Unions are putting ‘work-life balance’ back on the agenda
A big dispute fund has been built up.
Trade Unions
With a key college facing closure, trade union education is under threat
While workers face unprecedented risks to their livelihoods and safety, training for union reps is under threat in the North West.
Tony Burke: Unions are back and we’re helping Britain
Trade unions have played a key part in tackling the crisis.
Outsourced Unison staff at UCL win better terms in time for Christmas
University agrees to equalise pay, pensions and leave for outsourced workers, including an offer of two weeks of additional annual leave from 1 December.
Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan will not protect UK worker’s rights
It is possible to protect EU workers’ rights post-Brexit, but Johnson’s plan will not do it.
2018 was the year video game workers finally stood up against their bosses
The people who make video games are fed up of being exploited
How UNISON survived the attack on the labour movement – and won
UNISON has been announced as the largest union in the country with over 1.3 million members. To get there it had to survive Tory austerity and right wing propaganda.
Strike wins pay rise for South London college staff
The amount of strike pay deducted has also been reduced
How the new Mexican president is restoring workers’ rights – and taking on corrupt unions
President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is making some much-needed changes to Mexico’s broken employment laws, Unite’s Tony Burke reports.
Game, set, match workers: History shows that when workers organise, we win #TUC150
“Everything we have today has been fought for by people just like us, who came together, and sometimes died for each other, to give us decency and dignity.”
