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FBU flag
Wildfires / 26 August 2026
A message of thanks to the people of Wales from Fire Brigades Union members
26 August 2026
People take part in a ‘March with Midwives’ in central London to highlight the crisis in maternity services, November 21, 2021
NHS Crisis / 25 August 2026
Welsh midwives express disbelief that 63 newly qualified midwives are jobless
25 August 2026
Unison members outside Oldham hospital, greater Manchester, August 24, 2026 [Pic: Neil Terry]
Workers' Rights / 24 August 2026
Unison blames NHS trust for declaring critical incident during strikes
24 August 2026
The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester [Pic: Gerald England / Creative Commons]
Industrial / 24 August 2026
Workers at popular Manchester Pride bar to strike over union-busting
24 August 2026
George Guy at Labour conference
Obituary / 25 August 2026
Building workers pay tribute to George Guy
25 August 2026

Remembering a legendary trade unionist and inspirational leader

An oil rig off the coast of Great Yarmouth
Victory / 24 August 2026
Offshore medics secure more than £3,000 wage and allowances boost
24 August 2026
Workers' Rights / 24 August 2026
Strikes escalate over ‘two-tier workforce’ at NHS trust
24 August 2026
A teacher during a maths class, September 12, 2018
Employment / 24 August 2026
Rise in travel, teaching and construction jobs while overall vacancies fall
24 August 2026
Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons rehearses with the orchestra at Symphony Hall, Nov. 20, 2014, in Boston
United States / 23 August 2026
Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians authorise first strike in its 145-year history
23 August 2026
Government staff prepare a number 10 North sign for a media interview during a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester, July 24, 2026
Workers' Rights / 21 August 2026
Unite protests outside No 10 North over lack of jobs for NHS-trained workers
21 August 2026
Big Tech / 21 August 2026
Nearly third of finance workers ‘very concerned’ over AI impact on their jobs, union warns
21 August 2026
Workers' Rights / 21 August 2026
North Somerset bin workers to strike over being paid £4 less than regional counterparts
21 August 2026
The first freight train service from China to the UK arrives at DB Cargo's rail freight terminal in Barking, January 2017
Industrial / 21 August 2026
Union seeking job protections as rail freight firm sold off by parent company
21 August 2026
Firefighters continue to tackle a fire at Holme Fen Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire which is still burning after starting on August 8
Editorial / 20 August 2026
Britain is burning — Labour must rebuild fire brigades after years of cuts
20 August 2026
UVW Butlins
Workers' Rights / 20 August 2026
Butlin’s safety officers to strike on August bank holiday
20 August 2026
Smoke and flames from a blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford as seen from Millwall. Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters are tackling a waste fire in southeast London. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford, involves about 50 tonnes of household waste stored at a waste facility. The force were first called just before 8pm, and crews from East Greenwich, Old Kent Road, Deptford and surrounding fire stations went to the scene, August 18, 2026
Public Services / 20 August 2026
Lives at risk in London due to lack of firefighters and engines, FBU warns
20 August 2026
Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde
Workers' Rights / 20 August 2026
Swinney says ministers ‘don’t want to see compulsory redundancies’ at publicly-owned shipyard
20 August 2026
An easyJet aeroplane at Gatwick Airport
Workers' Rights / 20 August 2026
Union raises job security concerns over easyJet's private equity takeover
20 August 2026
Workers make final preparations before the launch of the MV Glen Rosa at Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow shipyard, marking the first time the vessel will enter the water, April 9, 2024
Workers' Rights / 18 August 2026
Ferguson Marine job losses ‘betrayal of a blameless workforce’
18 August 2026
Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds tr
Britain / 18 August 2026
Ensure all new rolling stock on railway is publicly owned, drivers’ union Aslef urges
18 August 2026
A protest outside the offices of Rockstar Games in Edinburgh, calling for the company to reinstate 31 workers it sacked the week prior, November 6, 2025
Workers' Rights / 18 August 2026
‘Don’t boycott GTA VI’: Fired workers urge fans to back legal fight instead
18 August 2026
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC speaking at the TUC congress at the ACC Liverpool, September 11, 2023
Workers' Rights / 18 August 2026
Exploitative zero-hours contracts are endemic, TUC says
18 August 2026
A view of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood
Scotland / 17 August 2026
STUC labels SNP's public-sector plans as ‘dangerous’
17 August 2026
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, September 11, 2023
Workers' Rights / 14 August 2026
Unions slam ‘scaremongering’ over costs of banning ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts
14 August 2026