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Being ‘different’ is something that many of us wrapped in brown or black skin were very aware of in the 1970s and 1980s. ‘P*** bashing’, being called a ‘w**’ and even being the subject of physical assaults in school playgrounds was…
Jonathan Reynolds has argued that steelworkers "desperately" need a government that is "on their side" ahead of an announcement by British Steel that it is cutting 260 jobs at its Scunthorpe works. British Steel confirmed today that it is…
30,000 high-quality and well-paid jobs in steelworks across the UK. Tens of thousands more jobs through critical supply chains. Community has represented Britain’s steelworkers for more than a hundred years, as a stalwart defender of the…
The UK government is failing to keep up with its European counterparts in efforts to decarbonise the steel industry, research published today by trade union Community and think tank Common Wealth has found. In the joint paper Steel the…
Being the Labour candidate for Silverdale and a freelance educational consultant, I’ve met self-employed people from all walks of life – from teaching assistants to musicians to accountants and many more. The pandemic was tough on us all…
HeartUnions week takes place every February. It is a chance for all of us in the trade union movement to tell the story of why unions are so important and encourage all those who aren’t in a union yet to join us. As we come to the end of…
Dean Cox has been appointed to the position of president of Community after having served as the vice president of the trade union for the past two years. The new president today described his appointment as an "immense honour" and urged…
Boris Johnson’s lies in parliament have covered many topics, but one of the worst is that employment is back to pre-pandemic levels. This ignores the millions of people who are self-employed. The same people who were excluded from support…
The pandemic accelerated the adoption of flexible working in many workplaces. For employers and businesses, the benefits of remote working and its ability to keep their business going was clear. Many workers, including menopausal women…
In October, our members at the Clarks distribution centre in Street, Somerset, began industrial action over fire and rehire. The company pushed for their employees to accept far-reaching reduced conditions, with everything from a reduction…
Labour has joined forces with steel unions for plans to buy, make, sell more in Britain in a bid to boost the steel sector in Britain that has been "so sorely left behind" by the current Conservative government. According to the…
Rishi Sunak has been urged in a new report from trade unions and small business to provide greater security for self-employed workers or risk seeing an "exodus" from self-employment in the wake of the pandemic. The inquiry into the future…
