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Lords revolt: Government defeated again on controversial Minimum Service Level Bill

Peers inflict further defeats on Government’s anti-strike lefislation

Miscarriages must be included in bereavement leave, GMB Congress hears 

The law must be changed to give paid time off for both partners in families that experience pregnancy loss, says GMB Congress 

Labour needs a properly funded plan for the North Sea and North Sea workers.

Unite will not accept jam tomorrow

Trade union membership dips in the UK

Union membership across all sectors falls to 22.3%

RMT writes to MPs as 20,000 railway workers strike

Government "squandering billions of pounds on a futile war against the rail unions"

Covid inquiry must take ‘unflinching look at Britain’s broken sick pay system’.

Pandemic showed that "British labour law is not fit for purpose."

Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act gets Royal Assent

UNISON had been working with Dan Jarvis MP on the Private Members Bill which extends existing redundancy protections

Just Fair report to UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – easy read version

New version of report (contributed to by the IER) launched
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HSE must investigate all work-related suicides, demands Unite

Unite believes that the excessive number of construction worker suicides is often directly related to working conditions,

Tories accused of declaring war on public-sector workers after anti-strikes bill is forced through Parliament

Unions protest against Government anti-strike legislation

Transport Select Committee hears from Rail Minister and Network Rail on Strikes Bill

Huw Merriman to be quizzed on Minimum Service Levels legislation

Strikes Bill back in the Commons: reaction inside & outside Parliament

MPs vote down Lords amendments as the Minimum Service levels legislation reaches it's last stages
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