Category Archives: Politics

FT Interview with Len McCluskey

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Tony Burke
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The New Tactics To Meet New Challenges

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Tony Burke

The recent right-wing press castigation of Unite Leverage is best proof yet of its effectiveness and shows the way forward for the union, writes Unite’s Sharon Graham The recent media hysteria, designed by Lynton Crosby to portray Unite as political … Continue reading →

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Unite to fight for a future for shipbuilding

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Tony Burke

Unite, has said it will fight to retain as many of the 1,775 jobs under threat, following today’s announcement (Wednesday 6 November) about the future of the shipyards at Portsmouth, and Govan and Scotstoun on the Clyde. Today’s announcement was … Continue reading →

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Statement: Unite & Falkirk Constituency Labour Party

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Tony Burke

Issued on 5th November In July this year Unite was subjected to a major campaign of criticism regarding allegations of misconduct in the affairs of Falkirk Constituency Labour Party – in essence that the union had tried to manipulate the … Continue reading →

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‘Waiting For Recovery In Pay’ Says Labour Research

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Tony Burke

At 2.5%, union-negotiated private sector pay rises in the year to July had a lower mid-point (median) value than they did in the same period a year earlier, according to the Labour Research Department (LRD). The equivalent figure then was … Continue reading →

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Len McCluskey On Andrew Neil and Unite Statement On Sunday Times Report

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Tony Burke

Today’s (November 3rd) Sunday Times carries an extensive attack on Unite the union, apparently based on emails given to the newspaper by Ineos or its agents. The Sunday Times submitted a list of questions to Unite yesterday, in response to … Continue reading →

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Len McCluskey: “Tories dragging nation back to 70s – the 1870s”

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Tony Burke

Len McCluskey General Secretary of Unite has warned that the lessons of the banking crash have not been learned by the political elite – and that this government is taking the nation backwards to a darker time for ordinary people. … Continue reading →

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Michael Crick Skewers Grant “Michael Green” Shapps

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Tony Burke

Channel 4’s Michael Crick skewers Tory Party Chairman over his dodgy software business. The Metropolitan cops say their lawyers concluded selling of Shapps firm’s software “may constitute an offence of fraud”

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Karl Marx In London

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Tony Burke
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Recovery? What Recovery?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Tony Burke

A new poll shows 4 in 5 people are not benefiting from the “economic recovery” according to the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class). The union supported think tank says a new poll in the same week as official figures show … Continue reading →

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