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GFTU launches ‘Empowering Workers: A Trade Union Certificate in Labour Law’
The course follows a new approach to labour law and its history contextualised in the struggle between organised labour and capital.
Turning up the heat on workplace safety – lessons from the TUC’s week of action
Report on the TUC’s Inspections Week of Action on Workplace Temperatures - by Shelly Asquith
Unions & women’s groups hail flagship workers’ rights bill
Employment Rights Bill described as a "significant step forward for equality at work”
Research exposes structural exploitation of migrant workers in UK domestic and food delivery sectors
Report documents the lived experiences of migrant workers experiencing legal vulnerability in the UK’s food delivery and domestic work sectors
Conservatives would ban NHS Doctors from striking
Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says she would reinstate minimum service levels and strip Doctors of the right to strike
TUC tells Tories and Lib Dems to ‘get out the way’ of improvements to workers’ rights
The TUC is urging the government to stand firm in the face of “cynical attacks” on the ERB as it returns to the Commons in September
Government announces Orgreave Inquiry, expected to launch in the Autumn
41 years on from the egregious policing at the Orgreave Coking plant, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper launches Inquiry.
Employment Rights Bill Nears Final Stages After Lords Debate Key Amendments
The Bill now returns to the House of Commons for consideration of Lords’ amendments
RMT calls for end to outsourcing as London to Essex c2c comes into public ownership
Labour must deliver on promise to insource thousands of workers on the railway and in the wider economy - says RMT
Unions launch “week of action” to keep workers safe in hot weather as scorching summer continues
Over 1,000 workplace reps will take action to protect workers from extreme heat.
Tories and Lib Dems vote down new workers’ rights to help make work more secure.
Usdaw calls on the Government to reverse the Lords’ changes.
Unite passes motion to bin anti-trade union legislation at policy conference 2025
Delegates opened conference with a debate on trade union and employment rights.
