Reform’s takeover of councils across our country and the spiking cost of living are two sides of the same crisis. It is a crisis which can only be answered if our union rediscovers it’s political voice and belief in our collective strength. It’s time to reunite our
Solidarity! It is confirmed that from Monday 27th April Unite’s Officers will take strike action for the first time in our union’s history. Pickets will stand outside our union’s headquarters and local offices as our Officers stand up to defend the principle of independent trade unionism. This
News that Sharon Graham’s team have held secret talks with Nigel Farage’s Reform party is being met with anger across our union. Courting Farage is a betrayal of our members already under attack by Reform and the thousands more in the party’s sights. It’s time to
Our union’s Officers have overwhelmingly voted YES to industrial action, leaving Sharon Graham facing a second strike of union employees during her time in office. It’s time to reunite and end the toxicity which is dividing our union. The ballot was conducted by the Unite Officer’s branch,
This week ballot papers are being sent out for the election of the new Unite Executive Council (EC). The importance of this election for the future of our union cannot be overstated. Together with the election for the General Secretary - which will follow quickly on the heels of the
Warning: Homophobia, far-right content Sharon Graham is under pressure to condemn “homophobic” and far right supporting comments made by Kenny Dinsdale, who is standing as an Executive Council candidate on Graham’s slate. A Facebook post has emerged of Dinsdale cheering on the release of far-right street thug Tommy Robinson.
War in Iran has put energy profiteering back in the headlines. Rather than seizing this moment, Sharon Graham has allowed our union to be co-opted by the most reactionary forces attacking our members. This repeats a disastrous industrial and political approach which has failed to stop major site closures. We
A little over a year since the first strike by Unite staff over a “toxic bullying culture,” Sharon Graham now faces a second industrial action ballot by Unite employees. As the union’s officers ballot for action over union recognition, it’s time to Reunite to end the toxicity and
Reform's new salvo of planned attacks against trade unions and our members is being met with silence from Sharon Graham. Reform have announced plans to rip up workplace equality protections, create a UK ICE terror unit, and threaten public sector trade unionists who are defending workers from attack
Sharon Graham decided to make our Executive Council election a referendum with one question: Are you loyal to Sharon Graham above all else? Now that nominations have closed the answer from our union’s biggest branches and workplaces is loud and clear. NO! Not since David Cameron resigned in the
A far right demonstration at our union’s office in Southampton was a coordinated attempt to intimidate Unite Community members and to silence our union. In response we must Reunite – to defend our union, to defend each other, and to stop the far right. On 29th January far right thugs
It is a grim and unexpected irony that Unite’s hard earned reputation as the organising union in the UK is being trashed by the supposed “Organising General Secretary” Sharon Graham. From Port Talbot to Veolia, in recent years our union’s Organisers have been steadily reduced to underappreciated and
The murder of nurse and trade unionist Alex Pretti by Donald Trump’s federal agents brings home to us all the dangers of the authoritarian far right. Internationally, in the UK and Ireland, in our communities and in our workplaces - we must reunite to stop the far right. On
The US attack on Venezuela on January 3rd was shock and awe for the social media age – with air strikes followed by the online parading of abducted President Nicolas Maduro by Donald Trump. The trade union movement globally has condemned the attack and also the political message it sent – an
As we begin the most important year since Unite was founded, Reunite wishes a happy new year to everyone across our union and our movement. Our future will be decided in 2026. The election of our Executive Council will reaffirm the member-led democracy of our union. The election of our
Reunite is proud to endorse a united slate of Executive Council candidates representing a growing movement from across our union’s industrial sectors, regions, nations and equalities strands. This is the most important EC election in our union’s history. This is the moment to unite against the division and
This month marks the year anniversary of one of the most extraordinarily bleak moments in Unite’s history - a strike by our union’s own staff over the ‘toxic and bullying culture’ of the research team led by Sharon Graham’s husband Jack Clarke. For four days in December,
The government’s u-turn on protections from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment is a breach of Labour’s manifesto commitment and another result of Sharon Graham continuing to be politically AWOL whenever it matters most. The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) has been the major promise of the
A series of General Secretary ‘roadshow’ events held across the regions and nations have revealed the full extent of the panic and disarray at the top of our union. Described by those subjected to them as “stage managed”, “ultra defensive” and “dictatorial”, Sharon Graham has tried to use these meetings
This Executive Council election will be the most important since Unite was formed. The timetable has now been released and members in every industrial sector, region, nation and equalities strand, will at last have their first chance to end the toxic division, end the dysfunction and reunite our union. For
A month after the 100,000 strong 'Tommy Robinson' march in September, our union remains officially silent on the issue of the rising far right. Unite needs to draw a clear line on where we stand and this must start with Sharon Graham apologising for failing to challenge
As the UK’s refineries face the existential crisis refinery workers themselves warned was coming, why did those warnings go unheeded? The news of redundancies at Lindsey Refinery in Lincolnshire is the devastating result of industrial failure. Production ended in August when the Prax Group collapsed into administration. Union reps
Sharon Graham is coming under intense pressure from members to answer the serious accusations made by a whistleblower about ‘phoney jobs’, ‘bribery’ and ‘election rigging’ reported in The Observer (28 September). Reunite is calling for a fully independent investigation. If Sharon Graham is found to be responsible for illegal activity
Unite’s leadership narrowly won a vote not to endorse either Lucy Powell or Bridget Phillipson in Labour’s Deputy Leadership election at a special meeting of our union’s Executive Council held online yesterday. Once again difficult decisions are being swerved by a leadership used to using stunts and