A report by Unite The Union Part of the “Unite Investigates” series Unite's latest report has analysed nearly 17,000 companies in the UK and found that average profit margins have soared by 30% compared to the pre-pandemic period. This report is the largest post-pandemic study of UK profit margins to date. We have exposed that corporate profiteering isn’t … Continue reading Profiteering is breaking the economy
LABOUR OUTLINES INDUSTRIAL PLAN Unions welcome opportunity to reshape Britain – if money forthcoming LABOUR’S new industrial strategy is a “golden opportunity” to transform the economy but must have real money behind it, unions said yesterday. [14 October] The government published a green paper opening a consultation process on its 10-year plan at its inaugural … Continue reading Union reactions to Labour’s Industrial Plan
Labour conference: Unite general secretary Sharon Graham Winter Fuel Allowance speech Unite general secretary Sharon Graham today moved the motion on winter fuel allowance at Labour party conference. The full text of the speech is below: “The nation wants food, work and homes… It wants a high and rising standard of living, security for all, … Continue reading Sharon Graham Winter Fuel Allowance speech
No Ban without a Plan Sharon Graham: We can’t sit back and allow oil and gas workers to become the miners of net zero https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/5902396/sharon-graham-oil-gas-unite-opinion/ Put simply: the transition to net zero will only work if we put jobs at its very heart. The current plan is too vague, writes Unite's general secretary. When Margaret … Continue reading Sharon Graham on Net Zero
Unite the Union protests at Labour not pledging to reinstate Workers Rights if elected Labour’s draft New Deal for Workers now “unrecognisable” Wednesday 8 May 2024 Responding to the recent New Deal documents sent to the trade unions by the Labour Party, the leader of Unite Sharon Graham said: “It looks like all the warnings … Continue reading Starmer Against Workers Rights
The ritual of the annual Mais lecture took place on 19th March. The Mais lectures have been taking place since 1978. The year is not accidental. Thatcher was about to come to power. She proposed to abandon the postwar economic consensus of a managed economy in which the state assumed responsibility for economic areas considered crucial to economic success: health, … Continue reading Reeves in a Straightjacket—Editorial
Workers Plan for Steel A union with a vision for the steel industry and the country. As part of Unite’s campaign to fight for the steel industry, open letters have been written by 130 businesses, associations and clubs in Port Talbot, 150 in Scunthorpe, 130 in Teesside, 150 in Sheffield. We reproduce the Teesside letter and comments, underneath … Continue reading Unite—The Union: A workers Plan for Steel
BBC Interview with Sharon Graham BBC 14/7/23 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66203880 Labour needs to be "bolder" and "more ambitious", rather than "tinkering around the edges", the head of the UK's second largest union has told the BBC. Unite leader Sharon Graham warned that otherwise "apathy" would be the winner at the next general election. The union gives more … Continue reading Sharon Graham BBC Interview
Sharon Graham to David Lammy on British Airways: Supporting bad bosses is a new low for Labour Sunday 26 June 2022 The leader of Unite the union has hit back at the comments by David Lammy MP, Labour shadow foreign secretary, made today (Sunday) that he would not support Unite’s members at British Airways who … Continue reading Sharon Graham to David Lammy
Diary of an ex-Corbyn foot soldier (July, 2021) Dictionary definition of “foot soldier”: “…a dedicated low level follower…” Michael Murray: murraymicha@gmail.com; FaceBook: Michael Murray London Contents: (1) Unite the Union’s 2021 election of a General Secretary to succeed Len McCluskey (2) Doing the numbers: importance of Unite election result for the Labour Party (3) Trade unionism and … Continue reading Unite Election — Diary of an ex-Corbyn foot soldier
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