The climate crisis is a burning issue for UK workers [Hyphen] 27-08-2026
Government must not backtrack on zero-hours protections, says UNISON [Unison] 26-08-2026
‘We’ve Reached a Tipping Point’: Inside the Labor Unrest Gripping U.K. Museums [Artnet] 25-08-2026
London workers leave 31 million days of paid holiday unused each year, study suggests [The Standard] 24-08-2026
Unite protests outside No 10 North over lack of jobs for NHS-trained workers [Morning Star] 22-08-2026
The climate crisis is a burning issue for UK workers 2026-08-27 [Hyphen]
England V&A workers to strike over pay and conditions 2026-08-27 [BBC]
Bectu calls for focus on workforce as Government sets new strategic direction for UK media 2026-08-27 [bectu]
UNISON members ‘seize the initiative’ to win fairer backpay in Rochdale 2026-08-26 [Unison]
Government must not backtrack on zero-hours protections, says UNISON 2026-08-26 [Unison]
Public services belong in public hands 2026-08-26 [Unison]
UK MPs call for accountability over the 2025 killing of 5 journalists by Israel 2026-08-26 [IFJ]
Workers to vote on strike action at Diageo's Cameronbridge distillery 2026-08-25 [scotsman]
England South London & Maudsley NHS estates workers fair pay strikes escalate 2026-08-25 [Unite]
England Strike threat at Diageo’s Cameronbridge distillery 2026-08-25 [Unite]
RNLI strikers to protest at headquarters 2026-08-25 [BBC]
‘We’ve Reached a Tipping Point’: Inside the Labor Unrest Gripping U.K. Museums 2026-08-25 [Artnet]
Scotland Cutting Scottish fire services during a climate crisis is a recipe for disaster 2026-08-24 [Morning Star]
London workers leave 31 million days of paid holiday unused each year, study suggests 2026-08-24 [The Standard]
TUC Special 2026 2026-08-23 [Greener Jobs Alliance]
Staff are devastated by confirmation of the site closure says Usdaw 2026-08-22 [USDAW]
50 years on, the Grunwick strike is still important 2026-08-22 [Labour Hub]
Union plans new strikes over train safety concerns 2026-08-22 [BBC]
Unions worry Labour’s plan for zero-hours contracts may break manifesto pledge 2026-08-22 [The Guardian]
Unite protests outside No 10 North over lack of jobs for NHS-trained workers 2026-08-22 [Morning Star]
Unite delivers wage win for CNOOC offshore workers 2026-08-21 [Unite]
Stena Line invests in seafarers with significant pay improvements 2026-08-21 [Nautilus]
Pay win at Stena Line 2026-08-21 [RMT]
England Honeywell chemicals County Durham and Lancashire workers in strike vote over pension lies 2026-08-21 [Unite]
Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury 2026-08-21 [The Guardian]
Unite is calling for a maximum working temperature 2026-08-20 [Unite]
Authors beware: scam alert 2026-08-20 [Society of Authors]
PCS suspends NCA strike following ACAS talks 2026-08-20 [PCS]
GXO warehouse workers on Sainsburys contract celebrate pay win 2026-08-20 [Unite]
London bus drivers pissing in bottles thanks to lack of toilets 2026-08-20 [Waltham Forest Echo]
Unite responds to inflation increase 2026-08-19 [Unite]
Ensure all new rolling stock on railway is publicly owned, drivers’ union Aslef urges 2026-08-19 [Morning Star]
Inflation: Tax banks' enormous profits to cut energy bills, says TUC 2026-08-19 [TUC]
Exploitative zero-hours contracts are endemic, TUC says 2026-08-18 [TUC]
New Management Committee members to join the SoA board 2026-08-18 [Society of Authors]
JP Morgan boss doesn’t want banks like his to pay their fair share, TUC says 2026-08-17 [TUC]
Wales Welsh health visitor strike: NHS board “a pariah” 2026-08-17 [Unite]
Who’s really feeling the heat this summer? 2026-08-16 [SW]
Revealed: overwhelming majority of British people back maximum workplace temperature limit 2026-08-14 [Friends Of The Earth]
1500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes 2026-08-14 [MorningStar]
UK workers struggling in extreme heat 2026-08-14 [Guardian]
1 in 3 insecure workers face £3000 annual hit – government assessment reveals 2026-08-14 [TUC]
Blue plaque for Asquith Xavier 2026-08-14 [RMT]
Bus drivers go on strike as extreme heat in cabs ‘could lead to fatal crashes’ 2026-08-14 [Morning Star]
Unions slam ‘scaremongering’ over costs of banning ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts 2026-08-14 [Morning Star]
Binning batteries can start fires and put lives at risk, says union boss 2026-08-14 [BBC]
England Firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year 2026-08-14 [The Union-Bulletin]
Heatwave: Firefighters' union chief warns country faces 'national emergency' 2026-08-14 [The Mirror]
England Oxfordshire County Council: Firefighters’ ‘exhausted’ summer 2026-08-14 [Rayo]
[More News]This month in labour history
6-08-1914 The Labour Leader, the newspaper of the Independent Labour Party, publishes an anti-war appeal to workers. [more]
8-08-1920 The country sees large 'citizen demonstrations' against intervention in Soviet Russia. [more]
8-08-1842 Thousands of mill and factory workers across Lancashire walk out in support of the People's Charter. [more]
9-08-1920 The TUC and the Labour Party agree to move a resolution for a general strike if Britain declares war on Soviet Russia. [more]
11-08-1917 LAbour politician Arthur Henderson resigns from the war cabinet over its refusal to allow workers' representatives to attend the Stockholm peace conference. [more]
12-08-1933 London taxi drivers go on strike against the wishes of their union. [more]
13-08-1889 The beginning of the great dockers strike [more]
16-08-1819 Yeoman attack a crowd gathered in MAnchester to demand parliamentary reform, in what becomes known as the Peterloo Massacre. [more]
23-08-1976 Fifty workers at the Grunwick film processing plant in north west London go on strike for the right to join a trade union. [more]
