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Scotland Marches across Scotland mark International Workers’ Day [Morning Star] 04-05-2026


‘A day to stand in solidarity with workers across the world’ [Morning Star] 04-05-2026


Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC [Morning Star] 03-05-2026


Workplace violence is ‘out of control,’ say MPs backing union calls for legal reforms [Morning Star] 02-05-2026


Protest at Connaught school over scabbing of NEU strike [Morning Star] 01-05-2026



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TUC: Reflections on the General Strike, 100 years on 2026-05-04 [NEN]

A message from NUJ on World Press Freedom Day 2026 2026-05-04 [NUJ]

Oxford’s strike legacy sewn into history 2026-05-04 [Morning Star]

General Strike was 'the boil that needed lancing' 2026-05-04 [BBC]

General Strike paralysed UK in fight for living wage while Tories got vindictive revenge 2026-05-04 [Mirror]

The 1926 General Strike: Nine days of hope that shook the world 2026-05-04 [Socialist Worker]

The 1926 General Strike: revolutionary potential, reformist betrayal, and the lessons for today 2026-05-04 [Morning Star]

General Strike at 100: Could workers ever take action on the same scale again? 2026-05-04 [Big Issue]

RMT and Camden Trades Council unveil red plaque in honour of the General Strike at a building of strategic importance 2026-05-04 [Morning Star]

Wales Cardiff May Day rally and march a hotbed of solidarity and celebration 2026-05-04 [Morning Star]

‘A day to stand in solidarity with workers across the world’ 2026-05-04 [Morning Star]

Scotland Marches across Scotland mark International Workers’ Day 2026-05-04 [Morning Star]

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC 2026-05-03 [Morning Star]

Bus driver strike suspended after fresh pay offer 2026-05-03 [BBC]

How the General Strike changed Britain 2026-05-02 [The Observer]

Pensioner's asbestos 'still out there' warning to construction workers as settlement secured 2026-05-02 [Teesside Live]

Yes, the government should freeze rents – and develop a plan for long-term rent controls 2026-05-02 [UNISON]

Usdaw General Secretary writes to MPs over fears of weakened workers’ protections 2026-05-02 [Labour List]

Wales 'So stressful' - teachers and pupils say new GCSEs are leading to burnout 2026-05-02 [BBC]

Nearly 150 million working days lost due to illness in 2025 2026-05-02 [Morning Star]

Ofsted putting pressure on teachers to the ‘point of destruction’ 2026-05-02 [Morning Star]

Green Party pledges to go further than Labour on workers’ rights 2026-05-02 [Morning Star]

Workplace violence is ‘out of control,’ say MPs backing union calls for legal reforms 2026-05-02 [Morning Star]

How the 1926 General Strike shaped trade union solidarity 2026-05-01 [Morning Star]

UK In Pictures: Workers around the world demonstrate for May Day 2026-05-01 [Morning Star]

RMT welcomes conviction of Neo-Nazi terrorist who targeted Sadiq Khan 2026-05-01 [RMT]

International Workers’ Day – May Day 2026-05-01 [PCS]

Marking Nakba 78: March for Palestine 2026-05-01 [PCS]

NUJ celebrates May Day with publication of new recruitment and organising strategy 2026-05-01 [NUJ]

Parliament security officers accept deal to end dispute 2026-05-01 [PCS]

Scotland Unite secures wage win for Motherwell based Resideo workers 2026-05-01 [Unite]

Protest at Connaught school over scabbing of NEU strike 2026-05-01 [Morning Star]

More protection needed for transport staff in London, says union 2026-05-01 [Waltham Forest Echo]

'Selling a fantasy': Study warns almost 500,000 jobs at risk from Reform UK climate policy rollback 2026-05-01 [Business Green]

Unite demands consultations on Whitbread redundancies 2026-05-01 [Unite the union]

Scotland Glasgow airport summer strike action on horizon as security staff balloted over pay 2026-04-30 [Unite]

England Nine Days in May: The General Strike In St Pancras 2026-04-30 [Labour Hub]

FDA at TUC Black Workers’ Conference 2026 2026-04-30 [FDA]

Trust plans will divert money from pupils and lead to more complicated system, say unions 2026-04-30 [Unison]

Joint Union Statement on the Government plans for every state school to join an academy trust 2026-04-30 [NEU]

Second Unite rep sacked at Manchester's Kimpton Clocktower amid union dispute 2026-04-29 [Unite]

Journalists report physical attacks and death threats to safety tracker 2026-04-29 [NUJ]

International Workers Memorial Day marked in Carlisle 2026-04-29 [Cumbria Crack]

MPs urge regulator funding reform on Workers’ Memorial Day 2026-04-29 [Construction Management]

Construction sites fall silent as Merseyside marks International Workers Memorial Day 2026-04-29 [Liverpool Echo]

Worcester: Trade unions mark Workers’ Memorial Day 2026-04-29 [Worcester News]

Wales Teachers take 10th day of strike action in Welsh school 2026-04-28 [Morning Star]

England Mining museum strike ends as workers vote to accept pay offer 2026-04-28 [UNISON]

England Striking Birmingham bin workers ‘vindicated’ as end to long-running dispute ‘within sight’ 2026-04-28 [The Morning Star]

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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]