Sun to shine for this weekend’s Women Chainmakers Festival
by Tim Lezard - 1 week agoMidlands event commemorates strike held more than 100 years ago
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Epic red herring – TUC slams government fishing to catch unions in sleaze net
by Paul Nowak - 2 weeks agoTUC’s assistant general secretary says union funding is the cleanest money in politics
Black, British, female? More likely to be a trade unionist – official
by Pete Murray - 2 weeks agoAnnual survey for Department of Business shows overall rise of almost 60,000 in UK trade union members, to 6.5m
“Sue me if you dare” – GMB activist responds to Carillion legal threats
by Andy Newman - 4 weeks agoBranch secretary Andy Newman refuses to take down blacklist blog and tweets
The real heroes of the trade union movement
by Tim Lezard - 4 weeks agoSouth West TUC recognises campaigns against bullying, privatisation and regional pay
Sam West: “I’m sick of seeing the things that make this country civilised bled to death to pay for the greed of the banks”
by Sam West - 1 month agoEquity member Sam West explains why the arts are about so much more than making money
Unions and universal credit – how we can help members through the benefits maze
by Tim Lezard - 1 month agoWith a major benefits shake-up beginning today, Tim Lezard reports from a unionlearn conference on how unions can help members access the new system
Workers’ Memorial Day is not just about reflection – it’s also about anger
by Hugh Robertson - 1 month agoTUC health and safety officer says deaths are being caused by negligent governments
“Time for Coalition to write off unhinged ‘rights for shares’ wheeze,” says TUC
by Sarah Veale - 1 month agoRather than writing “rights for shares” scheme into the statue books, Coalition should write-off the proposal, says TUC head of employment rights
Thatcher’s funeral – a view from the Durham coalfield she laid to waste
by Ben Sellers - 2 months ago‘Best memorial would be to rebuild a strong union movement from the bottom up,” writes secretary of Durham Trades Council. “She would hate that.”