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The media barely reports on trade union activity – at least not any more. In fact, the Morning Star is the only daily paper to maintain dedicated industrial correspondence. Coverage we do see elsewhere is often part of an effort to…
Labour staffers on short-term contracts are forced to use food banks and payday lenders, a party employee has told LabourList. In a comment piece published exclusively by LabourList today, an employee of Labour's National Communications…
The GMB has become the latest Labour-affiliated trade union to formally support a referendum on the final Brexit deal. In a video statement, general secretary Tim Roache said: "As trade unionists, when we negotiate a pay deal with an…
This piece was commissioned by guest editor Jon Ashworth. For six years I have been delivering the most precious of things. Not presents or parcels, but patients. Ambulance workers like me transport patients who need to get to medical…
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Today Jeremy Corbyn is at the GMB conference in Brighton, where he will declare Theresa May “too weak” to stand up to Donald Trump on steel tariffs…
Shipbuilding isn’t just part of our proud heritage - as a trade union, it could and should also provide a proud future for manufacturing across the UK. That’s why Labour’s announcement today is so welcome. Generations of families have made…
Over the Easter weekend, the GMB celebrated its birthday. On a bright Sunday morning 129 years ago, workers led by Will Thorne came together to form the forerunner of the GMB, the National Union of Gasworkers and General Labourers. The…
The British public are refusing to back the government's handling of Brexit, new polling suggests. Just 15 per cent said they thought Theresa May's government was handling the Brexit process well, while an overwhelming 48 per cent believe…
Thousands of people have signed a petition created by Unite, GMB and the Mirror calling for post-Brexit passports to be made in the UK. It is on course to quickly reach its target of 15,000 signatures. Unite launched the campaign after the…
There have recently been controversial discussions within the Labour Party focussing on the relationship the party has with the trade union movement, with some claiming it should be severed. Now, there is no disputing the historic role the…
This morning Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech setting out his "jobs first" vision for Brexit. He confirmed that Labour would negotiate "a new comprehensive UK-EU customs union" to ensure there will be no tariffs with Europe and no hard…
This week (12th – 18th February) is Heart Unions week, a chance for us to show solidarity and celebrate the hard work of trade unionists across the country. Trade unions deserve our support. Unions are consistently and relentlessly under…
