Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: 2019 so far
One month into 2019, union members have been on the offensive across sectors, with pay awards coming…
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Union leaders react to Brexit meetings with PM
Trade union general secretaries are meeting with Theresa May today to discuss breaking the Brexit deadlock. Unite’s Len…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Tube strike, Labour councils and firefighters
Central Line strike In a disgraceful attempt to smear the recent ASLEF strike on London’s Underground, Osborne’s Evening…
Unison launches ‘Grovember’ as it becomes the UK’s biggest trade union
Unison has become the UK’s biggest trade union, with over 1.3 million members in both public and private…
Labour must stop outsourcing the fight against racism – and take the lead
Almost a third of British people now believe the myth that there are ‘no-go zones’ where non-Muslims cannot…
Shelly Asquith: The media ignores trade union activity. This is how I’m fighting back
The media barely reports on trade union activity – at least not any more. In fact, the Morning…
Women in top roles. What’s taking the labour movement so long?
It’s 2018 and women are leading the way. You might not like or agree with her but we have…
Birmingham’s homecare workers show there is power in a caring union
As a fellow Unison member, I was deeply touched to meet and talk to some of the Birmingham…
To stop the political silencing, we’re starting a new network: Labour & Palestine
During the debates over the summer, for those listening, there was one message from Palestinians here and in…
I was a care worker. That’s how I know we need Unison’s ethical care charter
One of the things I used to pride myself on when I was a care worker was being…
