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Trade Unions

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Keir Starmer faces growing backlash over plans to scrap Labour leadership rules that got Corbyn elected

LFF Reporter
21 September, 2021

Starmer has put forward proposals to scrap Labour’s one-member-one-vote approach to party leadership elections, where every party member’s vote had equal value, in favour of an electoral college, in which MPs would have greater say.

What to expect from the Labour conference: Division and a lack of clarity from Starmer

Liam Barrett
18 September, 2021

‘Starmer has not been the unifying leader many had envisaged, nor has he continued to advocate for the ten pledges he put to the membership a mere eighteen months ago.’

How can trade unions organise young workers? Activists share radical lessons at #TUC21

Josiah Mortimer
14 September, 2021

We can’t just wait for a Labour government to swoop in, TUC Congress hears.

‘Applause won’t pay the bills’: Fair pay and workers’ rights in focus at #TUC21

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 September, 2021

Three-day weekends and ending fire and rehire – trade unionists call for urgent action to improve pay and conditions for workers.

TUC Congress 2021: Motions passed on Day 1

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 September, 2021

Support for the cultural sector and investment in public services and pay, are among the motions already approved in Congress 2021.

The SNP is clashing with workers over COP26 legacy

David Jamieson
12 September, 2021

The COP 26 international climate summit loomed over the 2021 SNP conference, but its legacy is contested by workers.

Solidarity builds against ‘unjust job cuts’ at Liverpool University

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 July, 2021

Trade union and labour movement support escalates for the global academic boycott of the University of Liverpool.

Unite’s Steve Turner says ‘no one can get close to his record’ and calls on Labour to offer ‘real opposition’

Basit Mahmood
9 July, 2021

‘I am standing on my record and nobody can touch that, they won’t even get close.’

A photo of a trade union protest with the words "The UnionDues Column" overlaid

UnionDues: Is social partnership the way forward for workers after the pandemic?

Simon Sapper
22 June, 2021

The ACAS chair speaks to Simon Sapper on bringing workers and bosses together.

EXCLUSIVE: Tories plan raid on trade union finances

Tony Burke
15 June, 2021

Ministers have snuck out proposals for a stealth tax on union funds.

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