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TUC brands Reform’s overtime tax proposal a ‘cynical gimmick’ [Morning Star] 24-05-2026


TUC slams Reform’s “cynical” overtime “tax gimmick” [TUC] 24-05-2026


Employers must keep workers safe in heatwave, TUC warns [Morning Star] 23-05-2026


Organise now to fight oncoming climate catastrophe [Socialist Worker] 23-05-2026


Gender Pension Gap at lowest level ever, Reform policies would put progress at risk [Prospect] 23-05-2026



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Union boss furiously condemns Grangemouth closure as 'industrial vandalism' amid jet fuel crisis 2026-05-24 [Dailyrecord]

TUC slams Reform’s “cynical” overtime “tax gimmick” 2026-05-24 [TUC]

TUC brands Reform’s overtime tax proposal a ‘cynical gimmick’ 2026-05-24 [Morning Star]

TUC brands Reform’s overtime tax proposal a ‘cynical gimmick’ 2026-05-24 [Morning Star]

Gender Pension Gap at lowest level ever, Reform policies would put progress at risk 2026-05-23 [Prospect]

Good jobs or bad law?: The row over workers' rights 2026-05-23 [BBC]

Organise now to fight oncoming climate catastrophe 2026-05-23 [Socialist Worker]

Organise now to fight oncoming climate catastrophe 2026-05-23 [Socialist Worker]

Employers must keep workers safe in heatwave, TUC warns 2026-05-23 [Morning Star]

Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital' 2026-05-23 [BBC]

Threshold for triggering collective redundancy obligations - TUC response 2026-05-23 [TUC]

Police Federation condemns ‘overnight’ cut to police pension lump sums 2026-05-23 [Police Federation]

TUC welcomes ICJ ruling safeguarding right to strike 2026-05-23 [TUC]

BBC and NUJ end dispute on rota changes at Newshour and The World Tonight 2026-05-23 [NUJ]

RMT sends condolences to family of murdered London bus driver Sergei Krajev 2026-05-22 [RMT]

Unions should discuss new ‘political vehicle’ for workers should Labour continue austerity, PCS says 2026-05-22 [Morning Star]

Wales Give workers in carbon-intensive industries paid release to retrain, Welsh unions say 2026-05-22 [Morning Star]

Backing pledged for members suffering impact of gynaecological conditions 2026-05-21 [PCS]

PCS calls for menstrual leave and free period products 2026-05-21 [PCS]

Trade union values against racism and division 2026-05-21 [PCS]

New guidance on single sex spaces 2026-05-21 [Unison]

Trepidation, uncertainty, and rage: Dispatches from the picket line at Henry Maynard Primary School 2026-05-21 [Waltham Forest Echo]

Wales Invest in maritime jobs and tackle poverty pay at sea, TUC Cymru demands 2026-05-21 [Morning Star]

Making work pay must mean making it fair, now 2026-05-21 [Unison]

Striking Cambridge Uni workers joined on picket line by Unite leader 2026-05-21 [Unite]

Sergei Krajev: Unite expresses condolences after London bus driver dies following attack and calls for urgent action to tackle violence 2026-05-21 [unite]

Sergei Krajev: Unite expresses condolences after London bus driver dies following attack and calls for urgent action to tackle violence 2026-05-21 [unite]

Sexual harassment remains a ‘scourge’ on our workplaces 2026-05-21 [PCS]

Scotland Schools across West Dunbartonshire close as staff take to picket line 2026-05-21 [The Clydebank Post]

Google agrees to talks with UK DeepMind staff over calls to unionise 2026-05-21 [The Argus]

Google agrees to talks with UK DeepMind staff over calls to unionise 2026-05-20 [Standard]

Grangemouth tanker drivers secure significant pay win after dispute 2026-05-20 [Unite]

Northern Ireland health department flip-flopping on childminding ratios risks child safety, Unite 2026-05-20 [Unite]

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland health department flip-flopping on childminding ratios risks child safety, Unite 2026-05-20 [Unite]

Climate and nature bill 2026-05-20 [PCS]

Tackling the mental health crisis in our workplaces 2026-05-20 [PCS]

Conference agrees to support hybrid working campaigns 2026-05-20 [PCS]

PCS reasserts support for anti-war movement at conference 2026-05-20 [PCS]

Disabled workers demand employers and policymakers protect them from discrimination 2026-05-20 [Morning Star]

Delegates demand mandatory penalties for employers failing to provide necessary adjustments for disabled workers 2026-05-20 [Morning Star]

Scotland Classroom assistants strike in West Dunbartonshire 2026-05-20 [Morning Star]

Government must deliver on its promises to disabled workers, TUC assistant general secretary says 2026-05-20 [Morning Star]

Civil Service return to office targets must be scrapped, PCS conference moves 2026-05-20 [Morning Star]

Wales Unions should lead counter-demos against far right and train stewards, TUC Cymru agrees 2026-05-20 [Morning Star]

Wales Stop companies that won’t recognise unions getting public contracts, TUC Cymru demands 2026-05-20 [Morning Star]

Unions hit out at ‘epidemic of insecure work’ as economic fallout from Iran war revealed 2026-05-20 [The Morning Star]

Unite reaction to latest inflation figures 2026-05-20 [Unite]

Regulating workplace temperatures and adapting for climate change is long overdue 2026-05-20 [Unison]

ASCL comment on risks to schools posed by climate change 2026-05-20 [ASCL]

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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]

14-05-1771 Socialist philanthropist Robert Owen is born [more]

30-05-1984 Miners leader Arthur Scargill, along with 81 other pickets, is arrested at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire. [more]