Why Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is the biggest upgrade in workers’ and trade union rights in a generation
We know that driving up employment standards is good for workers, good for business and good for growth
Paul Nowak
Paul Nowak: This year’s TUC Congress is the beginning of a real positive shift in Britain’s workplaces
Knowing that we will finally ban zero-hour contracts, end fire-and-rehire and repeal anti-strike laws made the atmosphere in Brighton so different from last year’s Congress – or any Congress in the last decade.
‘Structural racism’ means one in six BME workers are in an insecure job, we desperately need to tackle systemic discrimination
The massive and disproportionate concentration of BME workers in Britain in low-paid and precarious work is structural racism in action – and yet another damning legacy from 14 years of Conservative rule.
Paul Nowak: The New Deal for Working People is key to rebuilding Britain
The trade union movement is ready to do what we can to work with Keir Starmer and his new Labour government to deliver the change working families desperately need.
We can’t afford another term of Tory rule if we want an economy that works for all
Unemployment has surged up by 166,000 over the last quarter and now stands at a worrying 1.49 million.
Paul Nowak: Conservative attacks on the right to protest threaten free speech, free assembly and open democracy
‘The threat to protest and the undermining of the right to strike raise questions about the UK’s commitment to open democracy’
HeartUnions week: Unions are winning for working people, and every worker should join a union
HeartUnions week is about celebrating the solidarity and power of a stronger trade union movement.
Trade unionists are mobilising to defend the right to strike
“We won’t be intimidated by this government, and we won’t be bullied. We will defend the right to strike at all costs.”
Paul Nowak: With its New Deal, Labour have shown they will stand up for working-class communities
There are no two ways about it – working people have been abandoned by the Conservatives. It’s time for a reset.
Paul Nowak: The Tories are today back doing what they enjoy most: Attacking unions
Let’s be clear. These Conservative anti-strike laws are a dog’s dinner – they’re shambolic and unworkable and will frustrate employers, workers and unions alike.