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Workers' rights bill standoff continues after Lords defeat [BBC] 11-12-2025


England Equality victory for 6,000 women Birmingham council staff with 'life-changing' £250m payout [Live] 10-12-2025


Fire crews face increased cancer risk, report says [BBC] 08-12-2025


England Standing together - the human stories behind Birmingham’s bin strike [The Mail] 08-12-2025


BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff [The Guardian] 06-12-2025



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Global A champion for educators’ rights around the world: Remembering and paying tribute to Nigel de Gruchy 2025-12-12 [Education International]

Scotland Teaching profession ‘at breaking point’ warns union 2025-12-11 [Morning Star]

MPs slam ministers' Employment Rights Bill capitulation 2025-12-11 [Morning Star]

Scotland Report on creative work a ‘game-changer,’ STUC says 2025-12-11 [STUC]

Justice for Cammell Laird 37, MP demands 2025-12-11 [Morning Star]

Workers' rights bill standoff continues after Lords defeat 2025-12-11 [BBC]

UK Codir calls on Britain’s trade unions to back oil workers’ demands for basic rights and better conditions 2025-12-11 [The Morning Star]

Scotland VUE cinema workers set for historic strike action in Glasgow 2025-12-11 [Unite]

Scotland Vue cinema staff go on strike in Glasgow over work conditions 2025-12-11 [BBC]

UK Un webinaire pour les investisseurs souligne les inquiétudes croissantes concernant le travail chez Next plc 2025-12-10 [IndustriALL]

UK GSK workers build their first worldwide union network 2025-12-10 [IndustriALL]

England ‘Things will get worse’ for British Library users, warn striking staff 2025-12-10 [Research Proferssional News]

England Teachers begin strike over disruptive behaviour 2025-12-10 [BBC]

England Equality victory for 6,000 women Birmingham council staff with 'life-changing' £250m payout 2025-12-10 [Live]

Report from Prospect Young Workers Forum 2025 2025-12-10 [BECTU]

Myanmar Investor webinar highlights mounting labour concerns at Next plc 2025-12-10 [IndustriALL]

Global Twenty years of global solidarity 2025-12-09 [UNISON]

Unions lobby Lammy to speed up probation pay rise 2025-12-08 [Unison]

Bassetlaw ICU nurses fire and rehire strike escalates 2025-12-08 [Unite]

River cruise crew secure better protection with new collective bargaining agreement between Nautilus and Excellence Cruises 2025-12-08 [Nautilus]

England Rally at Wakefield Cathedral backs striking workers at National Coal Mining Museum 2025-12-08 [The Morning Star]

England Standing together - the human stories behind Birmingham’s bin strike 2025-12-08 [The Mail]

Train drivers stage 48-hour strike over sacking of colleague 2025-12-08 [Morning Star]

Rally at Wakefield Cathedral backs striking workers at National Coal Mining Museum 2025-12-08 [Morning Star]

Fire crews face increased cancer risk, report says 2025-12-08 [BBC]

Nearly half of Gen Z office workers reduced to tears by stress 2025-12-07 [MSN]

England Birmingham council’s strike breaking lies exposed as monthly spend on agencies and outsourcers triples 2025-12-06 [Unite]

BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff 2025-12-06 [The Guardian]

U.K. Union Equity Threatens Actors Strike Over AI 2025-12-05 [Variety]

England Salford Working Class Library joins forces with General Strike 100 2025-12-05 [Now]

England Leicestershire Xmas shopping shutdown during Arriva bus workers strike 2025-12-05 [Unite]

UK From extreme heat to poor mental health: How climate change is harming the workplace 2025-12-05 [Euro News]

Compensation for unfair dismissal could be unlimited 2025-12-05 [Personnel Today]

Near 50% drop in overseas nurses and midwives sparks union pleas to rethink ‘hostile’ immigration plans 2025-12-05 [Morning Star]

Wales TUC Cymru: Welsh public want social care to be delivered as public service, not for profit 2025-12-05 [TUC]

Actors union, Equity, launches indicative ballot for AI protections 2025-12-04 [Equity]

England Union-busting scandal explodes at Leicester academy after rep suspended 2025-12-04 [The Canary]

England Union slams 'ridiculous' fortnight collection plan 2025-12-04 [BBC]

Borough bin strike cancelled as union accepts fresh pay offer 2025-12-03 [Waltham Forest Echo]

RMT warns of surge in violence against rail workers while British Transport Police presence cut 2025-12-03 [IER]

Global COP30: fighting for a seat at the table 2025-12-03 [UNISON]

Teaching staff on strike over 'virtual teacher' 2025-12-03 [BBC]

Avonmouth disaster: Five-year wait for fatal explosion answers 'unfair' 2025-12-03 [BBC]

Trade unions and anti-racist organisations welcome Together Alliance 2025-12-02 [Morning Star]

Metrolink Manchester strikes over driver fatigue postponed after negotiations 2025-12-02 [Unite]

FBU joins TOGETHER alliance against the far right 2025-12-02 [FBU]

Usdaw members overwhelmingly vote for strike action over ‘fire and rehire’ 2025-12-02 [IER]

Rally to support striking mining museum workers in Wakefield this weekend 2025-12-02 [UNISON]

England Strike at ‘frozen turkey capital’ this Christmas 2025-12-02 [GMB]

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