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The current crisis within the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. Last week’s vote to leave the European Union presents the entire labour movement with unprecedented challenges. Above all, we need to be fighting to preserve our members’ jobs, already under threat in…
So the Eagle has not yet landed.
There is still – one week after the referendum which provides the ostensible justification for the rebellion of the arrogant and entitled – no declared candidate to stand against Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Pa…
The relentless Lloyds jobs cull continued yesterday (June 29) as the bank announced it would slash another 640 jobs, mostly in IT, group operations and wealth management. IT sites affected…
Clarity on the future of turkey producers Bernard Matthews and its 2,000-strong workforce has been called for by Unite today (June 30). The union said that it was ‘a worrying time’ for…
UNISON joins professional associations and academic bodies to condemn plans to give ministers control over social work regulation in England
The article Social work bill ‘does nothing to…
The current crisis within the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. Last week’s vote to leave the European Union presents the entire labour movement with unprecedented…
Child poverty skyrocketed again last year, as the latest figures published today reveal an increase of 200,000 more children living in households that are struggling to make ends meet. The…
Last night (June 29) union leaders issued this joint trade union statement on the Labour Party: The current crisis within the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. …
Yesterday Progress-supporting local Councillors began scraping the bottom of their own barrel by cobbling together a list of elected representatives prepared to call for the ‘decent’ Jeremy Corbyn to stand down ‘for the good of the Party.’This list wil…
On July 5, members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will walk out in what will be the union’s first national day of action since 2014. Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of action in…
Picture collage from the recent canvassing sessions in the Forest Gate North ward By election in Newham, East London. The candidate is Anam Islam, a top Labour trade unionist, anti-racist campaigner and committed socialist.
The campaig…
At tonight’s delegate meeting (29th June 2016), Leeds TUC delegates passed the following emergency motion in support of Jeremy Corbyn
“Leeds TUC is alarmed and disgusted by the attempt, on the part…
The UK car industry and its workforce, which supports hundreds of thousands of jobs, must be listened to, safeguarded and secured against the Brexit vote, Unite said today (June 29). Unite…
A total of 88 workers employed by BetFred in Wigan, Greater Manchester, one of the biggest high street bookmakers, will receive a share of £469,000 after Unite challenged the company when it denied…
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announced at the time of the recent local elections, later confirmed in the Queen’s Speech, that the planned enforced conversion of all schools to academies by…
Chart a New Path Map of constituencies voting to Leave or Remain in the EU The people of England, Scotland, Wales and the north of Ireland voted on June 23 to leave the European Union rather than…
In the flurry of post-Brexit excitement it was welcome to hear the First Minister remind Parliament that it must not distract from the business of government. Indeed the Deputy First Minister started…
Union members join WASPI lobby of Parliament over pension age increases
The article UNISON women join protest against pension inquality first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Network Rail – a public body operating UK rail networks – has begun selling off assets valued at £1.8bn in a bid to make up for a massive government funding shortfall. But a new report…
It’s been 12 months since I last updated the Trade Union website league table, and so I’ve complied the latest metrics below (previous results can be seen for 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012)….