28 h. ago Former Labour candidate in 'racist' tweets storm given top trade union job

EXCLUSIVE: Figures in UNISON union are angry Wilma Brown is to become a regional organiser after the race row.

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54 h. ago Trade unions alarmed at council plans to redeploy teachers in early years settings to meet ASN demand

Concerns have been voiced that the change could impact the quality of provision in nurseries.

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3 d. ago Manchester City fans take legal action against club over season

Club have increased mandatory attendance requirementTrade Union Blues warn fans ‘face exclusion’ as a resultManchester City supporters have taken legal action against the club over what they describe as a discriminatory new season-ticket policy. The protest relates to a system that requires fans to attend at least 10 league matches if they are to retain their ticket for the following season.A group of fans known as the Trade Union Blues, whose members are union members, have engaged the law firm Leigh Day to ask the club to review the policy, arguing that the requirement “potentially gives rise to claims under the Equality Act of 2010”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Reeves signs off on £14bn to build new nuclear plant Sizewell C

The Chancellor is set to confirm the funding at the GMB Congress on Tuesday.

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5 d. ago Reform UK seizing control of councils sees rise in trade union membership

Reform UK have said they will seek to cut waste in local government, leading to fears of job cuts.

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6 d. ago Corbynista MP Zarah Sultana under fire because she 'didn't declare marriage to senior official at trade union she lobbied for in Parliament'

Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana married the FBU's Craig Lloyd last August - and then went on to speak up for key FBU demands in the Commons, including calling for more funding for fire services.

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7 d. ago Trade unions join forces to demand end to ban on 'sympathy strikes'

Secondary industrial action - where a trade union asks its members to take action against their employer in solidarity with workers elsewhere who are in dispute - has been banned since the early 1990s

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7 d. ago Abbott calls Starmer’s immigration comments ‘fundamentally racist’ at rally

Thousands of trade unionists, campaigners and activists gathered to ‘send a message’ to the Government at a demonstration in central London.

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8 d. ago Thousands to march on Whitehall in protest over spending cuts and welfare reform

The People’s Assembly said it expected thousands of trade unionists, campaigners and activists to attend the event

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1 week ago Trump takes ‘wrecking ball’ to workers’ rights amid global ‘freefall’, new report says

International Trade Union Confederation issued report showing conditions for workers’ rights across the globe have worsenedWorkers’ rights across every continent in the world are in a “freefall”, according to the 2025 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation, the largest trade union federation in the world.The index noted workers’ rights and democracy around the world are often under attack by “far-right politicians and their unelected billionaire backers. Whether it’s Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the US or Javier Milei and Eduardo Eurnekian in Argentina, we see the same playbook of unfairness and authoritarianism in action around the world.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Renewed call for Edinburgh University bosses to be grilled by MSPs over £140m cuts plan

A trade union letter cited the potentially ‘devastating’ impact of the cuts

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1 week ago Revealed: Labour MP in undeclared relationship with boss of trade union she lobbied for in Parliament

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Durham MP Mary Foy is in a relationship with militant former fireman Matt Wrack, who led the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for two decades until January.

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1 week ago Revealed: Labour MP in undeclared relationship with trade union boss she lobbied for in Parliament

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Durham MP Mary Foy is in a relationship with militant former fireman Matt Wrack, who led the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for two decades until January.

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3 w. ago Any trade deal with US must be based on ‘respect not threats’, says EU commissioner

Maroš Šefčovič’s remarks come after pace of talks prompted Trump to propose 50% tariff on goods from blocThe European Union’s trade chief has struck a defiant tone after Donald Trump threatened to place a 50% tariff on all goods from the bloc, saying any potential trade deal between Brussels and Washington must be based on “respect not threats”.The US president made his statement after voicing frustration with the pace of progress on a trade agreement with the EU. The new rates would come into effect from 1 June. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Markets tank as Trump moves to impose crippling 50% tariff on Europe

Donald Trump is threatening new crippling tariffs on the European Union after trade negotiations have gone south.

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3 w. ago Trump launches crippling tariffs on 'very difficult' Europe in new trade war escalation

Donald Trump is threatening new crippling tariffs on the European Union after trade negotiations have gone south.

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3 w. ago Ramaphosa withstood Trump’s bizarre ambush – but he let down South Africans | Zanele Mji

Rather than trying to charm his US counterpart with golf, the South African president could have addressed the white supremacist attitudes holding our country backZanele Mji is a writer, investigative journalist and podcaster based in Johannesburg, South AfricaThe dust is still settling from Donald Trump’s latest “ambush” in the Oval Office. What started off as a series of pleasantries about golf between the US president and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegation quickly turned into a lecture – complete with a video screening and reams of printed-out news articles – about how a white genocide is supposedly under way in my home country.The delegation was largely successful in correcting that narrative. It emphasised that crime affects South Africans of all races and that white citizens are not specifically targeted. Zingiswa Losi, president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, rightly pointed out that in rural areas, it is Black women who bear the brunt of vio...

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3 w. ago Doctors threaten fresh strike action over 'woeful' 4% pay boost

Despite ministers accepting a series of recommendations by public sector pay review bodies, trade union bosses put Labour on notice of a possible 'summer of discontent'.

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3 w. ago Labour faces mounting strike threat from doctors, nurses and teachers despite bumper pay hikes of up to 5% set to be unveiled TODAY

The Government is expected to accept recommendations from public sector pay review bodies, set to be unveiled today, that are much higher than budgeted for.

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3 w. ago Trade union bosses hit by furious backlash from activists after telling transgender women they must use men's toilets at annual conference

Leaders of the Public and Commercial Services union have warned delegates at their annual conference in Brighton they risk breaking the law if they do not use the correct lavatories.

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