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Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today, we look back at a new Unite film about the Shrewsbury 24 pickets and their fight for justice. — Unite has this week in June released a new film, which you can watch in full below, […]
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Fantastic news last week when the “Shrewsbury 24” (including Royle family actor Ricky Tomlinson) was cleared at the Court of Appeal. I have a clash on Wednesday but hope to join this…Read more…
Today’s (March 23) decision by the Court of Appeal to overturn the convictions of the Shrewsbury pickets after a nearly 50-year campaign has been hailed by Unite as a ‘joyous and just…Read more…
In his opening statements, made today (November 6) on behalf of trade unions represented at the Undercover Policing Inquiry chaired by Judge Mittings, Lord John Hendy QC has revealed that undercover…Read more…
Campaigners are one step closer to overturning the wrongful convictions of 24 building workers arrested for trade union activity in the early 1970s.
The Shrewsbury 24 Campaign, supported and funded…Read more…
A Tory government which launched a head-on confrontation with trade unions in the early 1970s conspired with police and MI5 to help jail six striking building workers who picketed sites in Shrewsbury…Read more…