LabourStart - UK

Breaking news

TUC: Don’t repeat mistakes of Test and Trace by outsourcing Covid-19 vaccine programme

UK


English / All languages


Search:

      

Labour news in YOUR region

Top stories


TUC: Don’t repeat mistakes of Test and Trace by outsourcing Covid-19 vaccine programme [TUC] 2020-12-03

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are placing retail and logistics workers under extraordinary pressure [TUC] 2020-12-02

TUC – government must step in to help struggling retail sector [TUC] 2020-12-01

Intrusive technology at work on the rise during coronavirus [TUC] 2020-11-30

Food factories could be Covid-19 “super spreaders” this Christmas, warns TUC [TUC] 2020-11-30

Public sector key workers paid over £1000 less today than a decade ago [TUC] 2020-11-29

Education unions seek increased support from Government amidst the pandemic [Education International] 2020-11-26

Trade Unions demand end to violence against women, in work and in society [TUC] 2020-11-24

Unions urge Chancellor to give all public sector workers a pay rise [TUC] 2020-11-23

50 years of the Equal Pay Act [TUC] 2020-11-20

ActNOW


Today's labour news


Bakkavor Covid outbreak: huge win as company agrees full pay for absence 2020-12-05 [GMB]

Women could be pushed into poverty by proposed new rules curbing where carers can work 2020-12-05 [The Independent]

Education unions react to Department for Education request to authorities to address accountability, workload, funding, qualifications, and inspections 2020-12-05 [EI]

Government must explain rail budget cut For more info 2020-12-04 [ASLEF]

Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK) statement on the fatalities caused by the explosion at Wessex Water, Avonmouth 2020-12-04 [Hazards Campaign]

Police Officers - Survey reveals devastating impact of pandemic on morale 2020-12-04 [polfed]

Royal College of Nursing responds to approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 2020-12-04 [RCN]

England Greenwich housing repair workers vote for strike action 2020-12-04 [South London News]

Northern Ireland Newry and Mourne: Hundreds join picket line in dispute over pay 2020-12-04 [BBC]

Rolls-Royce accused of 'choking' company’s future and 'selling family silver’ 2020-12-04 [Unite the union]

Further education unions express 'outrage’ at pay offer and breakdown of trust in employers 2020-12-04 [Unite the union]

NUJ seeks clarity on Local Democracy Reporters announcement 2020-12-04 [NUJ]

England Leaways School education workers strike over pay and conditions 2020-12-04 [Hackney Citizen]

Schools are struggling to cope with the extra costs of Covid-19 2020-12-04 [NEU]

England Rehab workers reach settlement as long-running industrial dispute resolved 2020-12-04 [Leigh Journal]

Journalists with IFJ Press Card to be exempted from Covid quarantine rules 2020-12-04 [IFJ]

Private spies reportedly infiltrated an Amazon strike 2020-12-04 [businessinsider.com]

Northern Ireland Debenhams closure: The 'darkest hour' for Derry city centre retail 2020-12-03 [BBC]

Northern Ireland Newry and Mourne: Hundreds join picket line in dispute over pay 2020-12-03 [BBC]

Northern Ireland Coronavirus: QUB student union staff in plea over furlough pay 2020-12-03 [BBC]

NHS staff no longer at front of queue for Covid vaccine after rethink 2020-12-03 [The Guardian]

Trade unions fear potential removal of clause in Spycops bill 2020-12-03 [Morning Star]

Waste water explosion causes multiple injuries and four confirmed fatalities 2020-12-03 [Morning Star]

Avonmouth explosion: hearts go out to families of Wessex Water members 2020-12-03 [GMB]

Unite statement on Avonmouth explosion 2020-12-03 [Unite]

Second Bakkavor worker dies amid Marks & Spencer supplier factory Covid outbreak 2020-12-03 [GMB]

Women make up 60% of the UK retail sector and face job losses at Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and other high street stores 2020-12-03 [news.trust.org]

DfE package of measures - 2021 examinations 2020-12-03 [NEU]

International Day of the Disabled 2020 2020-12-03 [NUJ]

Further education unions express outrage at pay offer and breakdown of trust in employers 2020-12-03 [UCU]

Eight affiliated trade unions urge Labour to resolve Corbyn whip row 2020-12-03 [LabourList]

RMT welcomes relaunch ‎of Hull Trains and some Grand Central services 2020-12-03 [RMT]

Unite to mount resistance as bosses target Thurrock council heroes 2020-12-03 [Unite the union]

Usdaw members at BCM Fareva vote decisively for industrial action 2020-12-03 [USDAW]

Push for free hospital parking continues 2020-12-03 [UNISON]

Unite secures victory for Securitas first responders at Airbus Filton 2020-12-03 [Unite the union]

TUC: Don’t repeat mistakes of Test and Trace by outsourcing Covid-19 vaccine programme 2020-12-03 [TUC]

Northern Ireland Strike action to proceed at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council as last minute talks collapse after management fail to address workers’ pay equality 2020-12-02 [SIPTU]

The mishandling of Covid has created a social epidemic - widespread poverty 2020-12-02 [Guardian]

Government loan to fund Crossrail 2020-12-02 [RMT]

'lockdown coronavirus has continued to increase amongst school age children' 2020-12-02 [NEU]

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are placing retail and logistics workers under extraordinary pressure 2020-12-02 [TUC]

Clipper logistics must ‘prioritise’ Milton Keynes and Leeds jobs following Arcadia collapse 2020-12-02 [Unite the union]

'Keep your cool' follow the rules and respect retail staff 2020-12-02 [USDAW]

Heathrow workers' strike newsletter 2020-12-01 [AWW]

Northern Ireland Union fights Caterpillar plan to cut 700 Northern Ireland jobs 2020-12-01 [IndustriALL]

Reality check: public sector pay freeze 2020-12-01 [UNISON]

Debenhams liquidation is devastating for staff and the high street 2020-12-01 [USDAW]

Philip Green ‘must cough up for redundancy payments amid Arcadia collapse’ 2020-12-01 [GMB]

[More News]

This month in labour history


9-12-1913 A Special Delegate Conference of the TUC votes overwhelmingly against calling sympathetic strike action to aid locked-out workers in Dublin. [more]