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NHS

Britain / 19 September 2021

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

19 September 2021

SWR

Britain / 19 September 2021

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

19 September 2021

General view of HGV lorries

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

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

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

new money 2/2/18

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

Asda GMB protest

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

free school meals 23/1/18

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

NHS clap

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

Money

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

General view of HGV lorries

Britain / 5 August 2021

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

5 August 2021

NHS

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

new money 2/2/18

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 new deal

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

Sajid Javid

Britain / 25 July 2021

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

25 July 2021

Sajid Javid climbs down after furious backlash

Mick Lynch, Matt Wrack and Gary Smith

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

Covid Vaccine stock photo

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

stressed teacher jan 6 2018

Britain / 23 July 2021

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

23 July 2021

Prison 5/3/18

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

Frances O'Grady

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

Social distancing marker

Britain / 15 July 2021

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

15 July 2021

Calls grow for masks to remain compulsory

Swings

Britain / 15 July 2021

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

15 July 2021

NHS

11 July 2021

Former Amazon boss must not get NHS job, say campaigners

11 July 2021

Stressed woman

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

Lorry

Britain / 8 July 2021

Unions slam extension of lorry drivers’ working hours

8 July 2021

NHS

Britain / 2 July 2021

Consultants threaten to withdraw goodwill over ‘derisory’ pay offer

2 July 2021

Government efforts to

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’

Unite flags

Britain / 1 July 2021

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

1 July 2021

Frances O'Grady

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

plane taking off

Britain / 25 June 2021

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

25 June 2021

money

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

Co-op

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

TUC

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

Covid

Britain / 14 June 2021

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

14 June 2021

Keir Starmer

EXCLUSIVE / 13 June 2021

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

13 June 2021

Julian Assange picture in 2017

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