Category Archives: Unite The Union

Tribute to Richard Trumka

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Tony Burke

By Liz Shuler Acting President and Secretary-Treasurer AFL-CIO I’m heartbroken to inform you that our brother and leader, Rich Trumka, passed away this week at the age of 72. He was doing what he loved: spending time with his family. Rich … Continue reading →

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Hands Off Cuba – Stop The Blockade

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Tony Burke

THURSDAY 29TH JULY – 7:00PM : ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING The right wing media, including the Guardian and BBC, are stepping up the onslaught on Cuba and hiding any mention of the 60 year US blockade and the 243 additional sanctions imposed … Continue reading →

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Cuba Solidarity Campaign statement on the current situation in Cuba

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Tony Burke

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign calls on the US government to suspend the blockade of Cuba to allow emergency medical and humanitarian aid into the country in order to ease the economic and health crisis the island is experiencing. The current … Continue reading →

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May Day Statement From EU Unions

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Tony Burke

” It is only when the sky is dark that we can see the stars .” Long live the 1st May This sentence, pronounced a few decades ago by Martin Luther King, has not aged a bit. We chose to … Continue reading →

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Unite Statement On The Union’s Birmingham Hotel, Conference & Education Centre

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Tony Burke

Responding to the piece broadcast by Sky News in relation to the Birmingham hotel, conference and education facility built for Unite the union, the union said: “Unfortunately, Sky News has let itself and it viewers down by producing and broadcasting … Continue reading →

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Unite slams ‘abysmal’ removal of black bus driver from Labour’s London campaign

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Tony Burke

London’s biggest trade union, Unite, has slammed  the ‘abysmal’ decision to remove the only male Afro-Caribbean candidate from the Labour party list of candidates for elections across the capital this May. The union says that the removal of Preston Tabois, a bus driver and Tottenham Labour councillor, reveals the … Continue reading →

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The OECD At The Crossroads

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Tony Burke
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McCluskey To Government: Publish Impact Of Bad Bosses Threat To UK Workers

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Tony Burke

Len McCluskey of Unite, is demanding that the government discloses the full impact of any roll-back of workers’ rights on the country’s millions of women, vulnerable and minority workers. Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey has written to Kwasi Kwarteng, the minister … Continue reading →

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AFL-CIO: Workers Five Priorities For 2021

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Tony Burke
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Statement By Unite on article in The Times, January 16th.

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Tony Burke

Unite have issued the following statement today. “The reports in The Times are an extremely crude attempt to smear Unite and its leadership through a disgraceful attempt at guilt-by-association. “They attempt to create an impression of a connection between Unite … Continue reading →

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