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Tag: trade unions
Union achieves ‘historic victory’ against ‘decades of NHS outsourcing to private contractors’
Workers from the United Voices of the World (UVW) union have achieved a "historic victory". According to the UVW, the ...
Police could face legal action after arresting barrister during lawful university strike
On 13 January, police reportedly arrested a barrister and trade union official on a lawful picket line. His legal representative ...
Nurses warn of burn-out in new strike over pay and recruitment
Thousands of staff are taking action amid a dispute in Northern Ireland’s under-pressure health system.
First they came for the gypsies, disabled, migrants and unions
Boris Johnson's government laid out its plan for the country in the Queen's Speech on 19 December. The vision it ...
Most state schools in England will still ‘be worse off in 2020 than in 2015’ despite government promises
Ministers announced plans last month to invest an extra £7.1 billion in schools in England over the next three years.
McDonnell sets out Labour plan for 32-hour working week
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the shorter average week could be delivered within a decade of taking office.
34 unions demand end to EU trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Nearly three dozen unions have written to the European Commission (EC) demanding that it ends trade with illegal Israeli settlements. ...
It’s official. Governments and businesses are trashing 100 years of progress.
On 19 June, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its 2019 Global Rights Index. This report reveals a worrying ...
A survey about the DWP needs to hear from you
The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) most controversial benefit looks shakier by the day. Now a campaigning trade union ...
Union chief stresses urgency of ‘fixing the global economy’ in scathing May Day message
A May Day 2019 message from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) stresses that "we need to fix the rules ...
In the midst of Brexit, a new movement calls for ‘Irish Unity’
A new organisation has formed to call for a united Ireland. The group is called Trade Unionists for a New ...
These trade unionists want to overthrow the ‘creaking establishment’, starting with the House of Lords
It's no secret that our political system is out-of-date. And there are few things that show this as clearly as ...
CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged EP10 – a DWP special
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The government’s latest immigration policy is slammed as ‘a disaster for every worker’
On December 19, the government announced its immigration white paper. This laid out a plan for immigration after Brexit. But ...
Union leaders at risk of imprisonment if they take part in protests
Six trade union leaders in Cambodia received two and a half year suspended prison sentences on 11 December. They were also ...
CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged EP5
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