Category Archives: Unite The Union

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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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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Grangemouth shows the inequality of the fight that unions face now

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Tony Burke

By Len McCluskey Seldom has one industrial dispute said so much about our society as the now concluded issue of the future of the Grangemouth refinery. Unite has reached an agreement with the owner, Ineos, which will guarantee the future of skilled and … Continue reading →

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Don’t let the haters win – join the march against fascism

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Tony Burke

Unite will be marching in Liverpool city centre in a mass celebration of multicultural Britain. Our message is clear: ‘Those that peddle hate are not welcome here – Nick Griffin must go!’ The march on Saturday October 12th, sets off from … Continue reading →

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Support striking workers at Crown in Canada

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Tony Burke

Crown Holdings, a U.S. based multi-national company, (also know as Crown Packaging and previously Crown Cork) is one of the major metal container and specialist packaging companies in the world, producing cans for beverage and food containers in 149 countries, … Continue reading →

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Solidarity With Greek Workers And Unions

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Tony Burke

 

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Booming Britain? Pay average rises lowest since 1984

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Tony Burke

Only a few weeks ago the media were in overdrive that the UK was again “booming”! George Osborne was trumpeting that we had “turned the corner”. However, research by XpertHR show that the ‘pay squeeze’ is hitting millions of workers … Continue reading →

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Rebalancing the UK economy: A renewed manufacturing strategy

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Tony Burke

Ed Balls in his speech to the Labour Party conference in rightly praised the renaissance in the UK automotive industry.  He was right to do so. Unite was at the centre of the transformation. Unite union reps and members make … Continue reading →

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Labour “We’ll Scrap The Bedroom Tax”

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Tony Burke

Ed Miliband Leader of the Labour Party, will commit the next Labour government to repealing David Cameron’s bedroom tax, and announced he and Ed Balls have already earmarked funds to pay for it. Speaking in Brighton at the start of … Continue reading →

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