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Paul Nowak (2nd from right), general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), joins union members as they gather outside Westminster Central Hall, in London, ahead of a march and rally against the Government's controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes, February 1, 2023
THE TUC is organising a march and rally in celebration of union history and to stand up against Tory attempts to restrict the right to strike.
Trade union members and branches have been invited to attend the rally in Cheltenham — home of spy hub GCHQ — on Saturday January 27.
Forty years ago, on January 25 1984, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government attacked trade union rights at GCHQ, with union members told to resign their membership or be sacked.
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
In part IV of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells how austerity minister Francis Maude’s attempt to destroy the PCS Civil Service union totally backfired
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT