Home » Archives by category » Unions » Unite The Union
A dispute which has been running in a desultory stop-go fashion for years has come to a head in one large hospital trust with the issuing of a consultation plan…
April 19, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Jerry Hicks is running for election to become General Secretary of Unite, Britain’s largest union. He’s standing on a rank and file ticket and wants Unite to be led by…
March 18, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Here we set out what we think grassroots militants and socialists in Unite should be uniting around to fight for a union which is democratic from below, willing to…
March 18, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
In an election that could rock the labour movement, rank and file candidate Jerry Hicks writes for Workers Power There’s an election in Unite, Britain’s largest union with 1.5…
March 11, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Jerry Hicks has got 136 nominations for his candidature in the Unite General Secretary election – an unprecedented number for a rank and file candidate. So there will be an…
February 26, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Rank and file candidate Jerry Hicks has now secured 84 validated branch nominations – with several days still to go to the deadline for nominations. Barring a veritable bureaucratic coup…
February 11, 2013 / Comments Off / Read More
This is the transcript of an interview conducted by Workers Power with Jerry Hicks. Credit where credit’s due, McCluskey’s speech, his Ralph Miliband lecture, was good – though he lifted…
January 20, 2013 / Comments Off / Read More
Len McCluskey has called a snap election for the top job in Unite, even though he has over two years left to run in the post. This is outrageous and…
January 14, 2013 / Comments Off / Read More
By Jeremy Dewar On 25 October, Ford stunned workers at its Southampton transit van and Dagenham stamping plants, announcing 1,400 job cuts and the closure of both sites next year.…
November 13, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More
By Marcus Halaby London’s sparks have targeted rogue construction outfit BFK for some special treatment – flying pickets, direct action and brand contamination. The capital’s high-profile Crossrail project received some…
October 19, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More