Comment TUC: We need a Workers’ Budget this week. Join us to demand one Welcome to pandemic Britain, where a year into the crisis sick pay is still only £96 per week… Frances O’Grady 1st March, 2021, 4:30 pm
Comment This crisis has again shown outsourcing should play no role in our public services Public sector workers have gone the extra mile again and again during this pandemic. Just think of our amazing… Frances O’Grady 10th February, 2021, 8:00 am
Comment Resisting the far-right is in the DNA of the trade union movement From the battle of Cable Street and the fight against Nazism to the struggle against apartheid, trade unions… Frances O’Grady 4th December, 2020, 12:10 pm
Comment The new job scheme is important – but ministers will need to do far more Unions have been pushing hard for months for jobs support to continue beyond October. The short-time working scheme announced… Frances O’Grady 25th September, 2020, 4:10 pm
Comment A jobs guarantee scheme must be the cornerstone of our recovery In the last three days, more than 14,000 job losses have been announced. This figure will be out-of-date… Frances O’Grady 7th July, 2020, 4:05 pm
Comment MPs must oppose the PM’s Brexit plans – or workers will pay the price It’s now clear, without a shadow of a doubt, that Boris Johnson is pursuing a Brexit that will… Frances O’Grady 11th October, 2019, 8:45 am
Comment Frances O’Grady: Happy 70th birthday to the NHS – let’s keep it free, for all, forever This week the country has come together to celebrate seventy years of our National Health Service. Back in 1948,… Frances O’Grady 5th July, 2018, 9:26 am
Comment Frances O’Grady: How to use trade union power to support women Part of a LabourList series on International Women’s Day 2018. This is an exciting time for women in… Frances O’Grady 8th March, 2018, 7:00 am
Comment Frances O’Grady: Plot over workers’ hours shows Tories planning assault on rights Yesterday morning, I met with Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, in Brussels. I told him that… Frances O’Grady 19th December, 2017, 8:36 am
Comment Frances O’Grady: The proof that public sector pay cap is harming our economy This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on Wednesday. On public… Frances O’Grady 21st November, 2017, 9:00 am