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Len McCluskey addresses TUC demonstration, photo by Paul Mattsson
12 June 2013
Falkirk West: Labour bureaucracy blocks left Unite union candidate
New Labour has suspended its parliamentary selection process in Scottish constituency Falkirk West for the byelection to replace disgraced MP Eric Joyce, writes Kevin Parslow, Unite 1/1228 branch secretary (personal capacity).
5 June 2013
NSSN conference: Unite to fight all the cuts
Pay cuts, jobs cuts, pension cuts, low pay, high rents, Bedroom Tax... The National Shop Stewards Network conference on 29 June will bring together trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners to discuss action over the coming months.
29 May 2013
Working class unity is needed to end austerity: Aghast, millions of people watched the shaky amateur footage of the brutal killing of a young soldier, Lee Rigby, in Woolwich, south east London
29 May 2013
97% vote for strike action at Carling brewery
Brewery workers in Burton-on-Trent have voted for strike action against a vicious assault on pay and conditions
22 May 2013
The NHS is under the cosh, having been instructed by the government to make savings of £20 billion. This has driven a relentless assault upon the terms and conditions of thousands of employees
22 May 2013
Support Carling brewery workers at Burton-on-Trent
Brewery workers in Burton-on-Trent are balloting for strike action as workers face a vicious assault from their employers Molson Coors
20 May 2013
Sacked Tesco drivers on the march again
Around 100 of the Tesco drivers sacked earlier this year and their families marched through Doncaster
16 May 2013
Blacklisting protester badly injured by hit-and-run driver
George Tapp, 64, a retired electrician and Unite activist who lives in Salford, was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver yesterday outside the offices of construction firm BAM in Manchester...
15 May 2013
Protesters demand councils reject blacklisting companies
Unite the union took its blacklisting campaign to the Waltham Forest on 15 May
15 May 2013
Unite the Union has formally notified One Housing Group (OHG) of its intention to ballot its members over pay cuts and downgrading...
15 May 2013
Fighting blacklisting: Workers in GMB and Unite at Runcorn Thermal Power Station walked out unofficially on 13 May to support laggers...
8 May 2013
Airport strike: Cleaners at Manchester Airport took solid strike action on 3 May against a drastic worsening of their conditions...
7 May 2013
North-West construction trade unionists organise
About 40 trade unionists in the construction industry came to a north-west 'rank and file' meeting in Warrington
3 May 2013
Airport cleaners strike while construction workers protest
Cleaners at Manchester airport took solid strike action on 3rd May against a drastic worsening of their conditions
1 May 2013
Saying no to blacklisting in Southampton
Unite activists from the Southampton area came together on 25 April to join the growing voice of workers across the country speaking out against the illegal practices of employers blacklisting union activists from employment...
Len McCluskey of Unite speaking at the 20 October 2012 TUC demo against austerity , photo by Paul Mattsson
24 April 2013
Unite - build a fighting union
The victory of Len McCluskey in the Unite general secretary election with 64.4% of the vote against fellow left-winger Jerry Hicks will be seen by the union's membership as ratifying the general direction of Unite since Len first took the position in 2011, writes Kevin Parslow, Unite London and Eastern regional committee, personal capacity.
24 April 2013
Crossrail: The battle against blacklisting in the construction industry is continuing with high-profile protests in the last few days...
22 April 2013
Kiln workers enter third week of strike
Morale was high as expert 'burners', kiln workers at Kings Dyke brick works, in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire entered the third week of their strike
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