Not a penny of public money should go to bad bosses. Around the country, innovative devolved authorities and trade unions are working together to hard-wire good work into public contacts.
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Consistent support for human rights includes Palestinian rights
The theme of the 2022 UN International Day of Peace is End Racism. Build Peace. The situation in Palestine shows clearly how racism and conflict are fundamentally interrelated.
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Todays’ mini-budget delivered Robin Hood in reverse: tax cuts for the rich – pay cuts for working people
Kwasi Kwarteng, the latest Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, followed the pattern set by George Osborne: tax cuts for the rich and big business, pay cuts for everyone else.
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Urgent action needed to support bi workers
Bi Visibility Day is a chance to learn more about bi workers’ experiences and to call for change in our workplaces.
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Nine in ten of us feel our work has made our mental health worse – we need urgent changes in the workplace
Linsey Imms reveals shocking statistics from our recent mental health survey, and explains what we can do to make life better for all workers in Wales.
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What does Liz Truss’s energy plan mean for workers?
Families will still pay almost twice as much this year as they did last year – in addition to sky-rocketing prices for other goods and services.
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Commonwealth Games – A progressive deal for workers
Racism is rife in UK workplaces
It’s time for unions to put the fight against racism at the heart of organising, bargaining and campaigning work. We must build solidarity among working people and show that the debates about class and race in modern Britain are fundamentally linked.
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We need a £15 minimum wage. This is how to get there
As workers struggle to stay afloat, it is clear that higher wages have to be at the heart of the UK’s economic strategy. We need to transition the economy to high-wage, high-skilled and secure jobs. And shift our economic model away from a reliance on …Read more…
¡Viva La Educación!
British and Cuban trade unions enjoy a long history of warm relations and solidarity. In the education sector inter-union contact is especially fruitful.
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Rail strikes: how the Conservative government is blocking a negotiated resolution
We’re not saying the Transport Secretary ‘should get involved’ – we’re saying he’s already involved.
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Trade union freedom on trial in Turkey
For at least a decade, the Erdoğan regime in Turkey has been clamping down on democratic freedoms and workers’ rights.
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Workers unite to resist farcical economic policy
Forget cheese, fashion and football – France is leading the way in affordable energy
The French have recently shown a new skill – keeping energy bills low. Forget all the things you’d usually associate France with, this year it’s all about ensuring working people can afford to run their homes.
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The government’s latest probation changes will put lives at risk (again)
Cost of summer childcare is “pushing families to the edge”
We need the government to give an urgent cash boost to the childcare sector, and in the long term deliver a proper plan for universal, flexible, high quality, affordable childcare for everyone who needs it, when they need it.
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As workers face new attacks on their rights – a 20-year-old case shows how unions can win
Union members’ rights are under ferocious attack by bad employers like P&O Ferries and by a government intent on hindering workers’ ability to demand better pay and conditions.
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How to build inclusive construction – some lessons from Hinkley Point C
When we talk about the jobs of the future, it seems obvious that these should be good jobs that are open to all. But what does this mean in practice?Read more…
Is it too hot to work?
With temperatures set to rocket to highs of 32°C in parts of the UK this week the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a heat-health alert.Read more…
Standing up for ourselves – Our OCS dispute story
Domestic worker Joanne Thompson gives her experience of the industrial action taken by her and her colleagues at The Harbour in Blackpool recently.Read more…