Workers shouldn’t wait for Labour victory, says Unite’s Sharon Graham

New leader says Unite needs to get back to what it says on the union tin - fight for jobs, pay and conditions'

• Sharon Graham: My union will no longer rely on Labour'

Workers should not pin all their hopes on Labour winning the next election to improve pay and conditions after the Covid-19 pandemic, the new leader of Britain's biggest trade union has warned.

In a significant intervention weeks before Sir Keir Starmer's first in-person party speech, Sharon Graham said Unite would get back to what it says on the trade union tin" and expressed reservations about the limits of what MPs could achieve.