Britain’s largest pub chain is the latest company to announce that it will offer permanent hours to staff working on zero-hour contracts, following pressure on businesses to end the practise by…Read more…
EU citizens’ right to remain & all workers’ right to respect
The TUC has submitted evidence to the British Future inquiry into the status of EU nationals in the UK. We are calling for the government to make a clear commitment to give citizens from all 27 EU countries living and working in the UK the right to remain. This is one of the five tests…Read more…
Does your employer have an ethical procurement policy?
Does your employer have an ethical procurement policy? Are the goods it buys as part of delivering key public services – whether that’s staff clothing or food, electronics, paper, or furnishings –…Read more…
UNISON congratulates Amy Marren
Medal-winning Paralympian with a connection to the union
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Don’t rule out basic income call
As rapid digitalisation and fragmented employment throws millions of workers into uncertainty, Unite is urging unions to consider a universal basic income as part of wider reforms to social security…Read more…
On the offensive
TUC Frances O’Grady highlighted today (September 12) the importance of reaching out to young workers in a revitalised movement which places the concerns of the next generation of trade unionists at…Read more…
Stop this anguish call
Trade unions affirmed their commitment to a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment following an emergency motion at the TUC conference yesterday (September 11) which was unanimously carried. …Read more…
How the Grunwick strikers changed the face of British trade unionism
The striking women at the Grunwick factory reminded me potently that trade unionists, and trade union leaders, come from all walks of life. As a south Asian women trade unionist myself, the story of…Read more…
Nothing ever handed to us on a plate, TUC president tells congress
‘Let’s use our fighting spirit to organise, to campaign and to win’ UNISON’s Liz Snape urges delegates
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Building a movement of young workers
The buzzword during Congress this year is young workers: where they work, what they need, and how unions can help them. What we do know is that young workers –those aged under 30 and usually outside…Read more…
UNISON LGPS petition forces Parliamentary debate
Petition was launched as part of the campaign against attempt to control what pension funds are invested in
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We can’t turn the clock back on Brexit, but let’s use the negotiations to build a better future, says UNISON’s Dave Prentis
Sunday 11 September 2016 For immediate release The government must use the Brexit negotiations to build a new, fairer Britain, and should start by throwing off the shackles of austerity, says UNISON…Read more…
Herts NHS cash-for-pensions deal is ‘morally wrong’ and ‘legally suspect’, says UNISON
12 September 2016 Unions will today (Monday) be protesting outside Lister Hospital in Stevenage against an offer of cash incentives by East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust to nurses who opt out of…Read more…
Railway infrastructure: a no-brainer for Britain
Since at least the financial crisis the TUC has argued for increased infrastructure spending as part of a coherent industry plan. From 2010 the coalition government did the opposite, cutting spending with no coherent strategy. In economic terms the con…Read more…
Economic Update: Brexit means… not having to say what Brexit means (yet)
“Brexit means Brexit” is likely to top the list of most repeated phrases of 2016 (at least in the press). But what does Brexit (means Brexit) mean for the economy, and working people’s jobs, rights and pay? In a new report, we attempt to survey the evidence. The problem is, there’s not that much…Read more…
Abbey Gardens E15 – Harvest Festival & Classic Vegetable Show
CELEBRATE What will the Harvest be?
Saturday 17th September 2pm-5pm
A FREE EVENT FOR ALL AGES
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Friends of Abbey Gardens will be holding our H…Read more…
TUC surveys the dire state of our movement – or does it?
Before there ever was a Labour Party there were trade unions and – since the 1860s – an annual Trades Union Congress, which has today been opened by this year’s President.Congress is, for what it’s worth, the Parliament of our movement. It is where our trade unions agree our policies and campaigns…Read more…
Seize the opportunity
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey moves composite on the European Union. See and share our film below:
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Out of EU must not mean out of work
Employers must not use Conservative in-fighting and the challenge of Brexit to let a shadow descend over the future of UK workplaces – warned Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary. Moving a…Read more…
More pay clarity call
It takes WPP CEO Martin Sorrell — the UK’s highest paid boss — less than 45 minutes to take home what an average British worker earns in an entire year. This fact was among the shocking…Read more…