Prentis leads tributes to “champion of the low paid” Rodney Bickerstaffe
Leading figures from across the labour movement have paid tribute to Rodney Bickerstaffe, the former trade union general…
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A “vacuous, embarrassing rant” – labour movement reacts to chancellor’s speech
Shadow cabinet ministers, Labour backbenchers and trade unionists have given their take on Philip Hammond’s keynote speech at…
Brexit must not be allowed to threaten the Good Friday Agreement
Owen Smith, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, has commented on his forthcoming speech at next Tuesday’s conference fringe…
Labour activists pick trade unionist to succeed London borough’s veteran mayor
Labour members have chosen a councillor and trade unionist from the centre-left as its candidate for a borough…
The key Labour officials set to vote today on the “McDonnell amendment”
Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) meets today to discuss key proposals for the future of the party, including…
Dave Prentis: Tories’ inhumane public sector pay cap is creating a poverty trap
Yesterday at the TUC, I was proud to lead the debate on public sector pay. For Unison’s 1.3…
Unions 21: We need a debate about how to reform workers’ groups
Writing a decade ago a reflective Robert Taylor, the Financial Times‘ former industrial correspondent, concluded that Britain’s union…
Tories receive more than twice the funds of Labour, with unions our biggest donors
Five big unions made up Labour’s top general election campaign donors, the latest political funding figures reveal. Labour…
Weekly survey: Tribunal fees, train overcrowding and Labour’s Brexit offer
Today Labour analysis revealed that our railways are more overcrowded than they’ve ever been, since records began. We…
Unison’s tribunal fees victory shows the power of our Labour movement
Practising as an employment lawyer over the last four years has felt at times like howling into the…
