Another damning indictment of this government came last month when the High Pay Centre released its report on the pay of CEOs in FTSE firms. The figures clearly show that those at the top are…Read more…
Angela Eagle writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
The right to be treated fairly at work is the essential right of every worker in Britain today. It means being paid properly, respected by your employer and having rights to sick pay holidays…Read more…
Tom Watson writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
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…
Unions21 publishes collection of articles from Labour’s leadership candidates
The exam question Labour’s leadership candidates were posed for our new publication was set by the Unions21 steering committee: “Outline your views on fair work, particularly focusing on work…Read more…
Cameron’s token gesture on the gender pay gap is an act of weakness
David Cameron’s announcement that his government would end the gender pay gap “within a generation” by forcing companies to disclose their figures could have been a reason for tentative optimism…Read more…
Productivity should be an integral part of the progressive agenda
Throughout post war history but markedly since the election UK workers have been told they are not productive enough. In a return to the union bashing anti-worker approach of the 1970s and 1980s the…Read more…
Older workers – Can we afford to ignore them?
The workplace at present is full of uncertainties and insecurity. But one thing is certain. The workforce is getting older and workers, by choice or necessity, are working longer. So what are…Read more…
Workplace injuries cost billions and ruin lives, but this government is determined to rollback vital health and safety laws
The ground-breaking Health and Safety at Work Act is 40 years old and there has been a lot of progress over the years which should be celebrated. Britain is one of the safest countries in the world…Read more…
What did the EU ever do for working people?
The UK’s often turbulent relationship with the European Union seems to be getting stormier by the day. With UKIP support rising to record levels, the Conservatives have been pushed into an…Read more…
Zero power for workers on zero hours contracts
The Thompsons Solicitors Union Home blog Following an informal information gathering exercise last year, the government recently announced a consultation on zero hours contracts to investigate…Read more…
11% pay increase for MP’s- sounds reasonable to me!
It appears that MP’s truly get a bad press and when they get some good news we cannot help but knock them for six. Take the 11% increase in pay announced by the independent parliamentary…Read more…
Handling small-scale redundancies
The regular Thompsons Solicitors blog British workers are feeling less secure than at any time in the past 20 years. Below-inflation pay cuts are creating a cost of living crisis whilst…Read more…
Government advice to interns fails to address the root cause of their exploitation
The Thompsons Solicitors UnionHome blog Internships have become a way for unscrupulous employers to undermine and evade the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the government has recently…Read more…