‘Full on struggle to save jobs’
Monday, October 5th, 2020
The battle to save jobs is the most important social and economic issue emerging from the pandemic and we’re in a full-on struggle to save jobs across the econo...
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Govt’s day of shame
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Today is the annual UN Day for Older Persons, a day of celebration and recognition for a generation who have given a lifetime of work to build our nations and f...
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Mass unemployment still looms
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
The Job Support Scheme measures announced on September 24 will provide some relief for some workers but more will need to be done to prevent a mass unemployment...
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Future trade deals must respect workers' rights
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
UK, Australian and New Zealand trade unions issue stark warning to governments over trade deals
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Covid: Is writing on the wall for print and accountable broadcast news?
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
The rival GB news channel being set up from the headquarters of Rupert Murdoch is said to be FOX News in style and content. With that on the horizon and the ev...
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Unite plea to PM: ‘Don’t abandon us’
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
With Spain becoming the latest country to extend its pay protection scheme “for as long as it takes” – following Germany, the Netherlands and France – the UK go...
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Don’t miss out on Battle of Stockton event
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Unite’s Unity over Division campaign have supported this year’s event by recording a zoom conversation with some of our young members from North East, Yorkshire...
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Act now call as Belarus union leaders arrested and beaten
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Trade unions throughout Europe are working directly with their international and European Union federations to bring pressure on the EU to force tough sanctions...
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The power of unity
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020
On September 10, 1933, Mosley’s notorious Blackshirts marched into Stockton-on-Tees with the specific aim of holding a rally to recruit and garner support. Mosl...
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When Boris met Tony…
Friday, August 28th, 2020
The gaffe prone former Aussie PM, famous for his cringe-worthy comments (read here) will be ‘joint president’ together with International Trade Secretary Liz...
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‘They shall not pass’
Friday, August 21st, 2020
Or as Nelson Mandela put it “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People are taught to ha...
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Time to be ‘more German’?
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
In the UK, the Chancellor is refusing to extend the furlough scheme despite the prospect of mass job losses. But in Germany, the ‘Kurzarbeit’ social insurance s...
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The ‘fight of our lives’
Monday, August 17th, 2020
With the tsunami of job losses we predicted when Rishi Sunak announced, the phasing-out of the furlough scheme now coming to pass, the government’s reversion to...
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A sightseer in Beirut
Friday, August 14th, 2020
In the morning the vast inspiring Al Amin Mosque. Heads covered feet bare. Under the chandeliers our whispered voices echoes of centuries.
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'Make your voice heard in the post-pandemic world'
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
CPHVA: Health visitors, school nurses and community teams should be represented on NHS trusts and boards
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How the govt fails to take women seriously
Friday, August 7th, 2020
A joint statement earlier this week (August 5) by the TUC, Centenary Action Group, the Fawcett Society, Women’s Aid and trade unions representing parliamentary ...
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‘Workers are holding their breath’
Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Picking up last weekend’s press, I almost choked on my morning tea when I read that ‘Red Wall Tories’ were working to save UK aerospace. This was news to me – a...
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Contagion
Friday, July 24th, 2020
At our peril we’d ignored the periphery Discovered we aren’t in charge of our destiny.
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