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Ian's UNITE Site: June 2014
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Thursday, 5 June 2014. Solidarity with Bryan Kennedy. UNITE members at One Housing are on strike from tomorrow in defence of their victimised convenor, Bryan Kennedy. There's a leaflet explaining the issues here. The strike starts 8am on Friday 6th June and runs through to 7:59 on Tuesday 10th June. You can send messages of support by email to Bryan. Sunday, 1 June 2014. The book is very usef...
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Ian's UNITE Site: July 2014
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Thursday, 10 July 2014. J10 - coordinated strike day. Well done to all the members of UNITE, UNISON, GMB, NUT, PCS and FBU who struck nationally today, and to those who took part in local strikes, notably on the London underground. The march joined the main rally in Piccadilly Gardens:. The big question everyone was talking about was - what next? If the million who struck today want to win, t...
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Ian's UNITE Site: May 2014
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Wednesday, 28 May 2014. Union wage premium rises to 16.4%, private sector membership up. The government has just published the stats on trade union membership for 2013. Decreased in both the private and public sectors"! Interestingly the wage premiums are even higher for women (30%) and young workers (38% for 16-24 year olds). The sectors showing the biggest growth in membership were "transpo...
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Ian's UNITE Site: June 2015
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Thursday, 11 June 2015. What does the Labour leadership election mean for the radical left? My article below first appeared on Novaramedia. Apologies for the long break in updates to this blog. I've been unwell, but hope to gradually resume normal service now. What does the Labour leadership election mean for the radical left? These allegations led to two prominent Unite activists at the Ineo...
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Ian's UNITE Site: Unite Rules Conference - day two
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Wednesday, 8 July 2015. Unite Rules Conference - day two. Tuesday's business was less contentious than Monday's, but covered a wide range of issues. Conference overturned the EC to pass 19/4 and set up a national access fund to provide support such as sign language interpreters as required by deaf and disabled members to access branch meetings, national meetings and other union events. Gold m...
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Ian's UNITE Site: UNITE's structures
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. UNITE's structure can be rather bewildering. This page links to various posts and other resources to help you navigate UNITE and get involved. You can find details of UNITE's Regional Offices. Which are often a first port of call beyond your workplace, on the " Regions. UNITE is divided up into a number of industrial sectors. You can find out about your UNITE branch. Information on UNITE Poli...
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Ian's UNITE Site: July 2015
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Friday, 10 July 2015. Unite Rules Conference - day four (updated). Note: This report has been updated following receipt of the official record of decisions. Motion 15/2 introduced fixed 5-year terms for the General Secretary, preventing any repeat of the controversy of the election being called early to re-elect Len McCluskey. (The next GS election is due in 2018). The "enabling motion" empow...
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Ian's UNITE Site: Unite Rules Conference - day three
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Thursday, 9 July 2015. Unite Rules Conference - day three. The main excitement on Wednesday was motion 2/1 from the Executive Council, which removed "so far as may be lawful from rule "2.1 The objects of the Union shall, as far as may be lawful, be:". Len McCluskey gave a great speech arguing why it was right to break unjust laws, even when passed by an elected government:. Motion 6/1 clarifi...
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Ian's UNITE Site: Unite Rules Conference - day one
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Tuesday, 7 July 2015. Unite Rules Conference - day one. Most of the contentious business was crammed into day one. Much of the debate on rule change motions submitted by branches and committees was overshadowed by Executive Statements which conference would have to reject in order to vote on many of the other motions. Rule amendments made by the EC since last Rules Conference were ratified.
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Ian's UNITE Site: October 2014
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With a bias towards the GPM and IT sector of our union. About, Contact and Subscribe. Glossary and Jargon Buster. Thursday, 30 October 2014. UNITE constitutional timetable 2015. SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 2015. Executive Council (EC) and Finance and General Purposes Committee (F&GP) Meetings:. 15 January 2015 F&GP. 12 February 2015 F&GP. 9-13 March 2015 EC. 16 April 2015 F&GP. 14 May 2015 F&GP. 8-12 June 2015 EC. 16 July 2015 F&GP. 3 September 2015 F&GP. 7-11 September 2015 EC (NB: may change). By 30 June 2015.
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