Unite: industrial advances yet to feed into politics
The big general union Unite has won a string of disputes in the private sector during the 2022-3 strike wave, and is arguably regenerating parts of its industrial organisation. The 11-14 July 2023 Unite Policy Conference — it’s biennial, so this was the first since the end of the lockdowns and Sharon Graham’s election as general secretary (August 2021) — illustrated how that does not automatically feed through into effective working-class politics. One very positive development is the emergence of the Unite Grassroots Climate Justice Caucus . Although it lacks roots in the crucial high...