Brexit wouldn’t abolish paid holidays, but it would put them at risk
The Working Time Directive guarantees basic rights that the British government can top up at any time
Trade Unions
UNISON will campaign for the UK to stay in Europe
The public service union believes that public sector workers and those they support will be better of in
UK workers get 1.5 billion extra days of paid holiday thanks to the EU
Paid holiday entitlements were declining in the UK in the years before the EU Working Time Directive was adopted
Trade Unions and Co-ops could build a ‘solidarity economy’ for the self-employed precariat
If workers don’t organise, the private sector will tighten its grip
Steel crisis: Osborne’s ‘march of the makers’ now rings hollow
Tax credits, personal independent payments, Sunday trading and now steel all suggest a Government whose sure-footedness is eroding fast.
Why we should fear the National Living Wage
The term ‘living wage’ may cause the legal minimum to become the going rate for low-skilled work.
Corbyn calls for Parliament to reconvene
Tory leadership conspicuously silent in the face of thousands of job losses
Welsh Assembly set for recall following Tata Steel decision
Party leaders have pledged to work with one another and with the UK government to protect steel workers and their families
Junior doctors strike: Medical leaders call on both sides to ‘step back from the brink’
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has issued a warning ahead of an all-out junior doctors strike planned for next month
Teachers call for counter-terrorism strategy to be scrapped
NUT members fear the strategy encourages discrimination and racial profiling