Unite
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Unite the Union is a British trade union. It was formed in 2007 through the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
It is one of the main donors to the Labour Party.
Contents
History
Amicus
In 2001, the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) union and the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) merged to form Amicus. Ken Jackson (AEEU) and Roger Lyons (MSF) were originally joint general secretaries of the union, in 2003 Derek Simpson replaced Jackson and soon after Lyons also left.
In 2004 the Union for the Finance Industry and Graphical, Paper and Media Union also merged with Amicus.[1]
Transport and General Workers' Union
The T&G was founded in 1922, but can be seen in the earliest days of trade unionism in Britain.
In May 2007 the T&G and Amicus merged to form Unite the Union.[1]
Sponsored anti-fracking rally
At the 2016 union conference, Unite re-affirmed its opposition to the fracking industry, while also committing to ensure 'robust health and safety procedures are in place for industry workers and ensuring that minimum standards for pay, terms and conditions are in place as well'. [2]
In November 2016 Unite sponsored a national demonstration against fracking held in Manchester, attended by over 2,000 campaigners. [3]
People
- Len McCluskey, general secretary. Originally elected in 2010, won re-election for five more years in 2013.[4]
Meetings with Miliband
Between 25 September 2010 and 31 December 2013, McCluskey met with with Labour leader Ed Miliband 13 times. These meeting occasionally also involved Dave Prentis and Paul Kenny of Unison and GMB.[5]
Dwindling support for the Labour Party
In April 2014 McCluskey raised the possibility that Unite might stop donations to the Labour Party if it fails to win the 2015 General Election. He believes the party will lose if it campaigns 'on what he called "a pale shade of austerity", rather than the more robust left-wing political programme that he and his union allies want'.
If this happens, it is believed Unite would fund a rival party - the Workers’ Party. McCluskey also implied this party would 'join the Liberal Democrats and others in campaigning for MPs to be elected under a system of proportional representation to give the new party a better chance of gaining a toehold in Parliament'.[6]
Political donations
Donations over £20,000.00, recorded by the Electoral Commission:
| Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to | Subsidiary (parties only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/06/2007 | UNITE, 35 King Street | £22,408.33 | Jonathan Cruddas MP | |
| 01/06/2007 | UNITE, 35 King Street | £43,890.00 | Jonathan Cruddas MP | |
| 11/06/2007 | UNITE, Transport House | £25,000.00 | Jonathan Cruddas MP | |
| 02/07/2007 | UNITE - Amicus Section, 35 King Street | £456,947.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 02/08/2007 | UNITE - Transport and General Workers Union Section, Transport House | £50,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 18/12/2007 | UNITE - Transport and General Workers Union, 128 Theobalds Road | £1,302,907.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 18/12/2007 | Unite - AMICUS, 35 King Street | £1,467,194.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 28/03/2008 | Unite - TGWU Section, Transport House | £352,412.15 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 28/03/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £523,432.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 14/04/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section - Sponsorship, 35 King Street | £50,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 27/06/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £1,054,217.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 16/06/2008 | Unite - TGWU Section, 128 Theobalds Road | £313,485.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 13/09/2008 | Unite - TGWU Section, Transport House | £303,352.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 08/09/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £40,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/08/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section - Sponsorship, 35 King Street | £77,875.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 22/12/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £496,980.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/08/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section - Sponsorship, 35 King Street | £77,875.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 15/12/2008 | Unite - TGWU Section, Transport House | £291,445.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/12/2008 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £25,062.51 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 31/03/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King St.Covent Garden | £31,741.68 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 30/03/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King St.Covent Garden | £461,417.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 30/06/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £472,955.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 30/06/2009 | Unite - TGWU Section, 128 Theobalds Road | £597,753.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/06/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £31,742.34 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 23/09/2009 | Unite - TGWU Section, 128 Theobalds Road | £295,025.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 22/09/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £25,777.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 10/08/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £482,500.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 20/07/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £55,200.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 30/09/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £27,575.01 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 14/12/2009 | Unite - TGWU Section, 128 Theobalds Road | £317,190.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 25/11/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £482,947.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/12/2009 | Unite - AMICUS Section, 35 King Street | £27,575.01 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/03/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £20,550.01 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 31/03/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £1,328,664.65 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 11/06/2010 | Unite the Union (Sponsorship), 35 King Street | £23,500.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 18/05/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £25,777.50 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 22/06/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £1,522,790.65 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 30/06/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £28,691.68 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 17/08/2010 | Unite, 35 King Street | £100,000.00 | The Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP | |
| 16/08/2010 | Unite, 35 King Street | £25,777.50 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 27/09/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £770,247.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 14/12/2009 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £65,000.00 | Hope not Hate Ltd | |
| 15/11/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £57,332.50 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 24/11/2010 | Unite the Union, 35 King Street | £100,000.00 | Labour Party | Scottish Labour Party |
| 13/12/2010 | Unite, 35 King Street | £485,525.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 31/03/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £1,052,300.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 16/06/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £765,627.50 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 21/04/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £40,000.00 | Labour Party | Wales Trade Union Liaison |
| 17/05/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £76,200.00 | Labour Party | Scottish Labour Party |
| 18/05/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £27,050.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 13/05/2010 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £1,000,000.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 30/09/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £1,461,550.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 22/08/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £25,050.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 22/12/2011 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £59,282.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 27/01/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £50,100.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 28/03/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £860,318.88 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 28/06/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £772,975.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 01/06/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £25,050.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 10/07/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £726,575.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 10/08/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £25,050.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 28/12/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £777,028.95 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 12/11/2012 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £30,050.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 26/03/2013 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £745,900.62 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 26/06/2013 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £764,095.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 04/07/2013 | Unite the Union, Unite House | £27,740.95 | Theresa Griffin | |
| 23/09/2013 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £774,040.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 25/10/2013 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £100,200.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 20/12/2013 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £726,575.00 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 03/02/2014 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £25,050.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 12/03/2014 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £1,723,892.79 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 06/05/2014 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £25,050.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
| 17/06/2014 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £27,143.12 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 27/10/2014 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £1,336,570.21 | Labour Party | Central Party |
| 30/10/2014 | Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn | £107,500.00 | Labour Party | National Trade Union Liaison |
Affiliations
- Associate member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas
Contact
- Address: Unite, Unite House,
- 128 Theobald's Road,
- Holborn, London, WC1X 8TN
- Website: http://www.unitetheunion.org/
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Unite the Union, History, accessed 3 March 2015
- ↑ Unite policy conference 2016, UniteWORKS, accessed 22 December 2016.
- ↑ Anti-fracking activists at major rally, Lancashire Evening Post, 16 November 2016, accessed 22 December 2016.
- ↑ Unite the Union, Len McCluskey re-elected as Unite general secretary, 14 April 2013, accessed 3 March 2015
- ↑ Labour, Ed Miliband meetings, accessed 4 March 2015
- ↑ Andy McSmith Unite union boss Len McCluskey threatens to launch party to rival Labour Independent, 01 April 2014, accessed 3 March 2015
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 3 March 2015
