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/ UK The workers earning less than £1 an hour to make official UK football shirts [BBC] 09-10-2026


Tories offer nothing to workers, says TUC after Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax [Morning Star] 08-10-2026


Angry, exhausted and ignored: The inside story of London bus drivers' horrific working conditions [My London] 07-10-2026


Heathrow Wilson James workers secure inflation busting pay rise after unionising [Unite] 07-10-2026


Wood Group offshore workers launch 48-hour strike in row over pay [BBC] 06-10-2026



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Ireland Northern Ireland NI Healthcare workers at 'tipping point' as union ballots for industrial action 2026-10-10 [BBC]

Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC 2026-10-09 [The Guardian]

Journalists arrested under terror laws at Defend Our Juries protest 2026-10-09 [Morning Star]

Nearly nine in 10 school leaders say new Ofsted inspections affecting staff mental health 2026-10-09 [Morning Star]

Striking school support staff march on Whitehall in row over London weighting payments 2026-10-09 [Morning Star]

Amazon deploys 'Orwellian' AI tools 2026-10-09 [GMB]

World Mental Health Day 2026 2026-10-09 [NUJ]

England Oxford University Press workers demonstrate against offshoring plans 2026-10-09 [IER]

England School support staff to strike over pay 2026-10-09 [BBC]

England Fresh wave of Nottinghamshire tram strikes 2026-10-09 [GMB]

UK The workers earning less than £1 an hour to make official UK football shirts 2026-10-09 [BBC]

New Ofsted inspection regime damaging teachers, survey says 2026-10-09 [The Guardian]

Egypt Egypt: NUJ joins calls for immediate release of six journalists 2026-10-08 [NUJ]

Unite secures Forestry Commission workers above RPI inflation pay rise 2026-10-08 [Unite]

‘Dystopian’: Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance 2026-10-08 [The Guardian]

Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing 2026-10-08 [The Guardian]

Survey: 40 per cent of firms hit by climate disruptions to their business 2026-10-08 [Business Green]

Wales More than 15,000 back Unison Cymru calls to end term-time only pay 2026-10-08 [Morning Star]

Tories offer nothing to workers, says TUC after Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax 2026-10-08 [Morning Star]

Heatwaves and Women - Why rising heat in the UK is a feminist issue 2026-10-08 [WEN/FoE/BCI]

Striking theatre assistants in Leeds call for support on picket line 2026-10-07 [Unison]

CWU response to Royal Mail job cuts 2026-10-07 [CWU]

Unite responds to Royal Mail’s job cuts plan 2026-10-07 [Unite]

Heathrow Wilson James workers secure inflation busting pay rise after unionising 2026-10-07 [Unite]

England Brentford comes to Ealing in new play about historic equal pay strike 2026-10-07 [The News]

Why black representation matters at the National Labour Link Forum 2026-10-07 [Unison]

Disability Pride Month: The courage to be seen 2026-10-07 [Unison]

Beyond one identity: Why black disabled women carers must be at the heart of our equality agenda 2026-10-07 [Unison]

Barnsley Hospital threatens 200 with fire and rehire 2026-10-07 [GMB]

Angry, exhausted and ignored: The inside story of London bus drivers' horrific working conditions 2026-10-07 [My London]

Liverpool City Region backs plan for 35,000 clean energy jobs to secure the economic benefits of the energy transition 2026-10-07 [Liverpool City Region Combined Authority]

Most commercial kitchens cooking with gas or propane expose workers to heat, air pollution above health-based guidelines 2026-10-07 [Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy]

Study: World is on track to reach net zero - but not until the 2090s 2026-10-07 [Business Green]

Half of fire services missing basic wildfire kit as blazes reach record highs 2026-10-07 [Country Land Association]

Wales Internationalism, trade unions, the Green Party and universalism raised in the Senedd 2026-10-06 [Morning Star]

Scotland North Sea strikes could see fuel supplies 'severely disrupted', warns union 2026-10-06 [STV]

Loganair cabin crew strike ballot in pay dispute 2026-10-06 [Unite]

England Leeds Bradford Airport shutdown as workers will strike 2026-10-06 [Unite]

Scotland Glasgow City Council and Unison reach agreement in pay and grading row 2026-10-06 [BBC]

Scotland Glasgow City Council and Unison reach agreement in pay and grading row 2026-10-06 [BBC]

Scotland Wood Group offshore workers launch 48-hour strike in row over pay 2026-10-06 [BBC]

Derbyshire Forged Solutions metal workers pay win ends strike threat 2026-10-06 [Unite]

NUJ welcomes Met Police confirmation that journalists’ data is no longer retained 2026-10-05 [NUJ]

Government's Ofsted inspections announcement: NEU response 2026-10-05 [NEU]

Poor pupil behaviour having a significant impact on teachers’ physical health 2026-10-05 [Morning Star]

Offshore dispute at Wood Group escalates in strike action ballot 2026-10-05 [Unite]

Wales Trade unions discuss how to work with a Plaid government 2026-10-05 [Morning Star]

Divide in the way managers view women’s promotion prospects, report shows 2026-10-05 [Morning Star]

Strike threat puts fuel supplies at risk of ‘severe disruption’ 2026-10-05 [Morning Star]

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