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Construction workers were in central London on Friday (25 Sept) morning when they took to the streets to hand out leaflets and newspapers encouraging people to come to Cable Street for the 90th Anniversary rally and march on Sunday 4 October. Members from Unite construction branches were up early to talk to commuters outside Kings […]
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Union members and radical history enthusiasts have been hard at work organising a new one day festival to recognise a little known piece of Kent’s rural past. The Swing Riots & Bossenden Rising Festival takes place near Faversham, at Mount Ephraim Gardens, on May 31st, starting at 1pm and finishing at 7.30pm. The festival is […]
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A sea of Unite flags filled Blake Gardens in Bridgwater on Friday (April 25th), as construction workers from Hinkley Point C and trade union activists gathered around the Unite Workers Memorial to mark International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD). Around 100 people gathered for the breezy lunchtime event, an event which is now the “largest event […]
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Unite members are being urged to get involved with this year’s International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD), with plans well underway for country wide commemoration events to “remember the dead and fight for the living” later this month. The annual event is held around the world every year on April 28 as workers gather to reflect […]
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