News 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… Peter Edwards 21st April, 2017, 4:07 pm
News 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… Emma Bean 21st April, 2017, 2:52 pm
News 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… Emma Bean 12th April, 2017, 4:12 pm
News 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… Peter Edwards 9th April, 2017, 10:32 am
News 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… Emma Bean 27th March, 2017, 10:48 am
Comment 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 17th March, 2017, 5:12 pm
Comment 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… Gerard Coyne 9th March, 2017, 12:30 pm
News 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… Emma Bean 8th March, 2017, 4:53 pm
News 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… Emma Bean 8th March, 2017, 1:30 pm
News 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… Emma Bean 2nd March, 2017, 11:36 am