Trade union members receive 10% discount all weekend at the King’s Arms in SalfordRead more…
National Minimum Wage should increase to a Living Wage for all
Unite blasts inadequacy of today’s minimum wage increase as well as Tory ‘sham’ Living WageRead more…
Unions slam Tory ballot hypocrisy
TUC says if online voting is good enough for Tories it should be good enough for working peopleRead more…
TUC issues guide to help reps deal with cancer in the workplace
Guidance helps reps to support colleaguesRead more…
Teamsters tell Whole Foods: Black Lives Matter
Although Whole Foods caters to the “socially conscious” consumer, it relies on prison labour to make a profit.Read more…
Not an April Fool: Tories to launch their own trade union movement
Trade union leaders dismiss Conservative plans as a pre-conference gimmickRead more…
Carlsberg workers begin industrial action over pay
Unite members start overtime ban and begin work-to-ruleRead more…
Burnham pledges to take on anti-trade union cops
UCATT welcomes shadow home secretary’s commitment to investigate blacklistingRead more…
“Hardly a cause for euphoria” – TUC on minimum wage rise
Frances O’Grady says it is hard to celebrate when low-income families will see rise wiped out by cuts to tax creditsRead more…
Union fights £3.5m cuts to Barnsley Hospital
GMB says reduction in beds and wards will put lives at riskRead more…
Living Wage roadmap needed, Unite tells forum
Unite proposes measures to ensure Living Wage becomes new Minimum WageRead more…
We want democracy and peace, say Turkey’s Kurds
Press Statement by the UNISON Scotland Delegation who visited the Kurdish region in Turkey.Read more…
Jamaica Demands Reparations for Britain’s ‘Haunting’ Legacy of Slavery
The compensation given to slave owners after emancipation in 1833 was the biggest bailout by the state until banking crisis – and David Cameron’s family benefited.Read more…
Turkish unions: we are fighting government terrorism
Unison activist Stephen Smellie reports from Turkey on the state-sponsored abuse and terror meted out there against trade unions and their brave activistsRead more…
Chinese economic crisis bites as 100,000 coal miners laid off
Mass lay-offs in Heilongjiang add to China’s coal industry woes.Read more…
Workers’ class hero – unions hail “inspirational” Corbyn
TUC says he addresses the issues that matter most to working peopleRead more…
Calling all tech workers: Turkish techies create solidarity network
A group of tech workers has created Biçda, the Information Technology Workers Solidarity Network in TurkeyRead more…
Labour pledges to restore trade union rights
Unions praise speech by shadow chancellor John McDonnellRead more…
GMB calls for Met Police to clear jobs backlog
Union says its taxi-driving members are unable to start work because of DBS application queueRead more…
Yanis v the robots – former Greek finance minister tells UnionNews unions must adapt or die
In the first of a two-part interview, Yanis Varoufakis says unions must conquer disruptive technology on behalf of the working classRead more…