According to the front page today’s Times (August 21st, 2024) ‘businesses’ have warned the Labour Government that that strengthening trade union rights could “damage growth” and that “employers fear they are being held to ransom”. According to Times – business … Continue reading Read more…
TUC: Scunthorpe Steelworks – Time To Act To Future-Proof Jobs
By Ali Poncia, TUC Policy Officer Decarbonising Industry A major threat to the UK’s steel industry is brewing at Scunthorpe’s steelworks. We must act now to prevent thousands more job losses in steel and future-proof our vital manufacturing industry. The … Continue reading Read more…
Labour Moves Closer To EU
Ever heard of the Product Safety and Metrology Bill? You will do. It is part of Labour’s massive legislative programme and the innocuous sounding bill has already led the Sunday Express to brand it a “Brexit betrayal”. But was it … Continue reading Read more…
Unite Statement On Far Right Thuggery
TUC Statement On Far Right Violence
We stand together in peace and solidarity with the people of Southport following the horrific events that took place on Monday 29th July have left us all in shock. Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those … Continue reading Read more…
Top Ten Global Digi-Tech Companies 2024
A recent study has ranked the Top 100 digi-tech companies in the world in 2024, highlighting these tech titans’ financial prowess and innovative capabilities. It is worth noting that these companies are not unionised. According to the study by tech … Continue reading Read more…
Labour Needs A Plan To Neutralise Farage
First published in the Morning Star July 19th Like many Morning Star readers I had to do a ‘double take’ when the General Election exit poll predicted Reform would win 13 seats. The final figure turned out to be five … Continue reading Read more…
Samsung Workers Launch Indefinite Strike
Thousands of South Korean workers employed by electronics and tech giant Samsung, one of the world’s largest smartphone and AI chip makers have gone on indefinite strike after the management of the company failed to respond for requests for discussions … Continue reading Read more…
How Labour Can Govern For Working People
By Paul Nowak, TUC General Secretary The trade union movement will work with Keir Starmer to deliver change. What an extraordinary moment in British politics. Labour back in power with a near-record majority. The Conservatives brutally ejected from office. A … Continue reading Read more…
UPDATED : Wait To Election Of Labour Government Over Future Of Port Talbot Demands Unite
The UK steel industry stands on the precipice after Tata Steel announced plans earlier this year to close the blast furnaces at the Port Talbot steel works in July and September 2024, ceasing iron production and decimating what remains of … Continue reading Read more…
Labour: Implementing The TUC’s AI Bill Is A No Brainer
The Institute Of Employment Rights booklets have for years provided an authoritative analysis of employment rights issues and in some instances have pointed the way forward and helped draft future employment legislation. IERs new ‘Algorithmic Management And A New Generation … Continue reading Read more…
Down, But Not Out
Julian Vaughan, a great trade unionist on his quest to become the first working trading driver to sit in the House of Commons in 50 years. After standing as a Labour candidate in the last two General Elections, when you … Continue reading Read more…
Getir Gets Out As Race To The Bottom Continues
Turkish rapid food-tech delivery company Getir valued at $12bn in 2022 has pulled the plug on its UK and US operations, as well as its remaining European operations after it burned up cash as orders plummeted. Launched in the middle … Continue reading Read more…
MediaNorth Condemns Banning Of Al Jazeera by Israeli Government.
The Israeli government voted on Sunday 5th May to shut down the operations of Al Jazeera, one of the last remaining international media networks reporting from the war-ravaged Gaza strip. As a result, Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel were closed, … Continue reading Read more…
Mexican General Election – Why The Election Is Crucial For Latin America
UK exports to EU down by £10.7bn – more Brexit turmoil expected
The UK’s official trade figures for Q4 2023 reveal the UK’s goods exports to the EU slumped from £196.7bn in 2022 to £186bn last year. The revised figures reveal that the UK’s exports of goods to the EU slumped as … Continue reading Read more…
AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media
Festival Of Debate, 2024. Louisa Bull, National Officer Graphical, Paper, Media & IT Sector. Unite The Union : AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media April 25th, 2024I know other speakers are going to deal much more eloquently with the … Continue reading Read more…
TUC AI Report, Employment Bill & Organising In Digital & Tech Sectors
The TUCs special task force report on Artificial intelligence and Employment Rights Bill was launched at the TUC Congress House in London on April 18th. Comprising of the TUC, the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of … Continue reading Read more…
PSC Rally Bedford April 13th
Tony Burke Speech April 13th, Labour & Palestine, Bedford PSC Trade Union Officer Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in London every two weeks including many from Bedfordshire and our trade unions. Without those demonstrations the genocide now … Continue reading Read more…
Gaza War: TUC Says Stop Trade Talks With Isreal
The TUC has written to Tory Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch in response to the news that the UK is set to continue active trade talks with Israel. The Tory government concluded the latest round at the end of … Continue reading Read more…