Volunteer in vaccination effort, Labour leadership and TUC urge members
Labour leader Keir Starmer, deputy Angela Rayner and trade union leader Frances O’Grady have written to party and…
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Labour and TUC demand new support for working parents amid school closures
The Labour Party and TUC are drawing attention to the impact of school reopening delays on the finances…
Frances O’Grady: Covid-19 changes, Brexit and the future of trade unionism
Frances O’Grady, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, has been one of the key figures in…
Labour slams Tory equalities brief ‘overhaul’ as “gratuitous provocation”
Labour’s Marsha de Cordova has accused the Conservatives of “gratuitous provocation” after government minister Liz Truss declared that…
Petition for furlough national minimum wage floor reaches 11,000 signatures
A petition launched to stop workers from being paid less than the national minimum wage through the government’s…
Change is coming. Why I’m chairing the TUC’s new anti-racism task force
Racism is at work and it exists. But, as trade unions, we are committed to eradicating the prejudice…
Labour should fight for proper sick pay to help get control of the virus
After an incredibly bleak year, the coronavirus vaccines offer a ray of hope that 2021 can bring a…
Resisting the far-right is in the DNA of the trade union movement
From the battle of Cable Street and the fight against Nazism to the struggle against apartheid, trade unions…
Trade unions are part of the fight to end violence against women and girls
The Covid pandemic is far more than a health and economic crisis. It has created what the United…
Labour backing Johnson’s Brexit deal would be a serious strategic mistake
Rumours have been circulating in the media and elsewhere over the last few days that Labour is considering…
