I’ve joined a panel set up today by centre-left think tank British Future to look at one of the knottiest problems caused by the Brexit vote in June – what to do when we leave about the EU citizens who are already living and working in the UK. The TUC and CBI have jointly…Read more…
TUC says “Cool it!” as workers suffer in summer heat
A month or so ago, when there was a hot spell and the thermometer went over 30c the TUC called for employers to take action to help workers cope with it by supplying fans, relaxing dress codes and…Read more…
Sweet victory
An agreement covering 7,600 UK employees of food and drink giant Nestlé has been agreed with the Unite and GMB trade unions. The agreement (which is subject to trustee approval) will safeguard…Read more…
Magnox contracts ‘favouritism’
Unite has called on the government to investigate the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), after a high court ruled it used favouritism to award a £8.4bn private sector contract – which has…Read more…
Unite pay justice result
Sports Direct workers marked a significant milestone in their journey to justice today (August 15) after thousands of workers at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire are set to secure …Read more…
Housing crisis continues
The UK’s housing crisis continues to intensify as new figures show councils will not be able to afford to replace housing sold off in the Right to Buy scheme and spark calls for urgent reform. …Read more…
‘Free to exploit at will’
When Theresa May gave a speech after it was announced she would become the UK’s next prime minister, she pledged that the Tory party will put itself “completely, absolutely, unequivocally” at the…Read more…
‘Misleading claims’ put to rest
Unite, which represents bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport, has offered to go to arbitration in a bid to solve the ‘poverty pay’ dispute. The union said that it contacted the conciliation…Read more…
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL – labour movement and James Connolly
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Stop the death threats to Colombian trade unionists now!
I wrote with some optimism a few days ago about Colombia’s impending peace deal that would seek ratification in a referendum in September. This historic cease-fire agreement was signed on 23 June by…Read more…
Raking it in
Fat cat bosses at Britain’s biggest companies enjoyed a 10 percent pay rise last year, raking in an average of £5.5m – 129 times more than the typical salaries of their employees. According to…Read more…
Are students with SEND being let down? Our members say they are
ATL recently responded to the Labour Party’s review of SEND provision in England, as part of our work on Conference resolution 43, Are SEND Students Being Let Down? We surveyed ATL members to…Read more…
Oil strike suspended
The following announcement was issued last night (August 12) jointly by Wood Group and the Unite and RMT Trade Unions in relation to the current dispute involving workers on the Shell facilities in…Read more…
Hate crime on the rise
Efforts to tackle the spike in racist hate crime following the vote to leave the EU must be redoubled, a new TUC report has concluded. Since the June 23 vote there has been a major increase in…Read more…
An impossible job
After being pummelled by years of a twin crisis in funding and recruitment, access to NHS care is now dangerously out of reach for patients up and down the country. The Royal College of…Read more…
‘Just the tip of the iceberg’
Almost 200 rip-off employers who broke the law by paying their staff below the minimum wage have been named and shamed by the government. A total of £466,219 was scammed by 198 companies…Read more…
We need a properly funded NHS – make your voice heard
This week’s news that United Lincolnshire Hospital’s NHS Trust will be closing its A&E department in Grantham in the evenings due to staff shortages is, in the words of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, “disappointing, yet unsurprising”. The TUC and health unions, campaigners and think…Read more…
Treat workers fairly
Labour’s shadow Scottish Secretary is to meet with shop stewards from the oil and gas industry, in the middle of the biggest North Sea dispute for a generation. Blaydon MP Dave Anderson will…Read more…
Support for Jeremy
Unite last night (August 10) confirmed its support for Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader. In a statement the union said, “Unite’s policy conference, made up of approximately 1,000…Read more…
Vote of confidence
The £1bn contract to build trains for the newly awarded East Anglian rail franchise by Derby-based Bombardier was hailed as ‘a vote of confidence’ in UK manufacturing by Unite today (August 10)….Read more…