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Unite responds to inflation increase 2026-08-19 [Unite]

Ensure all new rolling stock on railway is publicly owned, drivers’ union Aslef urges 2026-08-19 [Morning Star]

Inflation: Tax banks' enormous profits to cut energy bills, says TUC 2026-08-19 [TUC]

Exploitative zero-hours contracts are endemic, TUC says 2026-08-18 [TUC]

New Management Committee members to join the SoA board 2026-08-18 [Society of Authors]

JP Morgan boss doesn’t want banks like his to pay their fair share, TUC says 2026-08-17 [TUC]

Who’s really feeling the heat this summer? 2026-08-16 [SW]

Revealed: overwhelming majority of British people back maximum workplace temperature limit 2026-08-14 [Friends Of The Earth]

1500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes 2026-08-14 [MorningStar]

UK workers struggling in extreme heat 2026-08-14 [Guardian]

1 in 3 insecure workers face £3000 annual hit – government assessment reveals 2026-08-14 [TUC]

Blue plaque for Asquith Xavier 2026-08-14 [RMT]

Bus drivers go on strike as extreme heat in cabs ‘could lead to fatal crashes’ 2026-08-14 [Morning Star]

Unions slam ‘scaremongering’ over costs of banning ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts 2026-08-14 [Morning Star]

Binning batteries can start fires and put lives at risk, says union boss 2026-08-14 [BBC]

Heatwave: Firefighters' union chief warns country faces 'national emergency' 2026-08-14 [The Mirror]

RNLI workers strike over island redundancy dispute 2026-08-14 [BBC]

Hundreds of Thales defence workers secure new pay deal 2026-08-14 [Unite]

Staff at Institute of Cancer Research in continuous strike action over pay 2026-08-14 [Unite]

London bus strikes: All 43 routes facing little or no service as walkouts begin 2026-08-14 [The Standard]

Strong showing on FCDO picket line 2026-08-13 [PCS]

Arriva North London drivers strike over roasting buses as capital sees fifth heatwave 2026-08-13 [Unite]

Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns 2026-08-13 [The Guardian]

Sharon Graham re-elected Unite secretary in decisive victory 2026-08-13 [Unite the Union]

Sharon Graham re-elected as Unite general secretary in decisive victory 2026-08-12 [Unite]

Extreme heat at work: what are my rights as temperatures approach 37°C 2026-08-12 [The Workers Union]

Octopus Energy denies it is anti-union as GMB pushes for recognition for workers 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

Heat strikes are a warning — we must change to adapt to a hotter world 2026-08-11 [Morning Star]

PM rejects unions and climate activists' calls to set maximum workplace temperature 2026-08-11 [Morning Star]

University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

Probation staff vote to strike in blow to Burnham plans on early release 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

HSE issues £60k fine after worker injured in fall 2026-08-11 [HRmagazine]

Drivers are demanding all buses are fitted with effective air conditioning 2026-08-11 [MyLondon]

Struggling Asda to offload 3,500 store cleaners in a move branded 'detestable' by GMB union 2026-08-11 [Mirror]

FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

Probation officers expected to back strikes over early release scheme workloads 2026-08-10 [Morning Star]

Unions brand V&A director Tristram Hunt ‘disrespectful’ for not attending strike talks 2026-08-10 [Morning star]

Delays to publication of blacklisting report down to new evidence needing investigation, Inquiry says 2026-08-10 [Morning Star]

Cambridge Marshall Aerospace strikes off after workers secure improved pay deal 2026-08-10 [Unite]

SoA warns tax payment proposals could harm authors 2026-08-10 [Society of Authors]

Unite chief: ‘no place to hide’ for those involved in blacklisting scandal 2026-08-08 [Construction News]

Union calls for robust review of OBR over fears it holds back economic growth 2026-08-08 [TUC]

Firefighters hail victory as Reform-led Kent council rejects plans for major service cuts 2026-08-07 [Morning Star]

Firefighters praised during a demanding summer 2026-08-07 [BBC]

National Gallery director ignores concerns over racially divided facilities 2026-08-07 [PCS]

RMT strike action again at EMR over safety 2026-08-07 [RMT]

RMT lauds members following rail power outages 2026-08-07 [RMT]

Hundreds of low-paid women in Kirklees to lodge equal pay claims 2026-08-07 [Unison]

Response to the decision made by the Certification Officer in Flaherty v UNISON 2026-08-06 [Unison]

Private water must take blame for England's fouled waterways 2026-08-06 [GMB]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

6-08-1914 The Labour Leader, the newspaper of the Independent Labour Party, publishes an anti-war appeal to workers. [more]

8-08-1920 The country sees large 'citizen demonstrations' against intervention in Soviet Russia. [more]

8-08-1842 Thousands of mill and factory workers across Lancashire walk out in support of the People's Charter. [more]

9-08-1920 The TUC and the Labour Party agree to move a resolution for a general strike if Britain declares war on Soviet Russia. [more]

11-08-1917 LAbour politician Arthur Henderson resigns from the war cabinet over its refusal to allow workers' representatives to attend the Stockholm peace conference. [more]

12-08-1933 London taxi drivers go on strike against the wishes of their union. [more]

13-08-1889 The beginning of the great dockers strike [more]

16-08-1819 Yeoman attack a crowd gathered in MAnchester to demand parliamentary reform, in what becomes known as the Peterloo Massacre. [more]

23-08-1976 Fifty workers at the Grunwick film processing plant in north west London go on strike for the right to join a trade union. [more]