{"id":18765,"date":"2019-09-08T17:04:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=18765"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:55:35","slug":"unite-gs-mccluskey-salutes-reps-ahead-of-tuc-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=18765","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098You are the lifeblood of Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Unite delegation met early on Sunday morning (September 8) to discuss Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s input at this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference, held in Brighton, September 8 to 11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Len started to his address to delegates by saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe live in interesting times.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 He continued by saying how well he thought that \u00e2\u20ac\u015bJeremy Corbyn has conducted and handled himself brilliantly.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He continued how Unite members voted for both leave and remain and we would not be defined by either title.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite is defined not as a leave or remain group, but as a trade union, with trade activists fighting for justice for workers and as socialists. It is clear that only Labour is speaking on behalf of the whole nation about Brexit.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said that Labour with all the opponents of a no deal Brexit, need to get a deal which protects jobs and investment. He wished all delegates a good conference and thanked the delegates and all Unite reps everywhere. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bReps are the lifeblood of our union \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and without you Unite would not exist.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18768\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tuc-2019-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"tuc 2019\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tuc-2019-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tuc-2019-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tuc-2019-1024x622.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Stay tuned to UNITElive for more TUC coverage<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unite delegation met early on Sunday morning (September 8) to discuss Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s input at this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference, held in Brighton, September 8 to 11. &nbsp; Len started to his address to delegates by saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe live in interesting times.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 He continued by saying how well he thought that \u00e2\u20ac\u015bJeremy Corbyn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[160,1224],"wps_subtitle":"Unite GS McCluskey salutes reps ahead of TUC conference","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25043,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18765\/revisions\/25043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}