TUC calls for “economy that rewards work not just wealth”

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UK Over 430k mothers have been legally gagged in the UK following workplace discrimination, harassment or bullying [Pregnant Then Screwed & Can't Buy My Silence] 14-05-2024

UK P&O boss’ misleading wages claim an attempt to spin away company’s appalling seafarer exploitation [ITF] 14-05-2024

UK Tesco CEO’s near £10m pay a ‘slap in the face’ for struggling workers, union says [The Guardian] 14-05-2024

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TUC: UK suffered the highest inflation and lowest growth in the G7 in the last two years 2024-05-17 [TUC]

TUC calls for “economy that rewards work not just wealth” 2024-05-17 [TUC]

RMT writes to London Mayor over investigation into Clapham Common incident 2024-05-16 [RMT]

Response to Bristow Helicopters question in Parliament 2024-05-16 [BALPA]

Councils need proper funding not further efficiency savings 2024-05-16 [UNISON]

Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival returns to Dorset in 2024 2024-05-16 [TUC]

Corporate profiteering: Unite study of 17,000 companies shows margins jumped 30% since the pandemic 2024-05-16 [Unite]

Almost nine out of 10 nurses in England work when ill, survey finds 2024-05-16 [The Guardian]

Six-day teacher strike after Ofsted ‘lies’ lead to privatisation threat 2024-05-15 [Morning Star]

Mental Health Awareness Week - No Mind Left Behind 2024-05-15 [PCS]

Investment not wishful thinking is key to fixing the NHS 2024-05-15 [UNISON]

TUC – record foodbank use shows “true face of Tory Britain” 2024-05-15 [TUC]

Government urged to stop vilifying the sick as unemployment soars 2024-05-14 [Morning Star]

Labour and unions reach agreement on workers’ rights proposals 2024-05-14 [The Guardian]

Tesco CEO’s near £10m pay a ‘slap in the face’ for struggling workers, union says 2024-05-14 [The Guardian]

Global Nearly 40% of dirty money is laundered in London and UK crown dependencies 2024-05-14 [The Guardian]

P&O boss’ misleading wages claim an attempt to spin away company’s appalling seafarer exploitation 2024-05-14 [ITF]

What Could a UBI Do For My Trade Union? 2024-05-14 [MU]

Ireland Northern Ireland School workers to strike in May and June over pay 2024-05-14 [BBC]

HM Coastguards win worker status after historic legal win 2024-05-14 [GMB]

England School support staff walk out over equal pay 2024-05-14 [BBC]

UCU: union staff vote to strike over ‘workplace racism’ 2024-05-14 [Times Higher Education]

England Drax workers get 19% pay rise after weeks of strikes 2024-05-14 [BBC]

Scotland Power station workers to walk out after rejecting ‘real terms pay cut’ 2024-05-14 [PA Media]

Union chiefs to hold showdown talks with Starmer over workers’ rights 2024-05-14 [The Guardian]

Over 430k mothers have been legally gagged in the UK following workplace discrimination, harassment or bullying 2024-05-14 [Pregnant Then Screwed & Can't Buy My Silence]

Almost half a million women gagged after workplace discrimination, bullying or harassment 2024-05-14 [Independent]

Tyne and Wear British Engines workers strike over pay 2024-05-13 [Unite the union]

Unite announces Dounreay power station strike action back on 2024-05-13 [Unite the union]

Job Centre security guards to strike as figures show 80 per cent suffer abuse 2024-05-13 [GMB]

TUC – One quarter of decent growth won’t make up for 14 years of 'lost living standards' 2024-05-13 [TUC]

TUC – long-term sickness becomes top reason for women being out of the labour market 2024-05-13 [TUC]

Firefighters’ union leader raises alarm over Elphicke defection in letter to Starmer 2024-05-13 [FBU]

Far more women becoming too sick to work, TUC warns 2024-05-13 [Morning Star]

Watered-down plans to ban sex-pest MPs will put Parliamentary staff at risk, Prospect says 2024-05-13 [Morning Star]

Scotland Thousands of council workers expected to be consulted on strike action 2024-05-13 [The Standard]

England Morrisons to 'witness the anger' of workers in Wakefield as they take six day strike action over forced changes to pensions 2024-05-12 [The Express]

JOB Regional Officer - South East 2024-05-12 [NEU]

Unions blast think tank's ‘morally bankrupt’ claims over Labour's care sector plans 2024-05-12 [The Morning Star]

Rail companies and cleaning contractors failing on cleanliness standards 2024-05-11 [RMT]

Ford managers in nationwide strike action ballot 2024-05-11 [Unite the union]

Early prison release scheme 'shambolic' 2024-05-11 [GMB]

Scotland Teachers ‘morally blackmailed’ into excessive hours, union says 2024-05-10 [Morning Star]

Wales Tata Steel: Community members back strike action 2024-05-10 [BBC]

Wales Tata steelworkers vote to take industrial action over job losses 2024-05-10 [The Guardian]

1,000 security guards in the UK are out on strike 2024-05-10 [UNI Global Union]

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This month in labour history

4-05-1926 For the first and so far only time in British history, the TUC calls millions of workers out in a general strike, in support of coal miners. [more]

5-05-1882 Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette and revolutionary socialist, is born. [more]

10-05-1920 Dockers refused to load arms shipments to be used by White armies in Russia. [more]

14-05-1771 Socialist philanthropist Robert Owen is born [more]

30-05-1984 Miners leader Arthur Scargill, along with 81 other pickets, is arrested at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire. [more]