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Britain / 19 September 2021

NHS strikes on horizon as Unison members say huge No to 3%

19 September 2021

Britain / 19 September 2021

South Western Railway must drop ‘discredited’ cuts plan, says RMT

19 September 2021

Britain / 19 September 2021

Unite warns that ‘reckless’ fresh extension of HGV drivers’ hours may also be illegal

19 September 2021

Insulate Britain activists block the M25

Britain / 17 September 2021

Climate protesters block M25 for third time in a week

17 September 2021

Nurses changing their PPE on Ward 5, a Covid Red Ward, at th

Britain / 17 September 2021

NHS unions express fury as health minister admits £2.8bn of PPE unfit for purpose

17 September 2021

Public inquiry must be brought forward, says Unison

Britain / 16 September 2021

Co-op deal with Amazon ‘shocking’, says union GMB

16 September 2021

A file photo of a care worker wearing PPE

Britain / 16 September 2021

Vaccine policy will herald ‘catastrophic’ care crisis, unions warn

16 September 2021

11th-hour fudge ‘too late’ for sector already on its knees

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during a media briefing in Dow

Britain / 10 September 2021

Attacks on workers are choking economy, TUC warns

10 September 2021

Split in Tory ranks deepens as mayor and MPs question Universal Credit cut

Britain / 10 September 2021

Bill to abolish insecure work gets second reading in Lords

10 September 2021

Britain / 5 September 2021

Tax the wealthy to pay for social care, says TUC

5 September 2021

Union body calls for rise in Capital Gains Tax and £10 hourly minimum for care workers

Britain / 5 September 2021

RMT reacts with fury to ‘bare-faced cheek’ of SNP call to shelve action during environment summit

5 September 2021

Britain / 5 September 2021

Rising ill-health costing thousands of drivers their jobs, Unite reveals

5 September 2021

Union calls for cross-industry body to set decent standards for health, conditions and pay

Britain / 20 August 2021

Asda must implement its own discrimination policies, says GMB after anti-semitism complaint

20 August 2021

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, during a walkabout in the ce

Britain / 20 August 2021

Labour left rallies around call to reclaim party for socialist transformation

20 August 2021

Affiliated unions among 16 organisations behind eve-of-conference event

Britain / 12 August 2021

Pupils on free meals ‘less than half as likely to get top GCSE grades’

12 August 2021

Tories have ‘abandoned’ poorer school students, says Labour

Britain / 12 August 2021

RCN kicks off consultation on 3% pay rise and warns of industrial action

12 August 2021

‘Winter of discontent’ is building in NHS, says GMB

Britain / 9 August 2021

Third of over 55s ‘feel forced to retire’, says survey

9 August 2021

Students take part in a march from Marble Arch to the Depart

Britain / 8 August 2021

Starmer sets tests for ministers over exam ‘incompetence’

8 August 2021

Second year of results chaos ‘not an option,’ says Labour leader

Britain / 6 August 2021

Leicester MP demands action after investigation finds abuse of garment workers still rife

6 August 2021

A lit ring on a gas hob at a home in north London

Britain / 6 August 2021

Record hike in energy prices threatens huge rise in fuel poverty, campaigners warn

6 August 2021

Junior doctors wear scrubs and masks as they sit down in a s

Britain / 6 August 2021

BMA to survey junior doctors on action over pay ‘insult’

6 August 2021

Britain / 5 August 2021

Ministers and HGV bosses ‘must act on driver crisis or face strikes,’ says union

5 August 2021

Britain / 31 July 2021

Angry health workers march on Downing Street to demand pay justice

31 July 2021

An East Midlands train passes through Nottingham station

Britain / 30 July 2021

Rail bosses face prospect of summer of strikes as RMT members take to picket lines

30 July 2021

Britain / 29 July 2021

Council workers warn of action over ‘woeful’ pay offer

29 July 2021

Unions accuse employers of ducking campaign to force adequate funding from government

Sir Keir Starmer says ordinary people need a new deal, launc

Britain / 25 July 2021

Unions warn Labour must 'get own house in order' as it launches campaign for a new deal for workers

25 July 2021

Movement must turn outwards for progressive change and stop persecuting its own, trade unionists say

Britain / 25 July 2021

Fury at Health Secretary's claim people 'cowered' from Covid

25 July 2021

Sajid Javid climbs down after furious backlash

Anger: Leaders of RMT, FBU and GMB Mick Lynch, Matt Wrack an

Britain / 25 July 2021

‘Knee-jerk’ policy on Covid exemptions a dangerous mess, say unions

25 July 2021

“The problem isn’t workers being pinged, but workers getting coronavirus”

A message to self-isolate, with one day of required isolatio

Britain / 23 July 2021

Exempted workers must be kept safe, unions warn

23 July 2021

Confusion over half-baked emergency measures self-inflicted, ministers told

Britain / 23 July 2021

Fully vaccinate students or face worse disruption to education, union tells government

23 July 2021

Stringent safety measures must be in place for the new academic year

Britain / 23 July 2021

Pay freeze ‘hits teachers with 8 per cent pay cut since 2007’

23 July 2021

Britain / 22 July 2021

Austerity cuts have fuelled dramatic rise in prison suicides, says union

22 July 2021

Britain / 22 July 2021

Minister scuppered deal to settle DVLA dispute, MPs hear

22 July 2021

Joint Secretary of the National Education Union Kevin Courtn

Britain / 22 July 2021

Education unions react angrily to ‘unacceptable’ pay-freeze insult

22 July 2021

An infection control nurse looks out from a Covid-19 recover

Britain / 17 July 2021

Ministers ‘ignored’ warnings of health and care staffing crisis for years, says union

17 July 2021

NHS ‘faces prospect of being unable to deliver legal commitments’

A person wearing a mask and gloves on a bus

Britain / 16 July 2021

Make workplaces and transport Covid-safe or risk tidal wave of infections, closures and chaos, unions warn

16 July 2021

Empty branches of Dorothy Perkins and Burton in King's Lynn

Britain / 16 July 2021

Levelling-up plan will not save our shops, union warns

16 July 2021

Britain / 15 July 2021

Government must ‘build back fairer,’ says TUC

15 July 2021

‘Levelling-up’ meaningless without end to zero-hours and insecure work

Britain / 15 July 2021

England’s Covid-19 guidelines a dangerous shambles, say unions

15 July 2021

Calls grow for masks to remain compulsory

Britain / 15 July 2021

Two-thirds of working mums don’t have enough childcare for summer holidays, joint survey says

15 July 2021

11 July 2021

Former Amazon boss must not get NHS job, say campaigners

11 July 2021

Britain / 11 July 2021

Rise in helpline calls shows need to tackle ‘systemic issues’ for parliamentary staff, say unions

11 July 2021

Staff from Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow

Britain / 8 July 2021

Invest in staff or see NHS waiting list crisis spiral, unions warn

8 July 2021

Britain / 8 July 2021

Unions slam extension of lorry drivers’ working hours

8 July 2021

Britain / 2 July 2021

Consultants threaten to withdraw goodwill over ‘derisory’ pay offer

2 July 2021

Britain / 2 July 2021

Boost fund for schools goes to rich

2 July 2021

Government’s own watchdog slams Education cuts in deprived areas

Nissan's Chief Operating Officer Ashwani Gupta announcing th

Britain / 1 July 2021

Nissan’s electric plans for Sunderland ‘a fantastic first,’ says union

1 July 2021

But six more battery plants still needed ‘to secure UK’s green-auto future’

Britain / 1 July 2021

Campaigners aim to launch court bid to reverse US takeover of GP practices

1 July 2021

27 June 2021

TUC calls for extension of furlough as think tank finds health of labour market and pay-rises ‘hugely overstated’

27 June 2021

Britain / 25 June 2021

Unions demand science-led approach and proper support for transport sector

25 June 2021

Britain / 25 June 2021

Tripartite call for action on ethnicity pay gap

25 June 2021

A joint call for the government to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting has been issued by the TUC, CBI and EHRC

Britain / 25 June 2021

Union welcomes Co-op support for staff affected by pregnancy loss

25 June 2021

Some of 26 ice sculptures of children installed on New Brigh

Britain / 24 June 2021

Cut the rhetoric and deliver on net-zero carbon, ministers told

24 June 2021

Government’s own advisers demand ‘action now’ and say time is running out

Britain / 18 June 2021

TUC warns of two-tier workforce as country emerges from pandemic

18 June 2021

Britain / 17 June 2021

RMT pledges co-ordinated action to bust transport pay-freeze

17 June 2021

Britain / 14 June 2021

One worker in ten ‘forced back into workplace’ as bosses ignore Covid guidelines, says TUC

14 June 2021

EXCLUSIVE / 13 June 2021

Shock bakers’ union poll shows how far Labour has squandered the support of its working-class core

13 June 2021

Britain / 11 June 2021

Cross-party MPs call on President Biden to drop Assange prosecution

11 June 2021

A mobile Covid-19 vaccination centre outside Bolton Town Hal

Britain / 11 June 2021

Road-map delay ‘more likely’ as Delta variant cases hit 30,000 in a week

11 June 2021

Screen grab of Health Secretary Matt Hancock giving evidence

Britain / 10 June 2021

Hancock ‘lied to MPs’ over shortages of protective kit, says union

10 June 2021

Britain / 10 June 2021

Unite's left-wing leadership candidates urged to agree to a single contender

10 June 2021

Pressure after right-wing favourite Gerard Coyne makes it onto the ballot paper

Britain / 5 June 2021

A third of disabled workers treated unfairly during pandemic, says TUC poll

5 June 2021

Britain / 4 June 2021

Fresh strike wave could disrupt Euros and Edinburgh Festival, says RMT

4 June 2021

Britain / 3 June 2021

EU Court of Justice deals blow to Tesco in workers’ equal pay claim

3 June 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conferenc

Britain / 3 June 2021

Johnson blasted from his own benches as education catch-up row blows up

3 June 2021

Britain / 3 June 2021

Sadiq Khan pledges support for hospitality sector

3 June 2021

General view of a branch of Pizza Express in London

Britain / 30 May 2021

Unite demands ‘fair tips’ law as Pizza Express hacks at waiters’ income

30 May 2021

Britain / 30 May 2021

East Midlands Rail bosses ‘playing fast and loose’ with Covid safety, says RMT

30 May 2021

Britain / 28 May 2021

RMT demands summit with Scotland’s Transport Secretary to resolve ScotRail disputes

28 May 2021

Britain / 28 May 2021

No-test discharge to care homes like ‘putting live explosive in tinder box’

28 May 2021

Britain / 27 May 2021

Unions warn of new ‘dark age’ for capital’s transport

27 May 2021

Strikers march to Glasgow Council's city chambers for a mass

Britain / 27 May 2021

Unions welcome fourth consecutive annual rise in membership

27 May 2021

Britain / 16 May 2021

Unions press for staff safety as Covid limit lifts

16 May 2021

Sanjeev Gupta, the head of the Liberty Group

Britain / 14 May 2021

Fraud probe of Liberty Steel owner raises fears for thousands of jobs

14 May 2021

The probe will include its dealings with the failed “supply chain finance” debt-trading company Greensill Capital

Britain / 14 May 2021

Time to let unions in, Unite tells Amazon as it recruits 10,000

14 May 2021

Features / 14 May 2021

Meeting Mick Lynch: the RMT’s new leader on why unity is strength

14 May 2021

Unity is far more than a slogan – it is an absolute necessity for the battles ahead, newly elected RMT general secretary MICK LYNCH tells Morning Star industrial reporter Derek Kotz

Britain / 13 May 2021

England’s schools ‘need £15 billion more’ to recover from Covid

13 May 2021

Britain / 7 May 2021

Unity essential to face down attacks on transport workers, says Mick Lynch

7 May 2021

Britain / 7 May 2021

Shadow education secretary pulls out of university event over course cuts

7 May 2021

S5 and S6 pupils at St Columba's High School in Gourock, Inv

Britain / 7 May 2021

Unions and scientists renew calls to keep masks in secondary schools

7 May 2021

Lusamba Katalay (third from left), the husband of Belly Muji

Britain / 7 May 2021

TSSA welcomes inquest into Covid death of rail worker Belly Mujinga

7 May 2021

Britain / 6 May 2021

Virtual GP consultations hit healthcare access for low-income and minority groups, doctor tells People's Covid Inquiry

6 May 2021

Britain / 6 May 2021

‘Widespread discrimination’ in universities prompts three quarters of LGBT+ staff to consider leaving

6 May 2021

Britain / 2 May 2021

Unions claim May Day victory as Ikea reinstates ‘real’ living wage

2 May 2021

Britain / 30 April 2021

Union challenges Bezos on workers’ rights as Amazon triples profits

30 April 2021

Britain / 30 April 2021

Working people want action on employment rights – TUC

30 April 2021

Poll reveals huge majority for raft of rights for all

A Merseyrail train passes along track at Hunts Cross station

Britain / 29 April 2021

Merseyrail accused of ‘pandemic profiteering’

29 April 2021

£3m dividend ‘could fund pay rise four times over’

Former post office workers celebrate outside the Royal Court

Britain / 23 April 2021

Victory! Appeal court throws out postmaster convictions after years of injustice

23 April 2021

Union calls for criminal investigation into ‘complicit’ Post Office bosses

Deliveroo riders from the Independent Workers' Union of Grea

Britain / 23 April 2021

Couriers refuse deliveries from eatery that ‘owes staff thousands’

23 April 2021

Crown Prosecution Service in Westminster, London

Britain / 22 April 2021

Officer who shot unarmed man being investigated for ‘gross misconduct’

22 April 2021

Britain / 19 April 2021

Big business making a killing from Covid in Scotland

19 April 2021

STUC calls for a ‘people’s recovery’ to protect workers from profiteers

18 April 2021

Scotrail conductors ‘rock solid’ for pay justice

18 April 2021

Britain / 16 April 2021

More London bus strikes planned as pay talks fail

16 April 2021

Britain / 16 April 2021

Insecure workers ‘twice as likely to die from Covid,’ TUC analysis reveals

16 April 2021

Sick pay must be raised to living wage and zero-hours contracts banned, say unions

Britain / 15 April 2021

Students ‘pushed to the brink’ must be compensated, say MPs and campaigners

15 April 2021

Care workers outside of Abbeydale Court Care Home during the

Britain / 19 March 2021

Mencap wins bid to block care staff pay

19 March 2021

Charity argues wages owed from unpaid time at work by carers would have amounted to £400 million across sector

Workers at the scene of a derailed diesel-carrying train nea

Britain / 19 March 2021

Jobs and safety axe brings threat of first national rail strike in three decades

19 March 2021

Four GMB protesters dressed as 'Fat Cat' business men pose w

Britain / 19 March 2021

PFI projects could continue to drain the public purse long after contracts end, MPs warn

19 March 2021

Britain / 19 March 2021

Public-sector workers paying far more for their pensions as real pay shrinks

19 March 2021

Unite national officer Caren Evans said: ‘These corrosive attacks on the scheme must stop. Many employees are on relatively low pay and increased contributions impact adversely on take-home pay.’

Labour accuses government of ‘decriminalising’ rape

Britain / 18 March 2021

Fair pay now, say health unions as ‘hidden abuse’ of unpaid overtime soars

18 March 2021

Britain / 18 March 2021

Workers say ‘Wilko on strike’ if bosses cut sick pay

18 March 2021

Britain / 12 March 2021

Ikea faces being stripped of Living Wage status as its ethical mask slips

12 March 2021

Britain / 12 March 2021

DVLA staff vote for strike action over Covid failings

12 March 2021

NHS workers at St Thomas' Hospital, London, attending a rall

Britain / 7 March 2021

Tories' pay insult will hit women's pockets hardest

7 March 2021

Women's Day message ‘another example of how Johnson has failed’

Britain / 7 March 2021

Education recovery funding ‘needed for years to come,’ union warns

7 March 2021

Britain / 7 March 2021

Covid guidelines ‘fundamentally flawed’ and put lives at risk, says nurses’ union

7 March 2021

Britain / 7 March 2021

Union threatens action against Cammell Laird jobs axe

7 March 2021

Digital ad board outside the Salford Royal Hospital, Manches

Britain / 5 March 2021

Furious health workers threaten strikes against 1% rise ‘insult’

5 March 2021

Health Minister Nadine Dorries insisted 1 per cent was all the government could ‘afford’

Jacqui Milliner teaching her P1 pupils on their first day ba

Britain / 5 March 2021

Education should lead Scotland’s recovery from coronavirus, says union

5 March 2021

Pupils of Scoil Naomh Lorcan in Omeath walk into school afte

Britain / 5 March 2021

Schools must be given room to act for safety, unions tell government

5 March 2021

Britain / 4 March 2021

Budget lambasted from all sides over lack of manufacturing support

4 March 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer

Britain / 4 March 2021

Sunak's cynical slice out of NHS and social care will cost £30bn

4 March 2021

Budget analysis reveals Chancellor's cuts to key services

Britain / 4 March 2021

Huge rise in number of young people not in education, employment or training, new figures show

4 March 2021

NEU executive committee member warns ‘there is a growing danger of a crisis of unemployment among young people’

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak during a press conf

Britain / 3 March 2021

Unions and opposition leaders brand Sunak’s Budget ‘failure’ for working people

3 March 2021

Britain / 3 March 2021

Private-hire drivers strike to remember murdered colleague

3 March 2021

Britain / 27 February 2021

Unemployment rising twice as fast among black workers, TUC report finds

27 February 2021

Britain / 26 February 2021

Simplified gender-recognition process a must, says TUC conference

26 February 2021

Lewisham station on the Docklands Light Railway line in sout

Britain / 26 February 2021

Surge in Covid-related attacks on staff at London station must be stopped, says RMT

26 February 2021

Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC speaking at th

25 February 2021

LGBT+ workers hit hard by Covid, says TUC conference

25 February 2021

Britain / 22 February 2021

Unions demand ‘recovery road map’ for NHS workers

22 February 2021

60 per cent of staff who contracted coronavirus said it had had a negative or severe impact on their mental health, GMB finds

The British Railways Ivatt Class 2MT Tank Engine number 4131

Exclusive: / 21 February 2021

‘Get on with it,’ says RMT as it uncovers ‘oven-ready’ blueprint for public rail

21 February 2021

Uber drivers with Yaseen Aslam (second right) outside the Su

Britain / 19 February 2021

Uber drivers win ‘historic’ gig-economy ruling

19 February 2021

Supreme Court confirms company's drivers are workers, not self-employed contractors

Britain / 19 February 2021

Amazon drives coach and horses through its own zero-hours rules

19 February 2021

Britain / 18 February 2021

PCS union activist wins tribunal against government agency

18 February 2021

Unite reps at a number of companies, including Eddie Stobart

Britain / 18 February 2021

Logistics union warns of strike action against ‘creeping culture’ of fire and rehire

18 February 2021

An NHS employee at the Elland Road vaccination centre in Lee

Britain / 11 February 2021

All spin and no substance in Tories' health and social-care plan, Unions and NHS campaigners warn

11 February 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) walks with warehouse sup

Britain / 11 February 2021

Union and bosses urge government to create manufacturing jobs

11 February 2021

British Gas workers outside the headquarters of Centrica in

Britain / 11 February 2021

British Gas investors urged to steer bosses towards settlement or risk long-term damage

11 February 2021

People wait to be tested at a Covid-19 mobile testing unit s

Britain / 7 February 2021

Concerns on rapid testing unresolved, despite government rollout, says union

7 February 2021

Britain / 7 February 2021

Ambulance staff urgently need better protection, says union as it reveals that one in three has had Covid-19

7 February 2021

Britain / 5 February 2021

Engineers ramp up strike action against British Gas

5 February 2021

Britain / 4 February 2021

Public-sector pay freeze will deliver huge blow to economy, says TUC

4 February 2021

A nurse holds a painting of Prime Minister Boris Johnson cla

Britain / 29 January 2021

NHS staff ‘burned out, fatigued and desperately sad’

29 January 2021

Britain / 29 January 2021

Gas engineers return to picket lines in ‘fire and rehire’ dispute

29 January 2021

People board a bus outside Waterloo station in London

Britain / 29 January 2021

RMT condemns ‘wild-west’ approach to bus safety

29 January 2021

Britain / 29 January 2021

Unions press workers' rights offensive after Tory retreat

29 January 2021

Britain / 28 January 2021

British Gas strike heats up as engineers take to picket lines again

28 January 2021

British Gas workers outside the Scottish Gas call centre in

Britain / 25 January 2021

Fire-and-rehire tactics must be stopped, say unions

25 January 2021

Britain / 22 January 2021

Firefighters lambast ‘political and biased’ attack from inspectorate

22 January 2021

Britain / 22 January 2021

Union demands higher-grade PPE for all NHS staff to end ‘postcode lottery’

22 January 2021

Britain / 22 January 2021

GMB calls on British Gas board ‘millionaires’ club’ to end fire-and-rehire strategy

22 January 2021

Mel Kerr, an NHS nurse for five years, “left broken” by

Britain / 21 January 2021

NHS staff will leave in droves without proper support, says nurse ‘broken’ by pandemic

21 January 2021

Britain / 21 January 2021

Primary teachers at a rural Northampton school to strike against academy takeover

21 January 2021

Britain / 21 January 2021

Hundreds ballot for strike action at DHL over ‘union-busting’ tactics

21 January 2021

Britain / 21 January 2021

Gas workers set to ‘burn it and bin it’ in response to ‘sign-it-or-be-sacked’ threat

21 January 2021

Features / 16 January 2021

Shopworkers stake claim for £10 hourly minimum across the sector

16 January 2021

Usdaw’s Morrisons deal sets the benchmark for pay talks with major retailers and boosts its wider campaign for a New Deal, says industrial reporter DEREK KOTZ

Britain / 15 January 2021

Unions will resist attack on workers’ rights

15 January 2021

A Hitachi Javelin high speed train passes through Ashford, K

Britain / 15 January 2021

RMT calls on government to block use of taxpayers’ money to dump Hitachi Rail workers

15 January 2021

Britain / 15 January 2021

Call for life-time ban for ‘bandit capitalists’ on third anniversary of Carillion collapse

15 January 2021

Britain / 14 January 2021

Ground-breaking deal saves Barnoldswick’s Rolls-Royce factory and 350 jobs

14 January 2021

Britain / 10 January 2021

RMT demands urgent action to protect TfL workers from new Covid variant

10 January 2021

Musicians perform during a protest calling for more funding

Britain / 10 January 2021

Musicians’ Union angry over visas debacle, insisting creative arts should be ‘priority’ in negotiations

10 January 2021

Pupils arriving at Manor Park School and Nursery in Knutsfor

Britain / 10 January 2021

Parents need more support to keep children at home, teaching unions warn

10 January 2021

A plane taking off from Heathrow Airport

Britain / 8 January 2021

Government finally concedes need to test inbound travellers for Covid-19

8 January 2021

Trade unions, opposition leaders and scientists welcome belated and ‘blindingly obvious’ measure but lament the ‘absolutely disgraceful’ resulting cost in lives

Britain / 8 January 2021

Unison leader calls for Covid inquiry and 'day of reckoning' for deadly failures

8 January 2021

Hazel Nolan on the picket line at Murdoch House in Bothwell

Britain / 7 January 2021

British Gas engineers strike against fire and rehire plans

7 January 2021

Features / 23 November 2020

Obituary: Dennis Burcham (1938–2020) trade unionist and lifelong friend of the Daily Worker and Morning Star

23 November 2020

National League / 13 May 2018

Boreham Wood 1-2 Tranmere Rovers

13 May 2018

DEREK KOTZ reports from Wembley