No EU customs arrangement? That’d be industrial vandalism
It took the Irish famine to finally force Conservative Prime Minister Robert Peel to repeal the Corn Laws…
Unions
To future-proof workers’ rights, learn from the minimum wage
This week marked the 20th anniversary of the National Minimum Wage Act, perhaps the most groundbreaking piece of…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Brexit risks, fake minimum wage, transport strikes
Six million was the number of signatures the Chartists declared had signed their petition. As ‘Revoke Article 50’…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Anti-Racism Day and #SaveHondaSwindon
While Labour’s affiliated unions may disagree on some of the finer details of Brexit, all are agreed that…
Unions unconvinced by May’s “reheated leftover” offer on worker rights
Theresa May’s efforts to woo Labour MPs into voting for her Brexit deal next week are not going…
Unions aren’t at the end of their journey – they still have so much more to give
In recent years, unions have come under attack. Successive Conservative Prime Ministers have systematically targeted our movement. We’ve seen…
Trade union leaders react to Labour split
Seven MPs have quit the Labour Party and formed “The Independent Group”. Here’s our round-up of reactions from trade…
We’re turning the tide against outsourcing in London universities
Each morning at University College London, thousands of students and lecturers flow through the Bloomsbury campus, past the…
TUC: The Tory immigration bill is nasty – MPs must scrap it
The government’s immigration and social security coordination bill – which comes before the Commons today – is a…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Brummie bin strike, musicians’ flash mob
Strikes and ballots The Birmingham bin strike is back on next week, as the workers assert yet again…