In his 2018 address to the members of Unite, general secretary Len McCluskey has vowed that the union will stay strong and growing despite the challenges ahead. The address is released today…Read more…
Workers’ rights and Brexit
After failing miserably on Monday to reassure millions of workers that their basic rights at work won’t be scrapped, Theresa May has another opportunity when she stands up at the last PMQs of the…Read more…
Then and now
Preparing a speech to mark the 45 years since the release of the Pentonville Five, I was struck by what the case of the dockers imprisoned in the cause of trade union freedom then tells us about…Read more…
Not ‘game changer’ we need
Today’s (November 22) budget is far from the ‘game-changer’ the country needs and will do little to ease the biggest squeeze in living standards the country has ever seen, Unite warned. …Read more…
COME TO PENTONVILLE 5 EVENT DECEMBER 1st
(Picture of former Newham Labour Councillor & Civic Mayor, Vic Turner after his release from prison)
CELEBRATE A GREAT WORKING CLASS VICTORYAPPLY ITS LESSONS TODAY TO FIGHT THE ATTACK
ON TRADE UNIONS
FRIDAY DECEMBER 1ST 2017 18.00EAST HAM WORKING MEN’S CLUB2 BOLEYN ROAD * LONDON E6…Read more…
Report from Unite GPM&IT national sector conference 2017
Last week delegates from each of Unite’s industrial sectors met in Brighton for their National Sector Conferences. This report covers the plenary, shared between several sectors, and the conference for my own sector – Graphical, Paper, Media & IT.
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Will this govt please leave the stage?
Buffoonery and horseplay … crude characterisation and ludicrously improbable situations. Does the definition of “farce” put you in mind of anything? But the farce that is this Tory…Read more…
A different society
Unite shop floor leaders gathered in Brighton this week to consider the remarkable democratic working-class organisation we have built together. These conferences are a cornerstone of our…Read more…
‘Cornerstone conferences’
See and hear Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s address to this year’s sector conferences in Brighton.
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‘On the side of justice’
Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey described this week’s industrial sector conferences (November 13) as “a cornerstone of our union and our democracy” in his speech welcoming delegates to the…Read more…
Why Labour must win
A recent article in The House magazine caught my eye. Tory MP Robert Halfon, the former education minister, was reflecting on the general election outcome. You may remember Halfon as the Tory who…Read more…
Credit crunch revisited?
Ten years ago today, the credit crunch that would catapult the world into financial crisis first began. On that day, August 9, 2007, BNP Paribas announced it would stop activity with three hedge…Read more…
Biggest political reawakening of the century
After two years of being derided as a waning political force because of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, a resurgent Labour Party has delivered a stunning general election blow to Theresa May’s Tories….Read more…
Labour is once again proud
Six weeks ago when Theresa May called her opportunistic election it was understandable that there was a sharp intake of labour movement breath. Could we really mount a decent challenge to a prime…Read more…
Can we trust the Rusty Lady?
The union I have the privilege of leading, Unite, is glad that the questions of trust and leadership are now centre-stage in this election. For the past seven years, the Conservatives have run…Read more…
GS ballot announcement
Len McCluskey has been re-elected general secretary of Unite, the union announced today (April 21). Votes cast in the election were as follows: Len McCluskey 59, 067 Gerard Coyne 53, 544…Read more…
‘Determined as ever’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey spoke this morning (February 16) in a wide-ranging interview with business news network Bloomberg over the news that Peugeot may buy out General Motors’…Read more…
‘World class’ workers
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will be meeting shop stewards at Ford’s Bridgend engine plant in Wales today (February 7), to update them on meetings aimed at securing the plant’s future with…Read more…
Unite’s first Brexit conference – GS speech
(Check against delivery) Good morning and thanks to our North West Region’s invite to speak at this important conference on Brexit – and the effects leaving the European Union will have on our…Read more…
‘Trump Tower’ deals spell harm
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has warned that working class communities face the `fight of their lifetimes’ to fend off a ‘hard’ exit from the European Union. He issued the warning…Read more…