‘If it’s innocent, why delete it?’ The anonymous Facebook page buying ads to support pro-Graham candidates in the Unite executive elections was deleted hours after Skwawkbox exposed it on Monday. The page, named ‘Executive Council Elections’, had originally been set up in December under the name ‘The Manifesto’, but re-named to buy a string of […]
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Anonymous group paying for ads touting candidates supportive of general secretary accused of trying to destroy evidence in misogyny and bullying complaints against husband Unaccountable cash is at play in the elections for the executive of the Unite union. An anonymised page with no named administrators or followers has been ploughing cash into advertising to […]
SEC accepts US$3m settlement over charges Blackbaud failed to disclose full extent of data loss Blackbaud, the company at the centre of the first of two major Labour party data breaches in consecutive years, has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) three million US dollars to settle the SEC’s charges that it […]
Unite groups break from Graham’s accommodation with Labour ‘leader’ to put split from party on conference agenda Two major Unite groups have voted to put disaffiliation from Labour onto the agenda at the union’s approaching 2023 rules conference. The North-East, Yorkshire and Humber Health RISC [regional industrial sector committee] and LGBT+ committee have passed votes […]
Even the responses not (yet) hidden by Unite GS are overwhelmingly negative – but those she has hidden are even more damning Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has long been criticised for being too ready to cosy up to anti-worker Labour party leader Keir Starmer – chummily referred to as ‘Keir’ – particularly since she […]
Drivers claim they were conned into voting for below-inflation package trumped by Unite general secretary as big win, according to WSWS Sharon Graham has been slammed by bus drivers for claiming Unite won them an 18% pay rise – and for her reps deceiving them into voting for a deal in fact worth much less […]
Jack Clarke promoted to senior role in Sharon Graham’s team without usual exec approval, despite final warning from union after complaints of bullying and threatening behaviour The husband of Unite general secretary Sharon Graham – now a senior member of her team after a promotion said to have bypassed the usual process of approval by […]
Unite denies GS even ‘aware of’ candidate running on pro-Graham ‘slate’ in elections to union’s executive The candidate on the ‘slate’ of hopefuls in Unite’s executive council (EC) elections who support the union’s general secretary Sharon Graham has reportedly ‘withdrawn’ from the contest after Skwawkbox’s exclusive coverage of Islamophobic and anti-immigrant social media posts was […]
Sam Shaw is standing for executive on Sharon Graham ticket, but images apparently mocking Muslim asylum seekers lead to anger in the latest major complaint against Graham and her ‘slate’ The fitness of another candidate for Unite’s executive council (EC) backed by the union’s general secretary Sharon Graham has been called into question after social […]
Right-wing unions help regime kill motion With the help of right-run unions, the Labour party’s right-wing regime has defeated a motion brought in support of striking workers, fair treatment for working people, support for the poor and vulnerable and to repeal the Tories’ new anti-worker law. The motion read: Strikes (Composited Motion) Leyton & Wanstead, […]