Unite National Political Team – Introduction to Unite’s Political Strategy
What is Unite’s political strategy and why do we have one? How did Unite play a role in producing Labour’s ‘For The Many, Not The Few’ manifesto? The political team lead an interactive discussion with delegates around the key planks of the strategy focusing on the manifesto and the role of Unite in its creation.
Steven Nolan – The Nature Of The Political Economy/Matthew Brown – Local Fightback – The Preston Model & Community Wealth
Steven Nolan – The Nature Of The Political Economy Dr Steven Nolan works for an organisation called Trademark based in Belfast. The organisation does work around anto-sectarianism and political education. Trademark word closely with Unite and other progressive trade unions throughout Ireland, in delivering courses around the nature and history of the political economy. Steven… Read more »
Speaker: Steve Nolan – Trademark, Belfast
Steve Nolan from Trademark in Belfast explains the causes of the financial crash of 2007/8 and how it will happen again in future.
Speakers: Angela Rayner MP and Marsha de Cordova MP
Angela Rayner MP speaks on organising nationally, what went well in GE2017 and what we must do to win in future. Marsha de Cordova MP speaks on winning a campaign locally against the odds! What is was like to be a Unite candidate and what campaign tactics and methods they used in Battersea. Q&A session… Read more »
Group Feedback: How will Unite respond to the challenges politically and industrially – Ian Lavery MP
Group Feedback: How will Unite respond to the challenges politically and industrially. Q. The nature of work is changing. How will we adapt and what are the industrial and political solutions? Q. What experience have you got of precarious forms of employment and how do we draw these workers to Unite. Ian Lavery MP –… Read more »
Welcome to Durham 2017 – Laura Piddock MP Speech
Bob Fazakerley introduces the rules for the political school. Welcomes from Unite Political Director Anneliese Midgley and Director of Education Jim Mowatt Laura Pidcock MP – speech on the landscape of British politics today, the aftermath of the 2017 General Election and what will happen next. She discusses how Unite’s political strategy got here where… Read more »