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Tata jobs fears remain despite funding for Port Talbot steelworks 2023-09-17 [BBC]

Almost 200 workers could strike at Dow Silicones Barry 2023-09-07 [South Wales Argus]

Council strikes: Cardiff and Wrexham bin collections could be hit 2023-09-06 [BBC]

Care firm robs workers of employment rights and puts them on zero hours contracts 2023-07-22 [Nation.Cymru]

Union Pickets Cardiff Glee Club & Says Member Was Demoted For Organising 2023-07-14 [Voice.Wales]

Care worker pay rises only possible with support of union, workers say 2023-06-23 [The Morning Star]

Tyrone O’Sullivan: Towering Welsh Miner & Fighter For The Working Class 2023-06-23 [Voice.Wales]

Unions welcome Welsh government's action plan for LGBTQ+ people in the workplace 2023-06-19 [Morning Star]

Wales TUC launches action on sexual harassment in the workplace 2023-03-22 [TUC]

Teachers at Swansea school take strike action over inadequate management 2023-03-22 [NASUWT]

Ambulance strikes: Wales walkout suspended, says Unite 2023-03-09 [BBC]

Where would we be without Trade Union women? 2023-03-08 [TUC]

Strikes: Boost union sign-up in private sector - report 2023-03-05 [BBC]

Welsh NHS: More strikes threaten as nurses reject offer 2023-03-01 [BBC]

Nurses could announce further strikes after rejecting new pay offer 2023-02-28 [Belfast Telegraph]

Unite calls two further days of strike action in Welsh Ambulance 2023-02-22 [Unite the union]

2 Sisters Failure to engage with UK and Welsh Governments over closure plans branded 'disgraceful' by Unite 2023-02-19 [Unite the union]

Unite ambulance members overwhelmingly reject Welsh govt pay offer 2023-02-15 [Unite the union]

Unite union to fight 2 Sisters Llangefni plant closure which would be 'catastrophic' for North Wales 2023-01-26 [Unite the union]

The Mick Lynch interview: Why Wales needs to avoid 'infection' and what he really thinks of Mark Drakeford 2023-01-22 [Wales Online]

Wales TUC to hold rally against key workers’ strike ban bill 2023-01-22 [Nation Cymru]

Some Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat delivery workers are understood to be on strike in Cardiff 2023-01-08 [Wales Online]

Job opportunities within the Wales TUC 2023-01-03 [TUC]

DVLA workers set to go on strike in January 2022-12-29 [Wales Online]

Welsh Ambulance Service workers vote for strike action to save NHS 2022-12-27 [Unite the Union]

Rail union RMT welcomed a pay deal with Transport for Wales (TfW) today 2022-12-20 [RMT]

20% rates rise for TV writers in Wales 2022-12-20 [WGGB]

Welshman becomes head of global trade union movement after man elected leader is arrested amid ‘Qatargate’ scandal 2022-12-16 [Nation.Cymru]

Nurses strike: RCN Wales says pay rise crucial to care 2022-11-25 [BBC]

Care workers in Wales will not get their sick pay if forced to self-isolate 2022-08-27 [Morning Star]

Welsh NHS staff advised how to access food banks 2022-07-26 [BBC]

Union plea to public not to take frustrations out on ‘hard working shop workers' over non essential item ban 2020-10-30 [Deeside.com]

Unions beat plan to slash libraries budget by £240k 2017-02-09 [Morning Star]

Government support for Wylfa nuclear power station ‘a step in the right direction', says Unite 2018-06-05 [Unite the union]

Swansea tidal bay lagoon decision is a short-sighted ‘jobs killer' 2018-06-26 [Unite the union]

Tata must ‘power ahead' with Port Talbot investment after Hartlepool pipe mill sale 2017-08-01 [Unite]

£13 million for trade unions to deliver learning support and upskill workers 2022-03-31 [gov.wales]

Coronavirus: extra £10 million for local transport 2020-08-13 [NEU]

Ford Bridgend closure a ‘grotesque act of economic betrayal', says McCluskey 2019-06-07 [Unite the union]

Herald newspaper editor has £70,000 debts 2019-03-27 [BBC]

Swansea victory – solidarity wins justice 2018-07-14 [CWU]

Fining Welsh workers ‘strikes the wrong chord' 2022-01-03 [GMB]

Panic Attacks, PTSD & Physical Injury – Midwives Highlight Appalling Conditions Amid Staffing Crisis 2021-11-28 [The Voice]

Unite alarm at Deeside towbar company's reluctance to accept Welsh government help to save jobs 2017-09-07 [Unite]

Unite welcomes Ineos' new Bridgend car factory For more info 2019-09-19 [Unite the union]

Hywel Dda University Health Board signs TUC's Dying to Work Charter 2020-02-17 [TUC]

Magor Wilko distribution centre workers will strike 2022-07-08 [The National]

Cardiff Shows Solidarity as RMT Strike Enters the Third Day 2022-06-26 [Voice Wales]

New job: Employment Adviser 2022-06-17 [BMA]

Two thirds of people who were sick in the last year carried on working, new Wales TUC poll reveals 2022-06-16 [TUC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

2-09-1976 All 137 Grumwick strikers are sacked by the company. [more]

11-09-1860 Dockers union leader Ben Tillett was born [more]

15-09-1913 Over 10,000 English railwaymen refuse to handle Dublin goods in an official sympathy strike with locked-out Irish workers. [more]

28-09-1995 Liverpool dockers are locked out by their employer, sparking a two-year struggle for their jobs and livelihoods. [more]