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Labour activists in a middle England target seat have picked a former soldier to take on Tory minister Robert Buckland. Sarah Church will contest South Swindon, where she also stood in last year's general election. Today Jeremy Corbyn…
Today the Prime Minister reshuffled her Cabinet. This was meant to be a game changer for the PM, but it has been an utter non-event. A few names of departments and ministers may have changed, but the grim reality of this government remains…
This is the final one of a series of articles by MPs, trade unionists and Labour activists in the run-up to the Budget. For seven long years, public service workers have been subjected to an unfair, arbitrary and damaging one per cent pay…
Carers working sleep-in shifts must be paid the minimum wage after another victory in the courts for Unison. The union successfully used employment tribunals to change government guidance on the application of minimum wage legislation. As…
Home care workers in Salford will see their pay rise by up to 10 per cent this month as a new minimum rate in the city has been established at £8.30 per hour. The 300 workers who will benefit are employed by external agencies commissioned…
Leading figures from across the labour movement have paid tribute to Rodney Bickerstaffe, the former trade union general secretary who led the fight for the national minimum wage, after he died today. Bickerstaffe, 72, ran the National…
Yesterday at the TUC, I was proud to lead the debate on public sector pay. For Unison's 1.3 million members, and millions more like them, there is no more important issue. After years of brutal austerity and vicious attacks on our public…
Five big unions made up Labour's top general election campaign donors, the latest political funding figures reveal. Labour received just under £10m in donations during the election period, compared to the Tories colossal £24,840,627. The…
Practising as an employment lawyer over the last four years has felt at times like howling into the wind. Since the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013, employment claims reduced by up to an eye-watering 70 per cent…
The Tory cabinet minister responsible for the tribunal fees debacle should be kicked out of Theresa May's top team immediately, the general secretary of the TSSA has said. After a four year battle by Unison, the coalition policy of charging…
Unison have claimed victory in their four-year long battle against the coalition government's policy of charging those wanting to take a case up against their employer. Employees could be faced with charges of up to £1,200 to make a claim…
Today’s supreme court ruling is the most significant judicial intervention in the history of British employment law. This result is a massive win for our union and a massive win for all workers, whether they’re Unison members or not…
