Last month, as part of the Our Work Matters campaign, seven brilliant public sector workers met with Chris Ward, the minister in charge of the government’s insourcing commitments.
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Government insourcing move shows why Our Work Matters
The government’s decision to bring around 2,000 facilities co-workers back in-house is a significant victory for workers and public services.
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Union Learning – 20 years on
A legacy worth rebuilding in a changing world of work. As unionlearn reaches its 20-year milestone, working people are navigating one of the biggest transformations in jobs for a generation.
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The skills gap crisis and why workers can’t wait
While technological and industrial changes are not new, we all know that working people are living through one of the biggest changes to jobs in a generation or more.
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Shaping a social security system that works – getting PIP right
At this year’s TUC Disabled Workers Conference, held at the Bournemouth International Centre on 19–20 May 2026, over 250 delegates came together to debate some of the most pressing issues facing disabled people today.
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A global breakthrough for platform workers: what the new ILO Convention means
Platform workers are for the first time the subject of a global labour standard following the adoption of the Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention at the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
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Workers actually have significant leverage on AI right now
In talk of the ‘AI transformation’ workers are often cast as the subjects or even victims of change. They are to be trained, maybe protected or perhaps just discarded. It is true that workers face instability. But two dynamics are playing out in a way …Read more…
The growth of trade union membership in the UK – a focus on TUC London, East and South East
The official statistics published in May showed a big rise in trade union membership in the UK between 2024 and 2025. We at the TUC rightly celebrated the increase of 192,000 members to 6.57 million. Read the TUC’s excellent blog about the membership f…Read more…
Nigerian Government investigated for anti-union interference
2024 arrest of NLC President on his way to TUC Congress raised with UN workers’ rights watchdog
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Real devolution puts working people at the heart of decision making
Devolution is key if Burnham wants to remake Britain. But it must be delivered with working people, not merely forced upon them.
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‘No woman should suffer’
“Nothing was ever done about it.” “I felt unable to report it.” “No one was reprimanded.” The overwhelming sentiment expressed in Unite’s landmark sexual harassment survey is one of devastating resignation. But the findings are also helping to drive a collective campaign for change across the sector. Sexual harassment remains so endemic in many workplaces […]
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You have our support. It’s time for the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation!
Last month, as part of the Our Work Matters campaign, seven brilliant public sector workers met with Chris Ward, the minister in charge of the government’s insourcing commitments.
Read more…
Government insourcing move shows why Our Work Matters
The government’s decision to bring around 2,000 facilities co-workers back in-house is a significant victory for workers and public services.
Read more…
Union Learning – 20 years on
A legacy worth rebuilding in a changing world of work. As unionlearn reaches its 20-year milestone, working people are navigating one of the biggest transformations in jobs for a generation.
Read more…
The skills gap crisis and why workers can’t wait
While technological and industrial changes are not new, we all know that working people are living through one of the biggest changes to jobs in a generation or more.
Read more…
Shaping a social security system that works – getting PIP right
At this year’s TUC Disabled Workers Conference, held at the Bournemouth International Centre on 19–20 May 2026, over 250 delegates came together to debate some of the most pressing issues facing disabled people today.
Read more…
A global breakthrough for platform workers: what the new ILO Convention means
Platform workers are for the first time the subject of a global labour standard following the adoption of the Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention at the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
Read more…
Workers actually have significant leverage on AI right now
In talk of the ‘AI transformation’ workers are often cast as the subjects or even victims of change. They are to be trained, maybe protected or perhaps just discarded. It is true that workers face instability. But two dynamics are playing out in a way …Read more…
The growth of trade union membership in the UK – a focus on TUC London, East and South East
The official statistics published in May showed a big rise in trade union membership in the UK between 2024 and 2025. We at the TUC rightly celebrated the increase of 192,000 members to 6.57 million. Read the TUC’s excellent blog about the membership f…Read more…
Nigerian Government investigated for anti-union interference
2024 arrest of NLC President on his way to TUC Congress raised with UN workers’ rights watchdog
Read more…