Green Party backs demand for 15% NHS staff pay rise
The Green Party of England and Wales has today backed calls for a 15 per cent pay rise for all NHS health and care staff. This follows an emergency motion…
Sian Berry slams government’s betrayal of key workers in conference speech
Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Sian Berry has today hit out at the government's treatment of key workers during the Covid crisis. She accused health secretary Matt Hancock…
Two South African union leaders arrested after budget protests
South African police arrested two trade union leaders during a protest in Cape Town last Wednesday (24 February). Andre Adams, provincial secretary of the left-wing South African Federation of Trade…
Outsourced London school cleaners go on strike
La Retraite strike members. Image credit via United Voices of the World. From the 16th March, a group of outsourced cleaning staff at La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School in…
Uber drivers win historic battle to be treated as workers, not self employed
Uber drivers are not “self-employed” but workers with full rights, according to the UK Supreme Court. The decision - hailed as an “emphatic victory” by the App Drivers and Couriers’…
Yoga teachers are fighting back against exploitation
The Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) launched a branch representing yoga teachers last week, taking on an industry worth almost £1 billion in the UK. The IWGB is a…
Brazilian mining’s disaster: The Brumadinho Dam collapse two years on
Vale Mining executives agreed on a settlement worth $7 billion (US) with the state government of Minas Gerais, Brazil, last week. The money is to act as compensation for the…
International unions demand release of Cambodian trade union leader
The International Trade Union Congress (ITUC) and Education International have called for the release of Cambodian trade union leader Rong Chhun, who went on trial on Friday 19 January. Rong…
Shop workers need a fighting, radical union
Anyone who has known me over the past 11 years knows my undying commitment to the Green Party of England and Wales as an electoral path to help move society…
Greens back teachers’ call to close schools and move learning online
The Green Party of England and Wales has today backed calls from teaching unions to take steps to protect the safety of staff and students by moving to online learning…