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Leading trade unions have welcomed the Labour government's announced intention to repeal anti-strike laws put forward by the previous Conservative government.

While the New Deal is far from perfect, the affiliated unions will now back it to the hilt, as they recognise how it has the potential to reverse decades of decline.

UNISON has called for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, with general secretary Christina McAnea warning of the "terrible things that are happening to innocent civilians". In a meeting of the union's national executive…

The TUC Congress has passed a motion calling on the Labour Party to include a commitment on free school meals for all primary school pupils across England in its next manifesto. The motion, put forward by the British Dietetic Association…

Royal College of Nursing members have voted to reject a pay deal from the government, after UNISON members in the NHS voted in favour of the offer – with the nursing union announcing a further 48-hour walkout later this month. The RCN…

The Royal College of Nursing's ballot of members on the new NHS pay deal closed at 9am this morning. The RCN – alongside other unions representing healthcare workers, including Unite, UNISON and the GMB – reached a settlement in March that…

UNISON has announced that NHS staff including nurses, paramedics and blood collection workers will walk out on March 8th as part of an ongoing dispute with the government over pay. Announcing the new strike date today, UNISON said the move…

UNISON has announced that members at four more English ambulance services and five other NHS organisations have voted to take strike action, in what the union described as a "significant escalation" of the dispute. Announcing the results of…

Ambulance workers represented by the GMB union in the East of England have voted to take industrial action in the only remaining ambulance service in the country not to have seen strikes during the current dispute. The union announced this…

UNISON has announced a further day of strike action by its members in the ambulance service as part of an ongoing dispute with the government over pay. The union revealed today that its members will walk out on February 10th, following…

The government's minimum service levels bill is due to go through its remaining stages in the House of Commons today. The legislation – which would see minimum service levels enforced during strikes in certain areas of the public sector –…

Angela Rayner has denounced government anti-strike proposals as “unworkable and unserious” after the government confirmed plans to enforce minimum service levels in the public sector during industrial action. The government announced this…