Who will listen to my heart now?
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Covid-19 has unintended consequences - Unite's Joy Johnson's poem highlights how the GP surgery is one of them
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'A cornerstone of our union and our democracy'
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
Unite GS Len McCluskey: 'We must ensure the 'new normal' tackles the roots of inequality'
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Mental health issues surging at work
Friday, April 30th, 2021
Unite director of research John Earls: 'We need stronger trade unions to create healthier, safer workplaces and a fairer post-Covid economy'
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‘The continuing carousel of sleaze and cronyism allegations’
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
There usually comes a time in the life-time of a long-serving government when there is a light bulb moment which turns out to be terminal for its popularity and...
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Outlaw ruthless ‘fire and rehire’ practices
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Fire and rehire has been described by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey as being a ‘disease that’s ripping through our workplaces’.
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Our Streets
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
With flowers for a vigil and a sombre tone women gathered to pay their respects. Why couldn’t she have been left alone?
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Black Friday 1921: One hundred years on the unemployed still need to organise
Friday, April 16th, 2021
Mention Black Friday today and most people will conjure up images of bargain-hunting shoppers grappling with each other for discounted consumer goods. But 100 y...
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Don’t push workers into poverty
Friday, April 9th, 2021
A London tour guide approached me recently near to the office. He was a Unite member and wanted to know what we have been doing for the past year to help sel...
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Hotel hit 'is not journalism’
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Responding to the piece broadcast by Sky News in relation to the Birmingham hotel, conference and education facility built for Unite, the union said today (Wedn...
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Taking liberties
Monday, March 29th, 2021
Unite organiser Joe Rollin explains all you need to know about the police and crime bill - and how you can fight back against this attack on our right to protest
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The Wave
Friday, March 26th, 2021
On the first anniversary of lockdown we’re celebrating kindness. Poet Beaky describes how that has felt in these days of pain
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Why this May 6 really matters
Friday, March 26th, 2021
This May’s elections really matter. Across the whole of the UK polling stations will be open on May 6 for our own ‘Super Thursday’ as directly elected mayors, c...
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'Never forget that there is hope'
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s message on National Day of Reflection
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We need to revalue our public services
Thursday, March 11th, 2021
European Public Services Union: Covid-19 pandemic has exposed fragility of our public health systems in Europe
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How collective bargaining can tackle the race to the bottom
Monday, March 8th, 2021
Unite research shows "power of working people in the system of global trade comes from our collective strength"
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'This government is actively anti-women'
Monday, March 8th, 2021
Unite national officer Siobhan Endean: On International Women’s Day, let’s organise to hold this government to account
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A Budget of ‘spin, gimmicks and dangerous wheezes’
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Reacting last night to the Budget statement delivered by chancellor Rishi Sunak (Wednesday, March 3) Unite general secretary Len McCluskey warned that the gover...
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Budget: has govt learnt anything from pandemic?
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
This government’s mismanagement of the crisis has led to the UK suffering the biggest economic hit in Europe, not to mention a tragically high loss of life. Muc...
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