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Hundreds of NHS workers take Trust to court over four years of unlawful pension denial, and inferior pay

Some 250 cleaners, porters and catering workers at St Helier and Epsom Hospitals are taking legal action against the Hospital Trust.

RMT urges LNER not to ignore ‘systemic racism’ on rail services

The union has sent LNER its new report exposing how LNER’s outsourcing contracts create occupational segregation for ethnic minority workers.

Free to strike: how one UNISON member helped to change the law

The legal case that went all the way to the Supreme Court & led to vital new legislation

Latest comment

Comment - 4 Sep 2026

Solidarity by Design

Allison Fewtrell
Comment - 22 Jul 2026

A Second Employment Rights Bill

Professor Keith Ewing
Lord John Hendy KC

Press releases

PRESS RELEASE: New Fair Work Agency risks becoming a ‘toothless watchdog’, experts warn

Government’s new workplace watchdog, the Fair Work Agency, risks failing to deliver meaningful protections for workers unless urgent changes are made

PRESS RELEASE: The IER publish ‘Shareholders’ rights v workers’ rights report

Promise of the Employment Rights Bill will be limited without further transformation of corporate law and shareholder rights.