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Joint Union Statement on the Government plans for every state school to join an academy trust [NEU] 30-04-2026


Construction sites fall silent as Merseyside marks International Workers Memorial Day [Liverpool Echo] 29-04-2026


Journalists report physical attacks and death threats to safety tracker [NUJ] 29-04-2026


Workers' Memorial Day: TUC urges ‘national mission’ to eliminate asbestos from UK workplaces [IOSH magazine] 28-04-2026


MPs mark Workers’ Memorial Day, warning safety cuts are putting lives at risk [The Canary] 28-04-2026



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Trust plans will divert money from pupils and lead to more complicated system, say unions 2026-04-30 [Unison]

Joint Union Statement on the Government plans for every state school to join an academy trust 2026-04-30 [NEU]

Second Unite rep sacked at Manchester's Kimpton Clocktower amid union dispute 2026-04-29 [Unite]

Journalists report physical attacks and death threats to safety tracker 2026-04-29 [NUJ]

International Workers Memorial Day marked in Carlisle 2026-04-29 [Cumbria Crack]

MPs urge regulator funding reform on Workers’ Memorial Day 2026-04-29 [Construction Management]

Construction sites fall silent as Merseyside marks International Workers Memorial Day 2026-04-29 [Liverpool Echo]

Worcester: Trade unions mark Workers’ Memorial Day 2026-04-29 [Worcester News]

Wales Teachers take 10th day of strike action in Welsh school 2026-04-28 [Morning Star]

England Mining museum strike ends as workers vote to accept pay offer 2026-04-28 [UNISON]

England Striking Birmingham bin workers ‘vindicated’ as end to long-running dispute ‘within sight’ 2026-04-28 [The Morning Star]

England West End Strike Threat: Could Saturday Performances Be Disrupted This Summer? 2026-04-28 [British Theatre]

England Mining museum strike ends as pay deal reached 2026-04-28 [BBC]

England Cynicism and optimism over end to bin strike 2026-04-28 [BBC]

England Union's stark Birmingham bin strike warning despite hopes end is 'within sight' 2026-04-28 [The Express and Star]

England Deal ‘within sight’ to end Birmingham bin strike 2026-04-28 [Radio News Hub]

England Sheffield Council begins forking out millions in equal pay claims 2026-04-28 [GMB]

UNISON campaigns against 15-year settlement plan for migrant care workers 2026-04-28 [Visa HQ]

Equity marks International Workers’ Memorial Day with call for the industry to step up on nighttime safety 2026-04-28 [Equity]

On Workers' Memorial Day Usdaw highlights Psychosocial risks and mental wellbeing at work 2026-04-28 [USDAW]

Blackburn TUC to host special ceremony at Memorial Tree 2026-04-28 [Lancashire Telegraph]

International Workers’ Memorial Day: How much of Britain’s workplace health crisis is going unreported? 2026-04-28 [Yorkshire Post]

MPs mark Workers’ Memorial Day, warning safety cuts are putting lives at risk 2026-04-28 [The Canary]

‘A threat to public service workers’: new report warns members about Reform UK 2026-04-28 [Unison]

TUC calls for ‘national mission’ to rid workplaces of asbestos 2026-04-28 [Morning Star]

International Workers’ Memorial Day 2026 2026-04-28 [PCS]

Workers' Memorial Day: TUC urges ‘national mission’ to eliminate asbestos from UK workplaces 2026-04-28 [IOSH magazine]

Strikemap and NEU start letter writing campaign demanding school stop using scab workers 2026-04-27 [Morning Star]

Workplace Day of Action for Palestine 14 May 2026 2026-04-27 [TUC]

Council statement on improved offer for Birmingham bin workers vindicates year long struggle, Unite 2026-04-27 [Unite]

Northern Ireland Stormont Executive must put protections for workers during extreme weather events in law 2026-04-27 [Unite]

Action Against Assaults national campaign day on Tuesday 2026-04-27 [RMT]

‘I hope you all get Hebdo’d’: NUJ calls for government and social media companies to act on increasing abuse against journalists 2026-04-27 [NUJ]

Burston rally 2026 celebrating 'the longest strike in British history' (1914–1939) 2026-04-27 [PCS]

UK Unions call for EU heat law on workers’ memorial day 2026-04-27 [ETUC]

Reversing the austerity of joy in education 2026-04-27 [Education International]

England Labour MP Sonia Kumar opens TUC lecture in Cradley Heath 2026-04-26 [The News]

Black workers remain underrepresented in union leadership, conference hears 2026-04-25 [The Morning Star]

Unions send Open Letter criticising the spycops inquiry approach to blacklisting 2026-04-25 [IER]

Health Agency warned PPE must fit women amid safety concerns 2026-04-25 [The Mirror]

HSE is broke - Hard up regulator is increasingly reluctant to do its job 2026-04-25 [Hazards]

Dead end jobs - How work stress can kill you and how unions can save you 2026-04-25 [Hazards]

Discrimination at work continues despite repeated government inquiries 2026-04-24 [Morning Star]

Spycops inquiry must allow blacklisted union activist to give evidence, union leaders say 2026-04-24 [Morning Star]

England Birmingham City Council faces shock new strike threat in equal pay row 2026-04-24 [Birmingham Live]

England Denby Pottery Job Losses, GMB responds 2026-04-24 [GMB]

Wales NEU members at Llantwit Major High School are today taking their third day of strike action 2026-04-24 [NEU]

Home secretary must drop cruel plans to restrict rights of essential migrant workers, says UNISON 2026-04-24 [Unison]

Thousands of construction engineers receive pay rises worth around £2,000 2026-04-24 [Unite]

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