Spring 2018 The magazine for Unite members uniteWORKS


News 4 Comment


GS Len McCluskey writes


4 News in pictures Big stories – in pictures


6 Top stories Exactly that


Plus


30 Soapbox special Unite on your side


32 Just for fun


Get the kettle on – it’s prize puzzle time!


33 In a nutshell The Workers Beer Company


Features 10 Car alarm


Auto industry fears amid govt chaos


14 The collapse of an empire


Carillion giant’s fall puts futures in doubt


24 Because change never comes from the top


Women’s equality fight goes on


28 Beware the Tory ‘Brexberg’


Government steering UK into Brexit iceberg


Real lives 19 ‘A real credit to Unite’


Glasgow retired members show us how it’s done


26 ‘We’re all in this together’


Unite Community helps secure a unique way of life


29Mum’s the word!


Why Babcock apprentices have all joined Unite


34 Unite life


Unite paramedic Debbie Wilkinson speaks out


Campaigns 12 ‘Never give up’


Unite’s fight for Bombardier jobs


16 Hostile takeover bid Engineering Co GKN at risk 20 Power imbalance


Shocking report on sexual harassment in hospitality


22When holding on has to stop


Workers are being denied toilet access


Contents


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