Category Archives: Solidarity

Unite launches community membership

Unite has taken the bold and innovative step of launching a new membership scheme to ensure those pushed to the margins of society can benefit from collective trade union power. Unite’s new community membership will offer the unemployed, students and all those … Continue reading

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Socialist Health Association needs your help to save the NHS

I have recieved this message from the Socialist Health Association – all help is appreciated in forwarding this message, tweeting or as they suggest writing to your local newspaper. “We now have the cost of NHS reorganisation broken down for … Continue reading

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Mail readers (were) backing public sector strikes

The Daily Mail, the bastion of right wing curtain twitchers and union bashers had to take their on-line poll down yesterday as visitors to their website began massively supporting the public sector strike. So just in case we forget, or the … Continue reading

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Vince Cable’s employment rights changes – “fit in or f**k off”

Roger Jeary, director of research at Britain’s largest trade union, Unite gives his response to proposed changes to employment law announced by Business Secretary, Vince Cable this week. This blog was first published on The Manufacturer website on November 25th. … Continue reading

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High Pay Commission slams UK’s highest earners

 The High Pay Commission’s final report, just published, shows ‘stratospheric pay increases’ which have seen wealth flow upwards to the top 0.1% away from average workers.  The report titled “Cheques with Balances: Why tackling high pay is in the national interest” says … Continue reading

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Unite Construction Demo, November 19th in Glasgow

The Unite Scotland Region are doing a good job in promoting union campaigns via e-communications including some excellent You Tube video’s such as the one below from yesterday. Check them out at Unite Scotland. Oh, nearly forgot….you can check out … Continue reading

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Racist boneheads threaten November 30th demo’s

The right wing and racist English Defence League are threatening to attack demonstrations and rally’s organised in support of Public Sector strikes on November 30th. One EDL splinter group, stated that it considers any left wing or anti-cuts activists now … Continue reading

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Unite votes resounding YES to public sector strike action on November 30th

Members of Unite working in the public sector have voted resoundingly in favour of industrial action to defend their pensions. Click here to see the full results Unite members in the public sector Three in four Unite members have said … Continue reading

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Taxi for Mr. Walker? Recall campaign against Govenor Walker begins…..

By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer From a midnight pajama party in a Madison bar to a rally in front of Gov. Scott Walker’s Wauwatosa home, thousands of Wisconsin volunteers kicked off the official signature gathering period to put Walker’s recall before the … Continue reading

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Unite Manufacturing e-bulletin No 7 now available to download

Download the latest Unite Manufacturing e-bulletin here. Articles on apprenticeships in the chemical industry; Ford pensions; Jaguar Land Rover jobs; the economy, steel industry, organising agency workers and European employment rights.

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