Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Best wishes to Pat Rafferty
Pat Raffertyis soon to retire from his role as the Scottish secretary for Unite
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
PAT RAFFERTY is soon to retire from his role as the Scottish secretary for Unite. Pat was first appointed as a regional industrial officer with the Transport and General Workers’ Union in 1989, subsequently being promoted to the role of senior regional industrial organiser in 1995.
On the creation of Unite, through the merger of the Transport and General Workers’ Union and Amicus, Pat was appointed as a regional co-ordinating officer for the merged union in 2008.
Pat then went on to become Scottish secretary of Unite in April 2010 and was also elected onto the STUC general council.
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