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Drill baby drill or cry baby cry? The energy sector and long-term job security 2026-07-18 [Greener Jobs Alliance]

Burnham risks Labour backlash if he reverses ban on new oil and gas drilling 2026-07-18 [The Guardian]

Prison Officers Consider Strike Ballot Over Pay 2026-07-18 [Midlands 103]

North Sea offshore workers accept £4,000 better pay offer after threatening strikes 2026-07-18 [The Morning Star]

In Unison we fight for dignity and respect for all workers 2026-07-18 [The Morning Star]

Katie Allen-Gyves: Tragic death of 'determined' teacher 'under stress ahead of Ofsted inspection' 2026-07-18 [Manchester Evening News]

Kelly Luscombe: Passionate grammar school teacher took her own life after becoming overwhelmed with 12-hour days and impending redundancy, inquest hears 2026-07-18 [Daily Mail]

GMB criticises as Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills 2026-07-18 [The Guardian]

London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says 2026-07-18 [The Guardian]

Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show 2026-07-18 [The Guardian]

Number of full-time workers at Jackdaw gas field couldn’t fill a small bus 2026-07-18 [Greenpeace]

PCS members in Sodexo on strike again 2026-07-17 [PCS]

Neo Next offshore workers secure pay rise after strike threat 2026-07-17 [Unite]

Oxalis tanker drivers secure landmark pay award after threat of strike action 2026-07-16 [Unite]

Rebuilding our private-sector union power is a priority for the whole movement 2026-07-16 [The Morning Star]

Government equal pay plans an important step but more action and details needed 2026-07-16 [Unite]

Strikes suspended at MoD 2026-07-16 [Unite]

Unite comment on British Steel coming under government control 2026-07-16 [Unite]

Join PCS at the Tolpuddle Martyrs' festival 2026-07-16 [PCS]

National pupil projections provide opportunity to reduce class sizes 2026-07-16 [NEU]

TUC: Nationalisation of British Steel “vital step forward” for entire industry and its workers 2026-07-16 [TUC]

IWGB Game Workers union forms 'redundancy taskforce' to defend workers' rights 2026-07-15 [Game Developer]

Is your workplace boiling? Here’s how to shut it down 2026-07-15 [Socialist Worker]

PCS statement on threat to Islamic event 2026-07-15 [PCS]

PCS members secure improved Pay Offer following dispute with Capita 2026-07-15 [PCS]

Coastguards must have union voice 2026-07-15 [GMB]

Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers accept pay offer 2026-07-15 [RMT]

Steel Nationalisation 'latest decisive intervention from Govt' 2026-07-15 [GMB]

Equal Pay study 'show Govt is listening' 2026-07-15 [GMB]

Covid waster 'latest shameful episode' 2026-07-15 [GMB]

UNISON urges UK government to defend Palestinian health workers and health care 2026-07-14 [Unison]

PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted £10bn, Covid inquiry finds 2026-07-14 [BBC]

Rockstar Games urged to recognise IWGB by 23 senior union and community leaders 2026-07-14 [Morning Star]

Big banks 'making a killing' from the misery of the cost-of-living crisis, TUC warns 2026-07-14 [Morning Star]

PCS joins thousands at Durham Miners’ Gala 2026-07-13 [PCS]

Will coastguard cuts put public at risk? 2026-07-13 [GMB]

Durham Miners’ Gala: International Solidarity Is Workers’ Greatest Strength 2026-07-13 [IndustriAll Europe]

International solidarity has never been more important: unionists affirm ahead 140th Durham Miners Gala 2026-07-13 [IndustriAll Europe]

Employment Rights Act does not go far enough, Miners’ Gala hears 2026-07-13 [Morning Star]

Flawed disciplinary hearings at work cost UK economy £28.5bn a year, doctors say 2026-07-13 [The Guardian]

Worker killed in fall at Birmingham hospital job 2026-07-13 [Construction Enquirer]

Green MP Hannah Spencer to introduce bill on maximum workplace temperatures 2026-07-12 [The Guardian]

All workers must prepare to strike for fairer Britain, Unison leader to tell Durham Miners' Gala 2026-07-11 [The Morning Star]

Strike at Haldane-Fisher ends after workers win inflation-busting pay deal 2026-07-11 [Unite]

London Assembly backs extra protections for bus drivers amid warning over ‘unbearable’ conditions 2026-07-11 [Waltham Forest Echo]

FBU demands Burnham takes ‘fundamental action’ to tackle effects of climate change 2026-07-11 [Morning Star]

100 Years On: Why the General Strike still matters 2026-07-11 [PCS]

All workers must prepare to strike for fairer Britain, Unison leader to tell Durham Miners' Gala 2026-07-11 [Morning Star]

‘Equal pay delayed is equality denied’ 2026-07-11 [Unison]

'People don't realise how at risk they are': A day with an ambulance service in a heatwave 2026-07-11 [BBC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

11-07-1977 20,000 join a national day of action in support of Grunwick strikers [more]

17-07-1974 The strike of 400 mostly Asian women workers at Imperial Typewriters in Leicester is called to an end. [more]