The 2024 TUC Equality Audit reveals unions are making progress in the fight for equality, but it also highlights that the battle is far from over.
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Labour must end ‘fire and rehire’
Unite delegate Heather Gilfillan spoke in support of a Unite amendment to a composite on ending the ‘hostile environment’ for workers. Addressing Congress on Monday (September 9) she said, “Ending the legal offensive against workers is one of the most urgent tasks facing the new government. Our task – as a movement – is to […]
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A new ‘single status of worker’ definition must be an essential part of Labour’s plan
The post A new ‘single status of worker’ definition must be an essential part of Labour’s plan appeared first on IER.
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Scunthorpe steelworks: time to act to future-proof jobs
A major threat to the UK’s steel industry is brewing at Scunthorpe’s steelworks. We must act now to prevent thousands more job losses in steel and future-proof our vital manufacturing industry.
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Fighting racism: a trade union and community response
Trade unions have partnered with local groups like the Fashion Workers Advice Bureau in Leicester (FAB-L), which specialises in providing free, confidential advice and support to garment, fashion, and textile workers. FAB-L assists with various issues,…Read more…
Upgrade the UK’s chemicals industry or risk thousands more jobs moving overseas
Chemicals are the backbone of modern life— think toothpaste, fuel, and home insulation. But nearly all these products come from fossil fuels, with production that’s heavy on emissions. Despite this, the chemicals sector has been largely ignored in nati…Read more…
Ymgyrchwyr Ifanc TUC Cymru yn cael eu hysbrydoli gan undebau llafur yn Norwy
Yr haf hwn teithiodd tri gweithiwr ifanc o Gymru i Norwy i gymryd rhan ym mhatrôl haf yr LO Norwy. Ar y patrôl mae gweithwyr ifanc yn ymweld â gweithleoedd ac yn siarad â gweithwyr ifanc eraill. Maen nhw’n cynnal arolwg i fapio materion a thoriadau amo…Read more…
TUC Cymru Young Activists are inspired by trade unions in Norway
This summer three young workers from Wales travelled to Norway to take part in the LO Norway’s summer patrol. On the patrol young workers visit workplaces and talk to other young workers. They run a survey to map workplace issues and breaches, and find…Read more…
Taith Pontio Teg TUC Cymru i’r Almaen 2024
Yr haf hwn, trafaelwyd 5 o weithredwyr undebau llafur ifanc o Gymru i’r Almaen i ddysgu am sut maent yn ysgogi gweithwyr ifanc ynghylch y pwnc Pontio Teg. Yma mae Ryan, Hazel a Tomos yn dweud wrthym am eu profiadau.
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TUC Cymru Just Transition trip to Germany 2024
This Summer,5 Welsh young trade union activists travelled to Germany to learn about how German trade unions are mobilising young workers around the topic of Just Transition. Ryan, Hazel and Tomos tell us about their experiences.
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Grenfell Inquiry – a call for action and justice
The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, issued this week, paints a vicious picture of the systematic failures that led to the 2017 fire where 72 people perished. For trade unionists, it is a clarion call for immediate and decisive government ac…Read more…
Anti-Racism Data Dashboard: setting movement-wide targets on racial equality
Following our Anti-Racism Manifesto, we’re now asking all unions to step up their anti-racism work.
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Unions are leading the change for equality, making it a central focus in collective bargaining
The 2024 TUC Equality Audit reveals unions are making progress in the fight for equality, but it also highlights that the battle is far from over.
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‘We must make different choices now’
Our economy is broken. Our public services are in crisis, from the NHS to the dozens of local councils facing bankruptcy. Our industries are in crisis, as infrastructure collapses from transport, to water, to the electricity grid. From Port Talbot to Aberdeen, tens of thousands of workers face job cuts from an unjust “transition to […]
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New Local Democracy for Scotland
I was in Edinburgh today, speaking at the launch of the New Local Democracy for Scotland Declaration.Building a Local Scotland is a group of academics, trade unionists, former council leaders, and journalists who have launched a campaign to tackle the …Read more…
Grenfell fire justice call
Unite delegate Kingsley Abrams gave a moving speech calling for justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire on Sunday (September 8) at TUC Congress. Kingsley highlighted that 72 people died in the fire and more than 70 people were seriously injured. “50 of the 72 people who died that night were Unite members,” […]
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Unite at the TUC
UNITElive is here at this year’s TUC bringing a regular pic a gallery of our the highlights. Here are some pics from yesterday
Photos by Mark Thomas
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Scunthorpe steelworks: time to act to future-proof jobs
A major threat to the UK’s steel industry is brewing at Scunthorpe’s steelworks. We must act now to prevent thousands more job losses in steel and future-proof our vital manufacturing industry.
Read more…
Fighting racism: a trade union and community response
Trade unions have partnered with local groups like the Fashion Workers Advice Bureau in Leicester (FAB-L), which specialises in providing free, confidential advice and support to garment, fashion, and textile workers. FAB-L assists with various issues,…Read more…
Upgrade the UK’s chemicals industry or risk thousands more jobs moving overseas
Chemicals are the backbone of modern life— think toothpaste, fuel, and home insulation. But nearly all these products come from fossil fuels, with production that’s heavy on emissions. Despite this, the chemicals sector has been largely ignored in nati…Read more…