Minimum service levels bill passes second reading by 309 votes to 249
MPs have voted in favour of the government’s minimum service levels bill by 309 votes to 249, after…
Strikes
NEU announces walkout dates after teachers vote overwhelmingly to strike
The National Education Union has announced plans for seven days of strike action over the coming months after…
MPs to debate anti-union legislation as teachers prepare for strike ballot results
The government’s minimum service levels bill will receive its second reading in parliament today. The legislation proposes to give the…
The minimum service levels bill is a shameful attack on the right to strike
When Grant Shapps presented the Tories’ new legislation to parliament restricting the right to strike, I told him…
UCU announces 18 days of industrial action involving 70,000 university staff
The University and College Union has announced that more than 70,000 of its members will strike for 18…
NASUWT strike ballot fails to reach threshold required for industrial action
A strike ballot of NASUWT members has failed to reach the threshold required for industrial action despite nine out…
PCS condemns meeting with government minister over pay dispute as “total farce”
Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka has declared that his union will “look to escalate…
Rayner declares minimum service levels bill “not just insulting, but utterly stupid”
Angela Rayner has declared that the government’s minimum service levels bill is “not just insulting, but utterly stupid”,…
The labour movement prepares to fight the government over its anti-strike plans
The government’s latest anti-strike legislation will get its first reading in parliament today. The controversial plans to enforce minimum service…
Paul Nowak: “A united trade union movement is a force to be reckoned with”
“I’ve never seen anything like this in the 30 years that I’ve been a trade union activist and…
