LabourStart - UK

Northern Ireland NUJ statement on Lyra McKee murder verdict

Top stories


Union Learning - 20 years on [TUC] 03-07-2026


Northern Ireland NUJ statement on Lyra McKee murder verdict [NUJ] 03-07-2026


Patients and staff at risk as another heatwave approaches, warns UNISON [Unison] 02-07-2026


Disability Pride Month [PCS] 01-07-2026


Unite boss to face leadership challenge amid concerns over rise of Reform [The Guardian] 30-06-2026



Other news


Wales UNISON Cymru policy newsletter: summer 2026 2026-07-03 [Unison]

Women’s Council of the Isles 2026-07-03 [PCS]

Northern Ireland NUJ statement on Lyra McKee murder verdict 2026-07-03 [NUJ]

TUC launches major new initiative with employers and unions to tackle Britain’s skills crisis 2026-07-03 [TUC]

England Birmingham Council officers' secret plan to sack bin workers without councillors having say 2026-07-03 [Birmingham Live]

Scotland Travellers warned of significant delays as workers at UK airport strike this summer 2026-07-03 [The Independent]

Hundreds of Thales defence workers set to strike 2026-07-03 [Unite]

Scotland Aberdeen airport security workers to strike 2026-07-03 [Unite]

Union Learning - 20 years on 2026-07-03 [TUC]

A council housebuilding boom is central to Burnham’s vision. Can it be done? 2026-07-03 [The Guardian]

Concern about BBC job cuts affecting writers’ careers 2026-07-03 [Society of Authors]

Burnham meets trade union leaders ahead of expected premiership 2026-07-02 [BBC]

Patients and staff at risk as another heatwave approaches, warns UNISON 2026-07-02 [Unison]

PCS calls for action to keep members safe at the ICO 2026-07-02 [PCS]

Members made by Capita to suffer in silence tell their stories 2026-07-02 [PCS]

BBC staff fear strike action inevitable after anger at 1% pay rise offer 2026-07-02 [The Guardian]

England Great Yarmouth stinky summer as bin and street cleaning workers strike over poverty pay 2026-07-02 [Unite]

England Staff end school strikes over pupil behaviour 2026-07-02 [BBC]

Trade union regulator updates register, opens online casework service 2026-07-02 [Traders Union]

IWGB Files Legal Claims Against Rockstar Over 34 Dismissals and Union Busting 2026-07-02 [GameLuster]

TUC calls for social tariff to cut energy bills for two thirds of households as new Price Cap starts 2026-07-02 [TUC]

Wales TUC Cymru: We should be proud to call ourselves a Nation of Sanctuary 2026-07-02 [TUC]

NUJ and sister unions launch public petition to protect BBC and its workers 2026-07-01 [NUJ]

Disability Pride Month 2026-07-01 [PCS]

Union urges GTA 6 maker Rockstar to address working conditions 2026-07-01 [BBC]

UK Nigeria Lost 57,000 Nurses to the UK in Five Years. The Hospitals Left Behind Are Struggling. For more info 2026-07-01 [The Labour Pulse]

UK Fifteen years on, domestic workers still wait for legal protection For more info 2026-06-30 [The Labour Pulse]

England Manchester Kimpton Clocktower staff to strike over union busting 2026-06-30 [Unite]

Teesside NHS staff win long-running pay campaign 2026-06-30 [Unison]

Europe Brexit anniversary: unions call for “common sense” UK-EU reset amid global uncertainty 2026-06-30 [ETUC]

Unite boss to face leadership challenge amid concerns over rise of Reform 2026-06-30 [The Guardian]

Andy Burnham is in listening mode. “Britain needs a vision that deals with the rampant inequality and jobs vacuum' 2026-06-29 [Unite]

Living standards must be top priority for new PM - TUC 2026-06-29 [TUC]

Youth jobs grant “an important step forward”, says TUC 2026-06-29 [TUC]

‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equity 2026-06-28 [The Guardian]

England NHS nurses and other medical workers strike over pay, in London 2026-06-28 [Reuters]

UK Fighting fire with fellowship 2026-06-28 [Red Pepper]

England Bridgwater historian uncovers forgotten general strike 2026-06-28 [The Mercury]

Trade unionists debate AI 2026-06-28 [SW]

UK minister working up plans for state-owned housing developer 2026-06-28 [The Guardian]

Equity says theatre owners must act as West End performers 'feel unwell' as they swelter in 36C heat 2026-06-27 [Standard]

NHS staff collapsing as workplaces reach shocking 43°C 2026-06-27 [Morning Star]

Unison, NEU and TSSA back Ed Miliband for chancellor 2026-06-27 [Morning Star]

Unite welcomes London Mayor’s pledge to sweltering bus drivers 2026-06-26 [Unite]

Northern Ireland Stormont must legislate on upper working temperature limits 2026-06-26 [Unite]

RMT and the TUC call for urgent government action to save rail jobs 2026-06-26 [RMT]

Reform would “take an axe” to LGBT+ workers’ rights, TUC warns 2026-06-26 [TUC]

Workers’ action shuts north Somerset school over heatwave 2026-06-26 [SWP]

College lecturers accept 10% pay rise over three years 2026-06-26 [Morning Star]

[More News]

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]