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England Blacklist case calls on Crossrail companies to come clean [UnionNews] 2013-05-21
Unite calls on Londoners to march on Saturday to save the NHS 'from ruin' [Unite] 2013-05-17
England Blacklisted worker needs re-constructive surgery after hit-and-run on demo [Daily Deadnought] 2013-05-17
Fig leaf for slashing the fire service [FBU] 2013-05-17
Campaign of strikes and protests by PCS continues tomorrow [15 May] with a strike by environment staff [PCS] 2013-05-15
Up to 300 security staff at the Houses of Parliament will strike over shifts [PCS] 2013-05-13
How much would it cost to double garment workers wages in Bangladesh? [TUC] ActNOW! 2013-05-11
Doubling the wages of a Bangladeshi textile worker would add just 2p to the cost of a t-shirt, says TUC [TUC] ActNOW! 2013-05-10
England Massive yes votes for four tube strikes [UnionNews] 2013-05-10
England Brighton wildcat pay dispute goes official [UnionNews] 2013-05-10
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Royal Mail results show success in public ownership 2013-05-22 [CWU]
Unite offers MPs solution to A&E crisis 2013-05-22 [Unite]
Government urged to re-think 'family silver' sell-off as Royal Mail profits surge 2013-05-22 [Unite]
NHS boss 'stepping down' welcomed by Unite 2013-05-22 [Unite]
Stop 25m mega-trucks 2013-05-22 [ASLEF]
ASLEF first union to back Scotland in UK 2013-05-22 [ASLEF]
England RMT begins balloting for action on Tyne and Wear Metro in disputes over pay and staff member victimisation 2013-05-22 [RMT]
British workers have suffered 8.5 per cent real-term wage drop, says TUC 2013-05-22 [TUC]
Government welfare and spending cuts are having a devastating impact on disabled people, says TUC 2013-05-22 [TUC]
Protesters support blacklisted worker Frank Morris 2013-05-22 [Socialist Worker]
Cops face criticism after 'blacklist hero' hit by car 2013-05-22 [Socialist Worker]
Scotland Aslef throws weight behind No vote 2013-05-22 [ASLEF]
Cash pours in for injured construction activist Tapp 2013-05-22 [Morning Star]
Builder takes blacklist fight to court 2013-05-22 [Morning Star]
Withdrawal from EU is unlikely to aid workers 2013-05-22 [Morning Star]
Workers Uniting - Just the beginning of a groundbreaking fight 2013-05-21 [USW]
Models are workers too – Equity's new code should be taken seriously 2013-05-21 [guardian.co.uk]
GFTU delegates spell out cuts chaos 2013-05-21 [The Morning Star]
Strike threat as thousands of jobs go at O2 call centres 2013-05-21 [UnionNews]
Unions warn of major dispute in FE colleges as bosses withdraw pay offer 2013-05-21 [UnionNews]
TUC calls on MPs not to exempt public officials from recognising equal marriage 2013-05-20 [TUC]
England Merseyside - Unite call to boycott Cains’ beers in redundancy payout row 2013-05-20 [Unite]
PCS - Mark Serwotka to outline alternative to austerity and defeatism 2013-05-20 [PCS]
National Union of Journalists demands threats be withdrawn 2013-05-20 [BBC]
Northern Ireland 'Recessions can hurt' 2013-05-20 [NIPSA]
NUJ criticises Newsquest jobs axe 2013-05-20 [NUJ]
Protest as Crossrail contractor faces claim for blacklisting 2013-05-20 [Unite]
England Police interview hit-and-run driver who hospitalised anti-blacklist campaigner 2013-05-20 [UnionNews]
England Northern Rail staff vote for strike action over casualisation of workforce 2013-05-20 [RMT]
England Bin workers ballot for strike action after rejecting 2 per cent pay offer 2013-05-20 [News Shopper]
England Tribunal backs union in Liverpool TUPE dispute 2013-05-20 [UnionNews]
Wales Carillion ignored safety fears that led to worker's death 2013-05-20 [UnionNews]
Floral tributes make news 2013-05-20 [ASLEF]
England Rochdale Carers to strike over cuts to pay and conditions 2013-05-20 [UNISON]
Land Registry sell-off could damage confidence and housing market 2013-05-20 [PCS]
Michael Gove acts like 'a fanatical personal trainer', says union leader 2013-05-18 [Guardian]
England Working class heroine Julia Varley to get blue plaque in Birmingham 2013-05-18 [The Post]
TUC Aid: Dhaka textile factory disaster appeal ActNOW! 2013-05-18 [Just Giving]
Persuade Gap and Debenhams to sign up for factory safety ActNOW! 2013-05-18 [Stronger Unions]
Justice for trade unionists murdered in Guatemala 2013-05-18 [TUC]
Any given Saturday: racism in English football 2013-05-17 [Equal Times]
Sir Ken Knight's report provides cover for more damaging fire service cuts, warns TUC 2013-05-17 [TUC]
Home-working on the increase despite the recession, says TUC 2013-05-17 [TUC]
England London - Tube drivers to take action over attack on working conditions 2013-05-17 [RMT]
Help fight pensions inequality 2013-05-17 [PCS]
Northern Ireland NUJ condemns new death threats to journalists 2013-05-17 [UnionNews]
England Pickets protest at Propaganda exhibition press night 2013-05-17 [PCS]
England Overground security and safety staff on strike today 2013-05-17 [UnionNews]
Firefighters take step towards strike action over pensions 2013-05-17 [UnionNews]
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]
30-05-1984 Miners leader Arthur Scargill, along with 81 other pickets, is arrested at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire. [more]