McCluskey beats challenger Gerard Coyne to win third term running Unite
Len McCluskey has been re-elected as head of Unite, Britain’s biggest trade union. The sitting general secretary and…
Gerard Coyne
Unite election: Counting underway as challenger Coyne suspended
The counting of votes is underway in the Unite election after the ballot closed this week. The aftermath…
Voting in Unite contest enters final week as tensions rise between candidates
Voting closes in seven days’ time in the race to be Unite’s next general secretary. Len McCluskey, the…
McCluskey accuses Labour MPs of “dark arts” and says Unite election has become a “proxy war against Corbyn”
Len McCluskey has accused a small group of centre-left Labour MPs of engaging in the “dark arts” in…
Osborne should step down as an MP – reader survey results
Nine out of ten readers are clear that George Osborne should not be allowed to combine his duties…
Coyne: Osborne as the Evening Standard editor shows Labour and the trade unions must open up opportunities for all
The great British newspaperman Sir Harold Evans was an accomplished editor of the Sunday Times before moving to…
Gerard Coyne: No more shelf stacking apprenticeships to exploit the young – let’s have real industrial partnerships instead
When is an apprenticeship not an apprenticeship? When it’s an excuse for big companies to employ young people…
The chancellor forgot Brexit, our biggest challenge – trade unions react to Budget
In today’s budget chancellor Philip Hammond unveiled a hike in national insurance contributions for the self-employed, but neglected…
Are the self-employed being asked to pay for Brexit? Labour reactions to Budget
With the chancellor Philip Hammond today giving his first, and last spring Budget, in which he has unveiled…
McCluskey leads the way in nominations to be Unite general secretary
Len McCluskey has opened up a substantial lead over his rivals in branch nominations for the Unite general secretary…
