During the 80s our industrial base was decimated. Margaret Thatcher in pursuit of new-liberal economics and her attacks on the trade unions ripped apart the post-war consensus. Whole swathes…Read more…
TUC 2015 – Unite highlights
This year’s TUC saw members of Unite’s delegation speak on the gender pension’s gap, blacklisting, discrimination against pregnant women, the EU referendum, the NHS and the Trade Union Bill to name a…Read more…
Support trades councils call
Unite delegate Pat Stuart spoke on the last day of the TUC conference (Wednesday September 16) in support of trades councils. Pat called trades councils, which bring together unions to work…Read more…
No workers’ rights? No World Cup
Unite delegate Scot Walker spoke in support of a motion on FIFA today (September 16) on the final day of the TUC conference. “Sisters and brothers, as a football fan, I recognise that…Read more…
LGBT equality fight continues
Unite delegate Maggie Ryan moved a motion today (September 16) at the TUC on discrimination in survivor pensions – a motion that was prioritised at this year’s national LGBT conference. …Read more…
End gender pensions gap
Ceri Wright, a Unite delegate from the finance sector, spoke today (September 16) on the gender pension gap. According to a report from Prudential, women can expect an average retirement…Read more…
Zero tolerance
Unite delegate Suki Sangha today (Wednesday September 16) spoke at TUC conference on young people and the challenges they face today in and outside of work. “The threat of eviction and…Read more…
Demand the truth
Unite delegate Howard Sharpe spoke today (September 16) at the TUC in support of blacklisted trade unionists. “My story is the story of hundreds, maybe thousands, of other union activists,” he…Read more…
Campaign for pregnant workers
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland today (Tuesday, September 15) moved a motion at the TUC in support of pregnant women facing discrimination at work. “When I first became a union…Read more…
Rousing applause
Unite delegates applaud new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at TUC today (September 15). Pic by Mark Thomas
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Towards a ‘Europe that shares our values’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner moved a general council statement on the EU referendum at the TUC today (September 15), arguing for a vision of “a social Europe, a peaceful Europe and…Read more…
Injustice for disabled workers
Unite delegate Ian Lidbetter today (Tuesday, September 15) addressed TUC on disabled people and our welfare state. “When the reality of the general election result gradually sunk in in…Read more…
Trade union values
Jeremy Corbyn, newly elected Labour Party leader and lifelong trade union member addressed the TUC conference today (September 15). To a rapturous, standing ovation Jeremy Corbyn spoke about…Read more…
The road to privatisation
Nick Parnell is a Unite delegate and works for the emergency services. He is also a local councillor in Bury MBC. Today, (Tuesday September 15) he spoke to Congress in support of an emergency…Read more…
‘Together we are stronger’
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady addressed Congress yesterday (September 14) as she laid out the scale of the challenges working people face. Welcoming the new Labour leadership, she…Read more…
NHS faces ‘dire threat’
Unite Executive Council member Jasmin Suraya spoke on quality care in the NHS today (September 15) at the TUC. She thanked the CSP for putting an important motion forward. Jasmin…Read more…
Resist the trade union Bill
Listen to Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s powerful speech to TUC in the video below on the trade union Bill – building a campaign to stop government attacks.
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By any means necessary
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey made it clear from the very start of his moving speech that he was, “hereby giving this government due notice of my union’s intent to oppose, defy and using any…Read more…
‘Bad for workers, bad for industry’
Unite delegate Tony Lewington addressed TUC Congress today (September 14) on casualisation in Road, Transport and Logistics. “Casualisation is the daily reality for everyone who works in my sector—…Read more…
Affordable homes for all
Speaking on the housing crisis today at the TUC congress, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner hailed the housing campaigners and tenants who have been fighting back against evictions and…Read more…