The Daily Mail this morning fulminates about its finding that “70% of Labour candidates for 2015 election have links to unions.” Worse still, it finds that “more than half of those are affiliated to Unite, the giant Left-wing union which is targeting as many seats as possible to exert maximum influence over Ed Miliband.” All […]
Posts Tagged ‘Unite’
Daily Mail says 70% of Labour candidates have union links – inquiry demanded
Jul 3rd, 2013 by Jon Lansman.
All union levy-payers should be able to vote in Labour selections
Jul 2nd, 2013 by Jon Lansman.The current row between Progress and Unite is really about class politics and union influence – not one parliamentary selection in Scotland. However, perhaps it is worth taking at face value the claim by Peter Mandelson in his plea for “no more Falkirks” that he is “trying to defend the rights of grassroots members of the […]
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Falkirk, and the developing row between Labour and UNITE
Jul 1st, 2013 by Andy Newman.The placing of the Falkirk West CLP into administrative measures is the latest battle in what George Eaton at the New Statesman describes as “a war” between UNITE the union, and the Labour Party. In fact the Blairites in the party, are engaged in a concerted campaign to challenge trade union influence more generally. This became apparent in the synthetic “outrage” that […]
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Unite backing for continued public ownership of RBS
Jun 17th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.Ahead of the report by the parliamentary commission on banking standards, due to report back this week on the future of RBS, Unite, which represents workers at RBS and 120,000 workers altogether in financial services, has called on the government to commit to the full nationalisation of RBS in which the state currently has an […]
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Peter Mandelson and trade unions – two classes of party member
May 23rd, 2013 by Peter Willsman.Peter Mandelson’s attitude to class politics is widely seen as typified by his comment that the New Labour government was “intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich”. He, like rival political parties and hostile voices in the media, continually questions the role of trade unions and of their members within our party – in parliamentary selections, […]
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Len McCluskey & Lutfur Rahman uniting the community of East End battleground
May 14th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.There are two stories here. The first is that Unite the Union’s strategy of taking trade unions into the community was launched yesterday in a particularly tangible way with the opening of the first Unite Community Centre. The second is that it represents a collaborative enterprise between Len McCluskey and Lutfur Rahman, independent Mayor of […]
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Ed needs to work out where disunity comes from, and let the party decide its direction
Apr 25th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.It is true that “Len McCluskey does not speak for the Labour Party” as Ed Miliband’s spokesperson put it last night. Nor (anymore) do Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson, Alan Milburn, David Blunkett, John Reid, or Tessa Jowell, who have between them been subjecting Ed to persistent attacks, without regard to the impending local elections. But the unnamed shadow […]
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Unite declares war on Blacklisting
Apr 22nd, 2013 by Newsdesk.Excellent documentary video about Unite’s campaign against blacklisting on the Crosssrail construction where it is pursuing the claim that workers have been victimised for raising safety issues.
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McCluskey wins strong mandate for second term at Unite’s helm
Apr 13th, 2013 by Conrad Landin.Len McCluskey, the leader of Britain’s largest trade union, has won a convincing victory in his battle for re-election. McCluskey was opposed by Jerry Hicks in the election for general secretary of Unite, which represents 1.4 million workers in a variety of sectors. He was first elected for a five-year term in 2010, with this […]
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Time for Unite members to get their votes in
Mar 25th, 2013 by Newsdesk.Most Unite members should now have received their ballot papers for the election of General Secretary. If your ballot paper has not arrived by 3 April, please call 0800 783 3856 (UK) or 0818 333 155 (ROI) to get a replacement. You must post your vote for Len McCluskey, to arrive no later than 12 April […]
