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15 December 2021
Sharon Graham: 100 days as Unite general secretary - the challenges ahead
Unite has become far more 'battle-ready' and focused on taking on the employers.
3 November 2021
Unite leaflets supermarkets to build support for Weetabix fire and rehire strike
Around the country from 29-31 October, Unite regions and branches leafleted shoppers at supermarkets to boycott Weetabix, Alpen and Ready Brek products and get involved in the campaign to put pressure on supermarkets to contact Weetabix bosses to withdraw the company's fire-and-rehire attempt.
20 October 2021
Sharon Graham pledged a pushback against bosses' offensives.
6 October 2021
Unite health members say no to 3% and vote for action
Health service members of Unite the Union in England have voted by 90% to reject the government's 3% pay offer for this year.
24 September 2021
New openings for militant trade unionism
The victory of Sharon Graham as general secretary of Unite has struck the labour movement as a thunderbolt. This can be a pivotal moment.
16 June 2021
Left candidate needed for Unite general secretary election
The nomination period for the Unite general secretary election has closed. All four candidates - Steve Turner, Sharon Graham, Howard Beckett and Gerard Coyne - have gained enough branch nominations to
9 June 2021
Left candidate needed for Unite general secretary election
The nomination period for the Unite general secretary election has closed with all four candidates gaining enough branch nominations
19 May 2021
Huge victory at Go North West as Unite defeats 'fire and rehire'
As we got to press, bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester have defeated attempts to fire and rehire them, agreeing a deal which will end one of the country's longest-running industrial disputes.
5 May 2021
Vote 'yes' in the PCS DWP ballot
PCS ballot closes 13 May - vote Broad Left Network: Broad Left Network members are building for a strong 'yes' vote in the DWP consultative ballot for PCS Jobcentre members which starts on 5 May and runs until 21 May.
28 April 2021
Unite general secretary election nomination stage
Make sure there is a fighting left challenge on the ballot paper!
21 April 2021
PCS leadership ballot underway
The ballot for PCS president and national executive committee opens on 22 April and runs to 13 May. PCS is the union for government workers in the civil service and public and private sectors.
3 February 2021
Vote Steve Hedley for RMT general secretary
"I pledge that, when elected, to continue to put jobs, pay, conditions, safety and work-life balance at the forefront of our campaigns
27 January 2021
DVLA Covid outbreak: They only care about output and productivity
As a former worker at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), I have not been surprised by reports of hundreds of Covid cases among staff
9 December 2020
RMT gen sec election - vote for Steve Hedley
The upcoming general secretary election is an opportunity for RMT transport union members to change the direction of our trade union.
4 November 2020
Why the Socialist Party is backing Hugo Pierre for Unison general secretary
On the 28 October, 1.4 million ballot papers will go out to Unison public sector union members to decide who should be the new general secretary and lead the union.
3 November 2020
Corbyn suspended - Time to fight for a new mass workers' party
Keir Starmer is determined to annihilate the last vestiges of 'Corbynism'- as the Socialist Party warned would be the case
14 October 2020
Unite votes to cut affiliation fee to Labour
An important step following the defeat of Corbynism in Labour - It should also be the starting point of a broader debate
9 September 2020
NSSN rally: Workers must not pay the price of Covid
"TUC congress has never been more important. Workers are fighting for our lives and livelihoods. We need workers' control over workplaces to make sure that they are safe. And increasingly, we are fighting
5 August 2020
Labour payouts: unions must discuss political representation
Unite leader Len McCluskey rightly said Labour's leaders misused union members' money
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