If you don’t know which trade union to join then check out the TUC website (Trades Union Congress – the collective body of more than 5.5 million working people in the UK and 48 member unions) and click https://www.tuc.org.uk/find-union-you.
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Stay safe – Join a Union
If you don’t know which trade union to join then check out the TUC website (Trades Union Congress – the collective body of more than 5.5 million working people in the UK and 48 member unions) and click https://www.tuc.org.uk/find-union-you.
If …Read more…
Len McCluskey: “Decisions taken now will shape our country’s future – we need clarity to build public confidence”
Responding to the statement by the prime minister broadcast this evening (10thMay), the leader of the Unite union has called for `clarity and caution’as the country continues to combat the…Read more…
Union’s letter to Johnson: No return to work until we feel safe
Employers who fail to prioritise the wellbeing of their staff when they return to work should be held to account As the country debates how and when to get the economy up and running, it would be…Read more…
It’s The Media Stupid
Media Coverage of the 2019 General Election dissected in a new book ‘It’s The Media Stupid’! which draws on expert writers to present controversial conclusions. Media Coverage of the 2019…Read more…
Survey: Britons are “hungry for change, hungry for a new deal now and post COVID-19 crisis”
A new national poll on behalf of the Unite trade union today (Thursday 7th May) finds the country ‘hungry for major change’ to how our economy works and how key workers are rewarded. The…Read more…
TUC Employment Rights After Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the underlying weakness of the UK’s employment laws and we can expect there will be demands from employers for ‘more flexibility’ or attempts to weaken the…Read more…
Len McCluskey: It’s Time For A New Deal For Workers – No Going Back To Business As Usual
There can be no going back to business as usual Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has said in his May Day message. In a message of solidarity to workers Len says that it is time for a new deal…Read more…
Unite: Remember the dead, fight for the living – International Workers’ Memorial Day
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey calls on people to ‘Remember the dead, fight for the living’ with a one minute silence at 11am on International Workers’ Memorial Day, Tuesday…Read more…
Frances O’Grady: “We need a national council of reconstruction to rebuild the country”
This article first appeared in The Times Red Box, April 20th. By Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary Last week we watched one of our Second World War heroes, Captain Tom Moore, complete laps…Read more…
Five Trade Union Federations Statement On Covid-19
Five of the worlds largest trade union federations (the biggest affiliates of the International Trade Union Congress) have issued the following internationalist statement on the Covid-19 crisis. The…Read more…
Len McCluskey: “We need to unite behind Keir Starmer to cleanse Labour of this shame
With the labour movement reeling from the revelations contained in the leaked report concerning how Labour HQ has handled complaints over anti-semitism in recent years, the party’s biggest affiliate…Read more…
Keir Starmer appoints Labour frontbench
Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, said: “This is a new team that will take the Labour Party forward in a new era. Under my leadership, the Labour Party will be utterly focused on working in…Read more…
Unions & Employers: We Need A Manufacturing Army To Beat Virus.
Unite, the doctors’ union, Unison, the British Medical Association, and the nurses union the Royal College of Nursing have joined together in calling for government to unleash a national effort to…Read more…
“We’ve Got The NHS”
Here’s “We’ve Got The NHS” written and performed by Canning Town bluesman Bill Farrow with Richie Milton. They are looking to do a gig around this to support the great NHS…Read more…
They used to be on the naughty step. Now the unions are front of house
25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19, says ILO
The economic and labour crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic could increase global unemployment by almost 25 million, according to a new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO)….Read more…
Government Should Tell The Truth Over NHS
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady appearing on BBC’s Question Time on Thursday told Tory health Minister Matt Hancock to “tell the truth” about the problems in the NHS in dealing with the…Read more…
UK auto industry shuts down: government needs to step in to support workers, and fast, as Coronavirus hits
By Professor David Bailey, is Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe, Professor of Business Economics at the Birmingham Business School and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Brexit Studies…Read more…
TUC: Protecting workers’ jobs and livelihoods
Download full report (PDF) The TUC economic response to coronavirus Summary of recommendations: Step one: Ensuring that business support also protects jobs Government must ensure that…Read more…