Len McCluskey
Tata Steel’s job cuts, a tale of 2 press releases
Today brings bad news that Tata Steel is to cut 900 jobs in the UK (at plants in South Wales, North Yorkshire, Teesside and the West Midlands). This is catastrophic… Continue reading
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Labour conference: Chuka Umunna plays good cop with trade unions
Ed Balls channelled the bad cop with the trade unions this morning, warning conference that ‘there will be difficult decisions in the future from which we will not flinch.’ This… Continue reading
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Labour conference: Len McCluskey perks up delegates
Labour delegates were clearly out late last night, as it took them quite a while to get going this morning. It was only when Unite general secretary Len McCluskey took… Continue reading
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McCluskey versus the Olympics
The declaration by Len McCluskey, the leader of Unite, that public sector unions should consider disrupting the Olympics is going to re-ignite the whole debate about union power. McCluskey tells… Continue reading
61 CommentsMiliband tells the unions ‘tough’
Ed Miliband has just done a TV clip full of the kind of quotes that politicians love using. In an interview with Nick Robinson (above), the Labour leader declared that… Continue reading
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What will Miliband do now?
The Labour leader Ed Miliband has been determined not to define himself by picking fights against his own side. He didn’t want to do a Blair or a Cameron and… Continue reading
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Labour disunited
Labour MPs didn’t pick Ed Miliband as Labour leader; they preferred his brother. Labour members didn’t pick Ed Miliband as Labour leader; they preferred his brother too. It was the… Continue reading
25 CommentsThe paymasters’ conference
What a lot of unions there are. I walked around the exhibition stands at the Labour conference yesterday afternoon and counted 10 stalls devoted to trade unions: 10 displays out… Continue reading
9 CommentsVince Cable dances with the unions
The Business Secretary’s words to the GMB union today about the government’s reluctance to reform Britain’s antiquated trade unions laws could hardly have been more modest. He called for a… Continue reading
7 CommentsProtecting the silent majority – and the Royal Wedding
David Cameron made significant waves yesterday both at Prime Minister’s Questions and in a Sun article about reforming Britain’s antiquated trade union laws. He was responding to a favoured tactic… Continue reading
16 CommentsDave and Boris, united in anger
A potent Tory tag team in the Sun today, as David Cameron and Boris Johnson join pens to take on the unions. The tone of their article is as blunt… Continue reading
10 CommentsLen McCluskey leaves Miliband floating
You can stuff your beer and sandwiches, Prime Minister – the unions want war. That’s the broad sentiment of Unite’s new leader, Len McCluskey, writing in the Guardian today. The… Continue reading
43 CommentsUnite turns back the clock
Len McCluskey has won the race to lead Unite, Britain’s largest union. McCluskey will therefore have a major role in how the left respond to cuts in public spending. It… Continue reading
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