Christina McAnea ahead as nominations close in UNISON general secretary race
UNISON’s Christina McAnea has received almost twice the branch nominations of the next closest candidate in the race…
Unions
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…
Government must do more to keep schools safe and open, say unions
Unite the Union, GMB and UNISON have told the government that it must do more to ensure schools…
Brown: Sunak must deliver new post-furlough recovery plan “within days”
Gordon Brown has told the Chancellor that he must deliver a new economic recovery plan “within days” for…
Britain must be bold – and listen to Gordon Brown in the Covid fight for jobs
The Tories have spent decades in denial about the power and ability of our state to directly intervene…
How the labour movement reacted to Keir Starmer’s conference speech
Labour leader Keir Starmer delivered his keynote address to Labour’s online ‘Connected’ conference this morning. Here is how…
“Be bold”: Trade union leaders issue challenge to Labour leadership
Trade union leaders have issued a challenge to Labour by telling the party to “be bold and embrace”…
Community: It’s fundamental to the UK economy. Britain, we need our steel
The past six months have been extremely difficult for our country and our economy. We are now officially…
Bring railways “back into full public ownership”, Labour tells government
Labour has called on Downing Street to “bring our rail franchises back into full public ownership” after the…
Unite: £100,000 job for Grayling a “slap in the face” to staff on pay reductions
Unite has described Tory MP Chris Grayling’s new £100,000 a year part-time job at Hutchinson Ports as a…
