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UK Get better soon: The Hazards Campaign’s blueprint to make work safe again [Hazards magazine] 26-07-2024

UK TUC welcomes head of UN’s call for protecting workers from extreme heat [TUC] 25-07-2024

UK Government energy plans must create decent jobs, Unite [Unite] 25-07-2024

UK Workers believe Health and Safety legislation needs rethink [CIEH] 24-07-2024

UK Amazon is moving heaven and earth to beat back unions – but it’s losing ground fast [The Guardian] 24-07-2024

UK 'I was hit, kicked, bitten and sworn at by pupils' [BBC] 23-07-2024

UK Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024: ‘This government needs to start to offer hope’ [Morning Star] 22-07-2024

UK How health and safety reps at GKN Automotive worked with the employer to cut waste, carbon, and unnecessary costs [TUC] 22-07-2024

UK Climate campaigners gather outside Tata Steel HQ in solidarity with workers [Morning Star] 22-07-2024

UK UK ‘Fishery Improvement Project’ tainted by forced labour abuses, human trafficking [ITF] 20-07-2024


Other news


Redcar chemical plant workers to strike over ‘serious’ public safety concerns 2024-07-26 [Unite the union]

PCS demands Cabinet Office meeting over Gaza 2024-07-26 [PCS]

Africa Media activism and international solidarity: a report from Tolpuddle Festival 2024 2024-07-26 [MENA SN]

UK Global law on biological hazards at work edges closer 2024-07-26 [Hazards magazine]

Deadly oversight: How our corporate manslaughter law failed by design 2024-07-26 [Hazards magazine]

Get better soon: The Hazards Campaign’s blueprint to make work safe again 2024-07-26 [Hazards magazine]

UK Workers’ fundamental right to organise is crucial in combating heat stress 2024-07-26 [ITUC]

  JOB  England New job: Press & External Relations Officer - London Region 2024-07-26 [GMB]

Government energy plans must create decent jobs, Unite 2024-07-25 [Unite]

RMT strike action on Avanti West Coast Friday and Saturday 2024-07-25 [RMT]

TUC welcomes head of UN’s call for protecting workers from extreme heat 2024-07-25 [TUC]

Super-rich being advised how to avoid Labour tax clampdown, undercover investigation suggests 2024-07-25 [The Guardian]

G4S 'has broken minimum wage and modern slavery laws' 2024-07-24 [GMB]

FBU hails end of 'living nightmare' of Bibby Stockholm barge 2024-07-24 [FBU]

Labour’s New Deal urgently needed to tackle insecure work in North East – TUC 2024-07-24 [TUC]

BBC annual report: Bectu will fully engage with the BBC on reduction of roles working in public service 2024-07-24 [Bectu]

PCS strikers defiant in ongoing dispute with G4S 2024-07-24 [PCS]

Scotland Government announces £2.4m trade union work skills funding 2024-07-24 [The Daily Record]

Whip must be restored to two-child cap rebels, says firefighters' union 2024-07-24 [FBU]

Amazon is moving heaven and earth to beat back unions – but it’s losing ground fast 2024-07-24 [The Guardian]

Workers believe Health and Safety legislation needs rethink 2024-07-24 [CIEH]

Fresh talks in train drivers’ pay dispute ‘constructive’ – Aslef 2024-07-23 [The Standard]

Taking the chance to fix what’s been broken for too long 2024-07-23 [UNISON]

Guys and St Thomas’ nurses redouble strikes over safe staffing 2024-07-23 [Unite the union]

First South West are striking for pay justice 2024-07-23 [RMT]

Metrolink strikes called off after Manchester workers secure new pay deal 2024-07-23 [Unite the union]

Social Partnership interactive guide for union officers and reps 2024-07-23 [TUC Wales]

NUJ says cuts to BBC will harm quality and breadth of news 2024-07-23 [NUJ]

The SoA responds to Taylor & Francis Group’s sale of data to develop AI 2024-07-23 [Society of Authors]

'I was hit, kicked, bitten and sworn at by pupils' 2024-07-23 [BBC]

Amazon Coventry: A near-miss that shook a corporate giant 2024-07-22 [Morning Star]

Campaign groups unite to demand legislation holding public and corporate bodies accountable for deaths 2024-07-22 [Morning Star]

Climate campaigners gather outside Tata Steel HQ in solidarity with workers 2024-07-22 [Morning Star]

Northern Ireland Harland & Wolff: Focus must be on securing a long-term future 2024-07-22 [Unite the union]

Job Centre securty guards stage mass rally as 1,500 walk out 2024-07-22 [GMB]

First South West bus workers take strike action 2024-07-22 [RMT]

How health and safety reps at GKN Automotive worked with the employer to cut waste, carbon, and unnecessary costs 2024-07-22 [TUC]

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024: ‘This government needs to start to offer hope’ 2024-07-22 [Morning Star]

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024: Amazon worker threatened with the sack for taking time off after cancer diagnosis, festival hears 2024-07-22 [Morning Star]

First South West bus strike in Cornwall Tuesday, Wednesday 2024-07-21 [Falmouth Packet]

Unions back plans to bring West Midlands buses back under public control 2024-07-21 [expressandstar.com]

Scotland Scottish Maritime Museum announces evening talk on shipyard trade union activist Jimmy Reid 2024-07-21 [The Daily Record]

UNI stands with GMB as it narrowly falls short of victory at Amazon Coventry 2024-07-20 [UNI]

UK ‘Fishery Improvement Project’ tainted by forced labour abuses, human trafficking 2024-07-20 [ITF]

Council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland asked to vote on possible strike action 2024-07-20 [UNISON]

Scotland Cammell Laird crisis averted after agreement reached 2024-07-19 [GMB]

Rail Gourmet Eurostar strikes suspended after new offer 2024-07-19 [RMT]

ISS strike suspended after improved pay offer from employer 2024-07-19 [PCS]

Workers need protection in hot weather 2024-07-19 [GMB]

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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]