“Divided parties never win elections” – Dave Prentis opens UNISON conference
Below is the full text of the UNISON annual conference opening speech made by general secretary Dave Prentis. …
Dave Prentis
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Brexit risks, fake minimum wage, transport strikes
Six million was the number of signatures the Chartists declared had signed their petition. As ‘Revoke Article 50’…
Unions aren’t at the end of their journey – they still have so much more to give
In recent years, unions have come under attack. Successive Conservative Prime Ministers have systematically targeted our movement. We’ve seen…
Trade union leaders react to Labour split
Seven MPs have quit the Labour Party and formed “The Independent Group”. Here’s our round-up of reactions from trade…
Union leaders react to Brexit meetings with PM
Trade union general secretaries are meeting with Theresa May today to discuss breaking the Brexit deadlock. Unite’s Len…
Unison launches ‘Grovember’ as it becomes the UK’s biggest trade union
Unison has become the UK’s biggest trade union, with over 1.3 million members in both public and private…
Labour til I die – thank you and goodbye
That is it from me after two years in the editor’s chair. It has been fascinating and a…
The reshuffle has been an utter non-event – the Tories have nothing new to offer
Today the Prime Minister reshuffled her Cabinet. This was meant to be a game changer for the PM,…
Dave Prentis: Today the Tories should end the public sector pay misery – or step aside
This is the final one of a series of articles by MPs, trade unionists and Labour activists in…
Prentis leads tributes to “champion of the low paid” Rodney Bickerstaffe
Leading figures from across the labour movement have paid tribute to Rodney Bickerstaffe, the former trade union general…
