GMB MPs staff branch condemns “actions of Rosie Duffield towards staff member”
The GMB trade union branch for MPs’ staff members has condemned the behaviour of Labour backbencher Rosie Duffield…
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Unions, MPs and campaigners release joint statement on CHIS ‘spycops’ bill
The general secretaries of 14 trade unions, 20 Labour MPs including Jeremy Corbyn and a number of campaigning…
UWU: Why an independent union for paid trade union staff is needed
If you work for a trade union and have a dispute with your employer, where do you turn?…
Failing to oppose the spycops bill would be a dereliction of duty
The covert human intelligence sources bill (CHIS), due to be rushed through its final stages of legislation on…
£630m in taxpayer money spent on Amazon contracts, TUC analysis shows
The TUC has criticised the government as up to £630m of taxpayers’ money has been spent on contracts…
Labour must stand shoulder to shoulder with retail and hospitality workers
As UK retail and hospitality have been badly impacted by coronavirus, employees across the sectors face an unprecedented…
GMB calls for immediate resignation of Test and Trace chair Dido Harding
Labour-affiliated trade union GMB has called for the immediate resignation of Tory peer and NHS Test and Trace…
Government must adopt local furlough approach to save jobs, says TUC
The TUC has called on the government to adopt a new approach to prevent mass unemployment in the…
The new job scheme is far inferior to furlough. We need a people’s bailout
The Chancellor’s winter economy plan essentially announced a mass cull of jobs that it deemed “non-viable” while imposing…
All bluster, no plan as Johnson promises a post-pandemic paradise
Boris Johnson kicked off his conference speech by saying it “isn’t enough just to go back to normal”,…
