linked to Brazil’s far right government, Unite’s Mike Hedges explains
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‘Climate change is a class issue’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner highlighted the importance of tackling climate change, and the need to see it as a class issue, on the penultimate day of the Labour Party Conference on…Read more…
End bandit capitalism
Unite delegate Philippa Marsden calls for an end to vulture capitalism at Labour Conference
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Palestinian solidarity call
Unite AGS Tony Burke highlights escalating attacks on Palestinian communities at Labour Conference.
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‘Do not let the Tories divide us’
Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett spoke fervently in support of an NEC statement on the Labour party’s Brexit strategy in a future general election as he called for unity over…Read more…
‘Transforming lives’
John McDonnell lays out Labour’s plans to shorten hours and end in-work poverty.
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