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The Tories have today made a significant concession on the Trade Union Bill that will mean public sector unions can continue to organise in workplaces in the same way. Reforms to "check-off", the system by which workers can be signed up as…
Unison, one of Britain's largest trade unions, has overcome its "doubts" and will campaign for Britain to remain the EU, it said today. The 1.3 million member union ended weeks of speculation by confirming it would reject Brexit because of…
Trade unions have attacked George Osborne's Budget for imposing further spending cuts and for failing to invest in public services or struggling industries. Union bosses spoke out over the Chancellor's decision to slash rates of corporation…
We are witnessing a full-scale attack by the Conservative government on the campaigning work of the trade union movement and on the finances and organisation of the Labour Party. While the government and much of the media framed the Trade…
Teaching assistants. Cleaners. Nurses. Care workers. Lollipop ladies. Hardly a list of the people our society should want to regulate. These are people who spend their time caring for us, serving us and saving lives. People who arrive at…
Dave Prentis has today been elected as Unison general secretary for a fourth term, topping the all-member election with 49% of the vote - almost double that of second placed Heather Wakefield. Prentis saw off a challenge from three other…
Labour cannot "degenerate into infighting", Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has warned. His intervention comes just days after Corbyn made it clear to his Shadow Cabinet that he expects greater public loyalty from the frontbench. Now…
Unison have announced that they will be backing Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership. The union has nearly 1.3million members. It has said that this is just a recommendation and that individual union members who sign up to vote as should…
The Queen's Speech sets the government's agenda for the coming parliament. And today's gave a clear sign as to what this Tory government - the first in 18 years - considers a priority: taking away workers' right to legally go on strike. In…
As the general election hurtles towards us, this year’s Fair Pay Fortnight provides a timely reminder of what a complete term of a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government has meant for the pay packets of working people. Over the…
At the weekend, we reported that Neil Findlay - one of the three candidates running to be leader of the Scottish Labour Party - asking for clarification in relation to the information sent out to members voting in the election. Findlay said…
Living Wage week is when we celebrate the fact that tens of thousands of low paid workers are going to get a pay rise. But its also a time remember that under the coalition the number of low paid is growing. This includes the 200,000 care…
