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TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further

Why Enable Scotland carers are on their second strike in six months
Voices of Scotland / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

ROBYN MARTIN, Unison steward and personal assistant at Enable Scotland, explains why stagnating wages, deteriorating working conditions, critical staffing shortages, and in-work poverty have led to industrial action this week

People take part in the counter-protest, organised by Stand Up to Racism, to the
Anti-fascism / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

We must organise broad-based counterprotests and celebratory local community events to rebuild class consciousness and challenge the far-right’s divisive lies, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, ahead of this Saturday’s big demo in London

Fighting for the future of ceramics in Britain
TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits

Trade unionists and protesters form a blockade outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Rochester, Kent, in protest over the Israel-Gaza conflict and calling for an immediate ceasefire to halt the killing of civilians in Palestine. Over 400 trade unionists including health workers, teachers, hospitality workers, academics and artists are shutting down entrances to the arms factory which provides components for military aircraft currently being used by Israeli forces in the bombardment of Gaza. Picture da
TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY

Lebanese and Palestinian journalists take part in a protest against the killing of journalists in the Gaza Strip as they gather at the Martyrs square in downtown Beirut, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025
TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI

A woman looking out of a window
Features / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young

Art Work is work
TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE

BUILDING SOLIDARITY: GFTU general secretary Gawain Little
TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

With 90 courses from health and safety to neurodiversity, AI and political economy, we are helping workers understand the political context of their struggles, writes general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE

Probation
TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

Napo’s modest 12% pay claim remains unanswered since January — increased workloads and uncompetitive salaries are failing to attract staff, warns TANIA BASSETT

NHS
TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

With 121,000 vacancies and 44.8% of staff feeling unwell from work stress, the NHS 10-year plan will not succeed unless the government takes immediate action to retain existing staff, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN

NHS resident doctors protest outside Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, as resident doctors in England, formerly referred to as junior doctors, begin a five-day strike after talks with the Government collapsed over pay. Picture date: Friday July 25, 2025
TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027  — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE