Headlines on the new Trade Union Bill and subsequent blog postings have concentrated on the threat to strike action, through the new thresholds on ballots, and on the new laws regarding picketing and…Read more…
ILO issues global inequality warning
The warnings and predictions just keep on coming. Following the World Bank statement earlier this year that the rise in Global Inequality is partly due to the decline of trade unions, the…Read more…
Tory guns loaded and targeted on trade unions
#GE2015 David Cameron’s cocksure comment in last night’s BBC interview that the Tories are ‘only 23 seats short of a majority’ should make every trade unionist reflect on what’s at stake in next…Read more…
Defend the right to strike – under threat at home and abroad
Today a global day of action in defence of the right to strike is being called to highlight the serious attacks on fundamental union rights. The Institute of Employment Rights reports that the…Read more…
Election 2015 – What’s at stake?
CLASS, the labour movement think tank, has published the first in a series of general election guides. Election 2015: What’s at stake for work, pay and unions?
This timely…Read more…
Tory plans will put public service unions in a legal straitjacket
Tory manifesto proposals to impose a minimum turnout (50%) and a minimum threshold of support (40% of all those balloted) will make it impossible for unions to conduct ‘lawful’ industrial action in…Read more…