Downstream: The Fight for Unite w/ Steve Turner

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🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Since 2010 Len McCluskey has been the general secretary of Unite, one of Britain’s largest trade unions. That changes this year with the election of his successor, a three-way race between Gerard Coyne, Sharon Graham and today’s guest on Downstream, Steve Turner.

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0:00.0	Since 2010, Lim McCloscus has been the general secretary of the United Trade Union, Britain's
0:12.6	largest private sector trade union.
0:14.2	That's going to change very soon.
0:16.6	There are three people who are advised to replace them as the union's general secretary on
0:20.9	a Sharon Graham, another as Gerard Coins.
0:23.0	Today we're joined by Steve Turner.
0:24.8	Steve, hi.
0:25.8	Hi.
0:26.8	Welcome to Downstream.
0:27.8	How are you doing?
0:28.8	Great to be back again as well.
0:30.3	I think last time I was with you, it was just before we locked down in March last year.
0:34.7	Yeah.
0:35.7	So 15 months ago.
0:36.7	But yeah, great.
0:37.7	All good.
0:38.7	It was a really long time ago.
0:39.7	It was, yeah.
0:40.7	I think we were talking about the furlough scheme at the time and what was going to come
0:43.8	with just done the negotiations with government and then it was announced about three or four
0:48.5	days later.
0:49.5	Well, that's why they call you Mr Furlow.
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