Tales from the far side
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Sharon Graham, called it right when she said, pre-Budget, that she feared workers would pay the price of the pandemic. It certainly looks that way. And realisti...
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'True meaning of solidarity'
Monday, October 4th, 2021
Unite member Sergio Requena-Rueda remembers Unite heritage union hero Robert Somerville
3 min
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'Unite members are my first priority'
Monday, September 27th, 2021
Unite GS Sharon Graham on why she’s not attending this year’s Labour Party Conference
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Self portrait
Friday, September 24th, 2021
In her latest poem, Unite's Joy Johnson reflects on artist and revolutionary Caravaggio and his work
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Tales of real working class heroes
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021
Former Unite GS Len McCluskey reviews Diamonds in the Mud by Brian Reade
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‘The only way workers do not pay price of pandemic’
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Unite GS responds to Starmer’s TUC speech by defending Jobs, Pay and Conditions
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'Fighting for our members must come first'
Monday, September 13th, 2021
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 v...
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Labour's 'new deal welcome programme for working families'
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
Unite AGS Tony Burke on why Labour's 'new deal' for workers is a game changer
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First of June 2021
Friday, July 2nd, 2021
In her latest poem, Unite's Joy Johnson reflects on the first - and only - day there were no recorded Covid deaths since the pandemic began
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'Don't snap the investment wallet shut - our jobs depend on it'
Friday, July 2nd, 2021
Unite AGS Steve Turner’s message to government: new Nissan gigafactory – the UK’s first – must not be its last
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Furlough scheme 'must be extended for as long as it takes'
Friday, June 18th, 2021
Unite AGS Steve Turner: after four-week lockdown extension, chancellor Rishi Sunak must step up and support workers
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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'
10 min
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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'
5 min
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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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