Author: Ben Sellers
TUC – Peers must vote to protect workers’ rights and stop ministerial power grab
Retained EU Law Bill back in the Lords today for report stage
TUC – Conservatives have broken election promise on workers’ rights
TUC calls on government to come clean on scale of employment reforms which could see holiday pay also downgraded
1 in 5 workers’ right to strike at risk because of the government’s anti-strikes bill
Around 5.5 million workers across the Britain have their right to strike threatened by the Strikes Bill
We Make Tomorrow – conference 20 May, Manchester
We Make Tomorrow is a one-day conference for building workers power on climate and crisis.
‘Doomed’ Tories seeking to ‘do as much damage as they can’ with anti-union laws and bonfire of rights, prison officers hear
Ben Chacko (Morning Star) reports from the Prison Officers Association conference in Eastbourne
Working Time regulations under threat as Govt stoke Bonfire of Workers’ Rights again
Government Announces Brexit Changes to Employment Law
Government scraps Retained EU Law Bill sunset clause
The Government has announced in a written statement that it is abandoning the 'sunset' clause in the Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Bill
RMT members overwhelmingly back further industrial action as the Strikes Bill returns to the Commons
Results are for a re-ballot of members working for 14 train operating companies
Unions begin High Court battle over government’s “strike-breaking” agency worker regulations
Judicial review hearing of “anti-worker” regulations which “undermine the right to strike” kicks off
Labour MP Paula Barker introduces Private Members Bill on National Minimum Wage
New Bill would ensure carers are paid national minimum wage for travelling time
Ministers must come clean on plans to scrap 800 laws and promise not to touch workers’ rights – TUC
Holiday pay, rest breaks, equal pay for women and men and other essential rights still at risk
Forcing rail staff to work during strikes would be ‘a disaster’, unions warn
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT) answered questions in front of the Transport Select Committee in the House of Commons