Tag archives for trade unions
International union demands solidarity, better support and social dialogue on World Refugee Day
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has restated its solidarity with refugees on World Refugee Day (20 June). While praising the work of trade unions, the ITUC said that governments…
Green Party Trade Union Group urges Greens to back RMT strikes
The chair of the Green Party Trade Union Group has called on party members to show their solidarity and support for the RMT trade union. RMT - which represents workers…
How Hackney Green Party is working in solidarity with the IWGB union
I was recently elected as a Green Party Councillor for Dalston. One of the first things I did in this new role, just over a week after the election (14…
Exclusive: Matthew Hull to stand for Green Party trade union liaison officer
This summer, members of the Green Party of England and Wales will be electing a new deputy leader. However, this isn't the only election taking place at the moment. Nominations…
Another trade union leader arrested in Belarus
The government of Belarus arrested another of the country’s trade union leaders late last month. Security forces broke into the offices of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) in the…
The Green Party needs to embrace a £15 an hour minimum wage or embrace irrelevance
To be a 27 year old hospitality worker in 2022 is to live fairly frugally. As a barista in Brighton and Hove, the phrase “London rents, Brighton wages” is fairly…
Greens join chorus of condemnation for anti-trade union laws
This weekend, government plans to restrict strike action yet further were trailed in the Sunday Telegraph. The plans would see requirements for minimum service requirements on railways in the event of…
Why we all need to resist the Tories’ latest anti-trade union laws
Another Tory parliament, another anti-union law? Last Sunday’s issue of the Telegraph carried briefings from government ministers threatening to impose ever tighter restrictions on trade unions in some of the…
Workers relaunch the campaign to bring UCL services back in house
Hundreds of cleaners, security staff, and others at University College London (UCL) signed a letter this month demanding an end to outsourcing on campus. Workers say subcontractors have abused them…
It’s time to back bigger wage demands
The price of maintaining a life in Britain in 2022 – what gets termed the ‘cost of living’ – is growing day by day. This phenomenon is not new. Relative…