“After seven years of taking the wrong options, we have an opportunity to start making the right choices”Read more…
Tory attack on unions is attack on civil liberties
TUC welcomes statement from Liberty, Amnesty International and the British Institute of Human RightsRead more…
UNISON attacks “insensitive” Tories over refugees
Union says UK has moral and legal obligation to receive refugeesRead more…
Israeli soldiers evict Palestinian pensioner
USi editor Tim Lezard reports from East JerusalemRead more…
Unite members balloted for North Sea strike action
Caterers move to ballot after employers refuse to honour agreementRead more…
It’s official: Tories are robbing the poor
TUC research shows that the poorest working households will lose on average £460 a year by 2020Read more…
Pulling the plug – unions ballot for strike action at water companies
Members of GMB, Unite and UNISON angry over pensionsRead more…
FBU member wins £100k compo over dead pig injury
Firefighter injures shoulder shifting pigs out of a lorryRead more…
Refugees Welcome! say Scottish UNISON delegates
As the world faces its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, UNISON delegates from local government branches across Scotland say “Refugees welcome here”.Read more…
Tear gas – an everyday experience for Palestinian children
USi editor Tim Lezard reports from PalestineRead more…
Teachers in Scotland ballot over pay
EIS urges members to accept offerRead more…
WIN! Unite celebrates after Pizza Express workers receive dough
Union turns “fair tip” campaign to other restaurantsRead more…
#RefugeesWelcome: As EU Slams Door on War Survivors, People Show Another Way
Ordinary people across Europe are staging welcome rallies and opening their homes to survivors of war, poverty, and the dangerous voyage across the MediterraneanRead more…
National Gallery strikers hold protest today
PCS members to hand over petition signed by 130,000 peopleRead more…
Unite issues winter power cut warning as Eggborough faces closure
Planned closure will bring job losses in West Yorkshire’s coal-based energy sector to 1,000Read more…
SNP pledges to scrap ET fees
UNISON vows to continue fight in EnglandRead more…
Unions condemn 19% rise in zero-hours contracts
The number of workers on zero-hours contracts in the UK has increased by 19% to 744,000 over the past yearRead more…
Cameron’s lying over free schools, says NUT
Union accuses PM of playing politics with schools in pursuit of his own ideological agendaRead more…
NUJ calls on Turkish authorities to release imprisoned UK journalists
Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury held on suspicion of working on behalf of terroristsRead more…
Shocking! 75% of women working part-time earn less than the Living Wage
TUC says women will continue to bear the brunt of in-work poverty unless better opportunities are created and wages are increasedRead more…