GMB members take first of eight days’ action after ACAS talks fail to resolve dispute with councilRead more…
SIPTU members rally for pay restoration at Department of Health
SIPTU Health Division members called on the Government to honour its commitment to restore their pay in line with national agreements at a rally today (Thursday, 30th April) outside the Department of…Read more…
Northern Irish Executive has the power to protect public transport services
Union raise need for additional £6 million to protect bus and rail services with First Minister and deputy First Minister at Stormont CastleRead more…
Belfast gets ready for May Day march & rally
MARCHING FOR A BETTER & FAIRER WAY – May Day 2015Read more…
Midwives and radiographers on strike over pay
Midwives and radiographers in Northern Ireland are today on strike over pay. Members of the RCM and SoR are taking action from 8am to midday today, followed by a week’s work-to-rule from…Read more…
Supreme Court rules bosses broke law when they ignored union
UCU welcomes ruling against University of StirlingRead more…
RMT hits back at “Gestapo” jibe as Peter Hendy is forced to apologise for calling services “shit”
Union says privatisation and profiteering, not staff, has wrecked train servicesRead more…
Union outrage as ferry captain ruled guilty of homicide
Nautilus International criticises a South Korean court’s decision to sentence Lee Joon-seok to life imprisonmentRead more…
“Extreme” Tory cuts will hit low-paid families with children, warns TUC
IFS analysis also shows Tories will cut taxes for the better offRead more…
“Remember the dead, fight for the living” – UK unions mark International Workers Memorial Day
The theme of this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day is removing exposure to hazardous substancesRead more…
Striking lecturers refuse to take part in redundancy process
UCU members at Dundee University take action over job lossesRead more…
Legacy of the Tories: living standards suffer first five-year fall on record
TUC says extreme austerity plans risk killing off recoveryRead more…
Cleaners protest at Barbican Centre for London Living Wage
The cleaners at the Barbican Centre, which is owned by the City of London Corporation, protested on Saturday to demand the London Living Wage (LLW) and contractual sick pay.Read more…
Irish retail workers call for national protest march on June 6th
Shop stewards voted unanimously for a national protest march to Dunnes Stores Head Office in Dublin which will take place on Saturday, June 6.Read more…
BREAKING: Scottish Power workers to ballot for strike action
GMB and Unite members angry over enforced changes to their working conditionsRead more…
RMT members to ballot for strike at DLR
The RMT is to ballot its members at Docklands Light Railway in two separate disputes over pay and working conditions. Reps have been involved in extensive in talks with Keolis/Amey Docklands…Read more…
“If you care for the NHS, then vote for it” – Dave Prentis
“If you care for the NHS, then vote for it,” Dave Prentis told a packed Save Our NHS rally in Yorkshire at the weekend. The UNISON general secretary spoke at a packed Leeds Town Hall to…Read more…
Bradford bus drivers on strike over attacks to their terms and conditions
Unite accuses of First West Yorkshire of allowing services to wither on the vineRead more…
Unite seeks urgent meeting with HSBC over UK quit threat
Union says it sees “great benefits” to bank remaining in UKRead more…
Think zero-hours contracts are bad? Wait ’til you hear about short-hours contracts …
TUC research shows 820,000 UK employees are under-employedRead more…