It’s simply unfair that young workers can be paid less for doing the same job as those older than them. It is time to bring an end to outdated youth rates so that all workers earn a fair wage.
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From austerity to crisis: Covid-19 Inquiry highlights UK’s pre-pandemic weaknesses
The Covid-19 Public Inquiry’s Module One report highlights how austerity weakened the UK’s public services and exacerbated health inequalities, stressing the urgent need for significant investment to ensure future resilience.
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50 years of the Health and Safety At Work Act
50 years ago today, one of the first new laws of a newly elected Labour government was the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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Tackling the far right – a trade union issue
There has been a clear ratcheting up of hostility against Muslims, trans people, migrant workers and others. The far-right is desperate to scapegoat them for the Tories’ failures – rather than to address the real reasons why so many people are struggli…Read more…
UK needs massive workers’ rights boost to match global norm
Worker protections in the UK lag behind other developed countries in almost every area and the gap has been widening, new research for the TUC has shown.
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The New Deal gets one step closer
The new Labour government has taken the first step in reversing the country’s failed 14-year experiment with ultra-flexible labour markets by announcing plans for a law to boost workers’ rights.
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GB Energy: what did the King’s Speech reveal about the government’s plan?
Public ownership of clean power is set to become a reality in the UK, after Great British Energy was included in Wednesday’s King’s Speech.
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Huge support for Labour’s New Deal workers’ rights plans
A poll commissioned by the TUC shows huge backing across the political spectrum for improving protections at work and for the fundamental policies that underpin Labour’s New Deal for working people.
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How health and safety reps at GKN Automotive worked with the employer to cut waste, carbon, and unnecessary costs
Frank Duffy, former Unite Convenor at GKN Driveline Birmingham (Unite), explains how he and his colleagues were able to implement changes that reduced the organisations overall carbon emissions – as well as providing long term cost savings.
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WULF SPOTLIGHT
Wales Union Learning Fund supports probation officers in widening knowledge about gambling-related harms
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Fair pay for young workers: ending discriminatory age bands in the minimum wage
It’s simply unfair that young workers can be paid less for doing the same job as those older than them. It is time to bring an end to outdated youth rates so that all workers earn a fair wage.
Read more…
From austerity to crisis: Covid-19 Inquiry highlights UK’s pre-pandemic weaknesses
The Covid-19 Public Inquiry’s Module One report highlights how austerity weakened the UK’s public services and exacerbated health inequalities, stressing the urgent need for significant investment to ensure future resilience.
Read more…
50 years of the Health and Safety At Work Act
50 years ago today, one of the first new laws of a newly elected Labour government was the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Read more…
Tackling the far right – a trade union issue
There has been a clear ratcheting up of hostility against Muslims, trans people, migrant workers and others. The far-right is desperate to scapegoat them for the Tories’ failures – rather than to address the real reasons why so many people are struggli…Read more…
UK needs massive workers’ rights boost to match global norm
Worker protections in the UK lag behind other developed countries in almost every area and the gap has been widening, new research for the TUC has shown.
Read more…
Dockers gather for football fundraiser
Dockyards football teams from across Britain, and further afield, gathered in West Thurrock on Saturday (3 Aug) for the UK’s first International Dockers Charity Football event. The tournament featured five-a-side teams from Bristol to London and Southampton to Liverpool. They even welcomed one team from Chile. Unite reps organised the event raising money for Havens […]
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The New Deal gets one step closer
The new Labour government has taken the first step in reversing the country’s failed 14-year experiment with ultra-flexible labour markets by announcing plans for a law to boost workers’ rights.
Read more…
GB Energy: what did the King’s Speech reveal about the government’s plan?
Public ownership of clean power is set to become a reality in the UK, after Great British Energy was included in Wednesday’s King’s Speech.
Read more…
Huge support for Labour’s New Deal workers’ rights plans
A poll commissioned by the TUC shows huge backing across the political spectrum for improving protections at work and for the fundamental policies that underpin Labour’s New Deal for working people.
Read more…
How health and safety reps at GKN Automotive worked with the employer to cut waste, carbon, and unnecessary costs
Frank Duffy, former Unite Convenor at GKN Driveline Birmingham (Unite), explains how he and his colleagues were able to implement changes that reduced the organisations overall carbon emissions – as well as providing long term cost savings.
Read more…