Following Keir Starmer’s speech at TUC congress, today, September 14, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham responded by saying, “Unite is now focused on defending our members’ Jobs Pay and…Read more…
TUC Congress highlights
On the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 13), Unite delegates moved and supported a series of motions on a variety of pressing industrial issues. Here are some of today’s highlights….Read more…
Fire and rehire speech
Newly elected Unite general secretary Sharon speaks out against this ‘abhorrent practice’.
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‘Reps are part of our movement’
On the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 13), Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland highlighted the importance of union equality reps and the pressing need for their statutory…Read more…
‘Fire and rehire is an abhorrence’
“Our priority must be to co-ordinate a fightback at the work place. We have all shown that fire and rehire can be beaten. At British Airways, we stopped the worst of the cuts. At Go North West, the…Read more…
‘Fighting for our members must come first’
It was early morning at a factory on Humberside. My campaign team were handing out leaflets as workers made their way in to work. One worker told the team: “I voted for the best candidate for the…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – TUC president Gail Cartmail in inspirational speech
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at TUC president and Unite assistant general secretary…Read more…
‘Climate change is here – right now’
“Colleagues, nobody in this virtual hall is going to disagree on the scale of the challenge ahead. Climate change is not somebody else’s problem, an issue for the global south or island communities…Read more…