Our MPs will soon get their first chance to debate the government’s controversial trade union bill. Can you write to yours?Read more…
Pizza Express victory!
The restaurant chain has just announced that it is going to drop the 8% admin feeRead more…
Respond to the government consultation on the right to strike
Can you give your comments to the trade union bill consultation?Read more…
Don’t let employers use agency temps to break strikes
The Government plan to overturn the longstanding ban on using agency temp workers to break strikes.Read more…
Pizza Express, stop pinching staff tips!
Unite are calling for the 8% admin fee on tips to be scrapped.Read more…
European Parliament votes on TTIP: What next?
MEPs voted yesterday on an important report concerning the TTIP EU-US trade deal.Read more…
Tell MEPs not to make a bad compromise on ISDS in TTIP
A last-minute European Parliament compromise deal poses a real risk MEPs settle for a damaging ISDS-lite plan.Read more…
Why freezing the BBC is a really stupid idea
Just a few of the reasons we think freezing the Beeb for a decade is a staggeringly bad idea.Read more…
Love it or lose it: Save the BBC!
The Tory manifesto pledge to freeze the BBC licence fee for another 5 years will bring it to its knees.Read more…
Will Amazon’s Shareholder Meeting stand up for human rights?
Amazon.com are hosting their annual shareholder meeting in Seattle today. Our friends corporate responsibility campaign group SumOfUs will be there too. They’ve managed to get a motion into the votes…Read more…
#TTIP could be years away yet, but MEPs can strike a crucial early blow this Wednesday
The controversial TTIP trade deal between the USA and the European Union is being debated in the European Parliament on Wednesday.Read more…
TTIP: We’re winning the debate
Last week, the European Parliament’s international trade committee adopted a report on controversial trade deal TTIP, which will now go to the whole Parliament next week.Read more…
How will your MEP vote on TTIP?
The European Parliament votes soon on a resolution on the controversial TTIP trade agreement.Read more…
The Hypocrisy World Cup?
FIFA’s sponsors have ethical policies in their own supply chains but are silent over Qatar World Cup rights abuses that they are funding.Read more…
Campaign success: Lift media gag on civil servants
Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to sign the FDA’s petition to lift restrictions on civil servants’ contact with the media. We really appreciate your support in helping to…Read more…
Reform the cruel benefit sanctions regime
The DWP’s harsh benefit sanctions regime has pushed Jobcentres towards a culture of harassment, not help. The TUC has started a petition to be given to the next Secretary of State for Work and…Read more…
Francis Maude: Lift unworkable media restrictions for civil servants
Sign the FDA petition on new rules that civil servants need ministerial clearance to talk to journalists.Read more…
Help protest media gag on civil servants
Please help FDA members tell Francis Maude that government need to think again.Read more…
ISS: End poverty pay at QE Hospital, Woolwich
GMB are calling on private contractor ISS to end the two tier workforce at the hospital.Read more…
Action to Save Care Now
Building on their petition for better enforcement of the minimum wage for care workers, care union UNISON have launched a new campaign. Save Care Now is pressing for change on the many problems in…Read more…