Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you the latest heroes and zeros amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail At this…Read more…
PM told to extend furlough – or risk opening job loss ‘floodgates’
Pressure on the government to extend the successful furlough scheme – which kept more than 9m people on company payrolls at its peak at the height of the coronavirus crisis – continues today,…Read more…
“A lifetime’s experience fighting for working people”
Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary, has warmly congratulated Gail Cartmail on her election today (September 15) as the next president of the TUC.
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Inspiring the young and women to find their voices
This Tuesday, September 15, will be an unforgettable moment in the life of Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail. Because on this date, at the close of this year’s TUC conference, Gail will…Read more…
‘Global solidarity matters’
“Whether you are an engineer, teacher, transport worker or health worker in Europe or the USA, Brazil, South Asia, Latin America, or Australia – everyone is effected in the same way – fear and worry,…Read more…
BLM protests must leave ‘long-lasting legacy’
On the final day of TUC Congress 2020 on Tuesday (September 15), delegates held a wide-ranging debate on tackling racism. Systemic racism has risen to the top of the agenda this year especially amid…Read more…
Labour Starmer’s “get your priorities right and defeat virus” call to Johnson
Calling on the government to replace the furlough scheme and outlaw ‘firing and re-hiring’ practices as part of a “genuine national plan” for jobs, Labour leader Keir Starmer addressed the TUC today…Read more…
‘We’re going to have to win it’
On the second and final day of this year’s TUC Congress on Tuesday (September 15), proceedings began with a vital debate about preventing unemployment and building back a better recovery…Read more…
‘We won’t rest until we win’
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady gave a powerful opening speech this morning (September 14) of the first day of the first online-only Congress in the union confederation’s 152 year history….Read more…
‘It’s time for equality’
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland spoke passionately at Congress today (September 14) in a debate about the unequal impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on ethnic minorities, working…Read more…
‘Unionised workplaces are safer workplaces’
The TUC’s first-ever online-only Congress started today (September 14) with a wide-ranging debate on workplace safety amid the coronavirus pandemic and the vital role key workers and unions have…Read more…
Chancellor – don’t walk away
This year’s 152nd TUC conference in London may be very different as it’s being held on line – but the messages trade unions including Unite are making are crystal clear – workers cannot be made to be…Read more…
‘Congress must speak as one on Covid – our class will not pay for another crisis’
Has the Covid-19 crisis really given us no option other than to brace ourselves for a “necessary period of adjustment”?
Andy Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England, seems to think so but,…Read more…