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A reminder about the Political school. It still is not to late to apply if you have not already and would like to go. Details can be found here. This is always a very popular event.

UNITE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCHOOL: DURHAM 2015   This year’s Durham National Political School is upon us once again Places are limited to 100 and will be shared across the regions and countries; with priority given to those applicants who best meet the criteria.   This year’s event will have a strong emphasis on building for … Continue reading “Unite National Political School”

The National Union of Mineworkers recently held a political school at Scalby Hall, where members of Unite and Unite Community were kindly invited to give a range of presentations, continuing the joint work of the organisations. Under the heading “United we Bargain, Divided we Beg”, Unite contributed three sifferent topices to the school. Joe Rollin, … Continue reading “NUM Political School & Unite Training”

Unite Community were invited along to the Durham miners Association Christmas School held in newcastle on the 30th November. At the school, there was some excellent discussion about the aims and objectives of the Community Support Centre, and what has been done to date.  David Condliffe, Unite learning officer gave a presentation about the skills … Continue reading “Unite Community at the DMA XMAS School”

My feet are killing me, I’ve got a sunburned nose and I’ve discovered muscles in places I never knew I had places! But what a weekend for Durham Unite Community and The County Durham Socialist Clothing Bank.  It started on Friday with the Big Collection Before The Big Meeting event in Durham Market Place. The … Continue reading “Busy Weekend For Durham Activists”

Unite Community locally and nationally were among the first to support Jeremy Corbyn and become part of the new Corbynista movement. which aimed to take control and change the Labour party and then the country. There remains lots of work to be done on both counts of course, but already our work has paid off … Continue reading “A triumph for the politics of the working class movement”

Unite Community members from across the North East joined together with disability gropups and a range of other campaigning groups to protest on the 11th of July outside Durham Jobcentre against the draconian cuts to the welfare state seen under the coalition government. A combination of the cuts and a sanctions regime designed to unfairly … Continue reading “In defence of the Welfare State”