Despite state repression and intransigent employers, the Swazi Transport and Allied Workers Union is fighting and winning for its members.Read more…
This is class war! Tories announce plans to “ban” strikes
if elected, Conservatives will introduce 40% threshold for ballotsRead more…
Bakers’ Union joins Fast Food Global action
The UK Bakers’ Food and Allied Workers’ Union is joining a global day of action for fast food workers on 15 April. The action will highlight poor pay and conditions in the industry, and take place in…Read more…
Dunnes Stores workers vow to escalate campaign
Mandate Trade Union members in Dunnes Stores have recommended an escalation in their campaign for decent work.Read more…
Union backs immigration poster campaign
UCU warns those who want to turn back the clock on immigration, also want to turn back the clock on women’s rights and workers’ rightsRead more…
RMT wins major zero hours victory
The RMT has today confirmed it has secured a major victory in reversing the zero hours status for a sizable number of staff working out of Dover. After extensive negotiations and campaigning, the…Read more…
Four unions ballot for strike action at steel giant
Community, GMB, UCATT and Unite members angry at plans to close Tata pension schemeRead more…
UCATT welcomes Labour’s blacklisting pledge
Union also pleased to see crackdown on exploitation by gangmastersRead more…
Airport bosses blink first in equality dispute
Prospect welcomes HIAL saying it will make a formal offerRead more…
Len visits Wales to send the Tories packing
Unite general secretary campaigns for Labour in the PrincipalityRead more…
Probation officers to ballot for action after 0% pay ‘offer’
UNISON describes employers’ situation as a “slap in the face”Read more…
It’s war! Tories ban unions from Big Society
Trade union activity is not included in Pickles’ volunteer planRead more…
USi welcomes new director
GLI’s Dave Spooner takes over the reins to take website to a new level of trade union campaigning and solidarityRead more…
Unite New Zealand defeats Zero Hour contracts
Restaurant Brands – which owns the KFC, Pizza Hut, Carl’s Jr and Starbucks chains – has committed to end zero hour contracts by July this year in a new collective agreement negotiated with Unite…Read more…
Scottish airport strike continues despite boss’s press plea
Prospect members continue action until noon todayRead more…
Barnet Council workers vote for more strike action
UNISON members meet today to decide strategy for combating outsourcingRead more…
Thousands of lives will be lost in the Mediterranean unless EU governments take urgent action, say shipowners and seafarer unions
European and global operators of merchant ships have joined forces with seafarers’ unions to urge EU Member States to take immediate collective action to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea.Read more…
Airport security workers walk out over equal treatment
Prospect members working in airport group HIAL’s security company AMSL have begun a 48 hour strike over a six-year-long battle for equal treatment. Prospect national secretary Alan Denney said: “We put in our claim in October but have yet to receive an offer from the employer in response to this. Not only that, we’ve seen […]Read more…
NUT members back ballot for industrial action
NUT members are to ballot for industrial action should the next government fail to increase funding for schools in England and Wales. Delegates at the union’s annual conference agree to hold the ballot and to hold discussions with other teaching unions over post-election spending cuts proposed by both Tory and Labour parties. NUT general secretary […]Read more…
Teaching unions hold merger talks
NUT believes single teachers’ union is in the best interests of the professionRead more…