The next Deputy leader of the Labour Party must work to ensure the party speaks to a wider range of people in work and better demonstrate it genuinely understands their pressures, experiences and…Read more…
Ben Bradshaw writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
In the 115 years since the Trade Union Movement brought the Labour Party to life in collaboration with the Co-Operatives and the Fabian Society, Britain’s economy has changed beyond…Read more…
Stella Creasy writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
At twenty one you’re on top of the scrapheap At sixteen you were top of the class All they taught you at school Was how to be a good worker The system has failed you, don’t fail yourself In…Read more…
Caroline Flint writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
Work helps create a society in which people can be independent, raise a family and be part of a community. It also ensures that through those that work we can provide for schools, hospitals and other…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
The British labour market is in crisis. That may seem an odd thing to say with the Conservatives crowing about record levels of employment, but the crisis is not of quantity, it’s of…Read more…
Andy Burnham writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
In the months since our devastating Election defeat, Labour has been consumed by a round of painful soul-searching. I spent the early stages of my Leadership campaign focusing on the most…Read more…
Liz Kendall writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
Britain can be a country where everyone can get a fair wage for a fair day’s work; a high-skill, high pay country in which we train and invest in our workforce: improving people’s lives and enabling…Read more…
Yvette Cooper writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
I believe deeply in the Trade Union movement. When my mum went to work it was still legal to pay women less – our Trade Unions, working with the Labour Party, changed that. My dad was a trade…Read more…
Corbyn or the Party – Which is the Bigger Threat to Labour?
17 August 2015
By Marc Fovargue-Davies, Sue Konzelmann and Frank Wilkinson
This blog first appeared as an article in Saturday’s Morning star.
Many members of the Parliamentary Labour…Read more…
Union dreaming of a non-white (goods) Christmas
Drivers and warehouse staff announce Indesit strike datesRead more…
GMB call on Turkish Government to release Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan
Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan should be freed to strengthen the peace process by enabling talks to move forward, says GMB union.Read more…
Staff at Asian Network announce strike action
NUJ members angry at staff cuts and move from BirminghamRead more…
Oi, Cameron – leave our rights alone
TUC urges Business Advisory Group to protect rights of British workersRead more…
The power of corporate propaganda: review of ‘The Mythology of Business’
13 August 2015
By John Christensen from the Tax Justice Network
Why did the vibrant social democratic traditions of Europe and North America collapse so swiftly in the face of the pervasive…Read more…
Filipino fishers launch union operated boats
After an international solidarity campaign secured the release of 43 detained fishing crew, the Citra Mina Workers’ Union has launched three union owned and operated boats.Read more…
Woolworths workers walk out as company axes jobs
Workers at Woolworths Liquor Distribution Centre in Melbourne, Australia, walked off the job after the company told them they will be replaced with labour hire casuals.Read more…
Scottish unions take on notorious G1 entertainment group
The G1 Group are a notorious entertainment chain with businesses across Scotland. Now unions are fighting back.Read more…
Dying for your iPhone: Another suicide at Foxconn factory in China
A 28-year old male worker at the Foxconn factory at Zhengzhou has committed suicide by jumping from a building.Read more…
COSATU slams violence on South African trains
South African union federation threatens strike action if safety concerns on Cape Town commuter trains are not addressed.Read more…
Swazi unions win AFL-CIO Human Rights award
The George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award in 2015 recognizes the courage and persistence of Swaziland’s workers in demanding their rights in one of the world’s most autocratic countries.Read more…