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UK Scotland Teacher strikes halted as council to drop job cuts [BBC] 13-02-2025

UK Wales Voters in Wales overwhelmingly back Government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation [TUC] 13-02-2025

UK Wales Heart Unions Week marked in Senedd as Morgan champions unions at FMQs [Morning Star] 12-02-2025

UK Sign the Petition: Justice for the Sacked Workers of Almost Famous Burgers - Pay Us What We're Due! [Megaphone] 11-02-2025

UK ASLEF's successful first Women's Network Weekend [ASLEF] 10-02-2025

UK Teachers strike over six Hackney school closures as 28-day consultation begins [The Standard] 06-02-2025

UK Join the workplace day of action for Palestine on 13 February [TUC] 06-02-2025

UK App drivers plan to ‘log off’ in pay and conditions campaign [Time and Star] 06-02-2025

UK Asda women workers ‘on cusp’ of equal pay victory [Labour Research Department] 06-02-2025

UK Nigel Farage Is a ‘Political Fraud’ Who Must Be Exposed as an ‘NHS-Privatising Putin Apologist’, Says TUC Leader [Byline Times] 05-02-2025


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Wales Voters in Wales overwhelmingly back Government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation 2025-02-13 [TUC]

Government cash ‘nowhere enough’ to deliver fair transition to green energy, unions warn 2025-02-13 [Morning Star]

Battersea Power Station celebrations over 12-year construction project involving thousands without single serious accident 2025-02-13 [Unite]

70 firefighters rally against shift pattern changes in Gloucestershire 2025-02-13 [FBU]

Scotland Teacher strikes halted as council to drop job cuts 2025-02-13 [BBC]

Stellantis dismisses alternatives in determination to close Luton van plant to increase profits 2025-02-13 [IndustriALL]

Unite response to Government Clean Industry Bonus announcement 2025-02-13 [Morning Star]

Migrant care staff having to share beds, sleep rough and charged thousands in illegal fees 2025-02-12 [Unison]

PHSO members walk out for first day of industrial action 2025-02-12 [PCS]

Strathclyde university workers back strike action over pension attack 2025-02-12 [Unite]

Heathrow British Airways cleaners strike over living wage hypocrisy 2025-02-12 [Unite]

Unite wins significant pay award for British Airways staff 2025-02-12 [Unite]

Heart Unions Week – more members, more power! 2025-02-12 [Nautilus]

Wales Heart Unions Week marked in Senedd as Morgan champions unions at FMQs 2025-02-12 [Morning Star]

‘Workers are  being employed as indentured labour’ 2025-02-12 [Morning Star]

Steel tariffs: Change the rues to back UK steel, says UNITE 2025-02-12 [Unite the Union]

Sign the Petition: Justice for the Sacked Workers of Almost Famous Burgers - Pay Us What We're Due! 2025-02-11 [Megaphone]

Falkirk MP urges more young workers to join a union 2025-02-11 [Falkirk Herald]

Insecure work pushing young workers ‘to the brink’, TUC warns 2025-02-11 [Morning Star]

April pay rise set to boost pockets of over 3 million workers 2025-02-11 [UK Government]

England Wrexham Oscar Mayer fire and rehire workers ballot to extend long running strikes 2025-02-11 [Unite]

Uber and Bolt drivers to strike for safety and fair pay on Valentine’s 2025-02-11 [SW Londoner]

England Sheffield refuse workers vote to continue strikes for union recognition 2025-02-11 [Unite the Union]

ASLEF's successful first Women's Network Weekend 2025-02-10 [ASLEF]

Scotland Glasgow teachers announce strike date in dispute over cuts 2025-02-08 [PA Media]

The power of trade unions: real stories from young workers 2025-02-08 [TUC]

The power of trade unions: real stories from young workers 2025-02-08 [TUC]

Scotland Council threaten to 'fire and rehire' workers over holiday dispute 2025-02-07 [The Post]

Scotland Union blames West Dunbartonshire Council of threatening staff with 'firing and rehiring' in row over public holidays 2025-02-07 [The Daily Record]

Landmark win 'sets precedent for entire trade union movement' 2025-02-07 [Labour Research Department]

Asda women workers ‘on cusp’ of equal pay victory 2025-02-06 [Labour Research Department]

App drivers plan to ‘log off’ in pay and conditions campaign 2025-02-06 [Time and Star]

Bank of England must keep moving with rate cuts to help households and businesses 2025-02-06 [TUC]

Long Covid tribunal claims surge as employers grapple with long-term sick leave, analysis finds 2025-02-06 [People Management]

Join the workplace day of action for Palestine on 13 February 2025-02-06 [TUC]

Teachers strike over six Hackney school closures as 28-day consultation begins 2025-02-06 [The Standard]

England Domestic abuse advisors to strike 'indefinitely' 2025-02-05 [BBC]

Nigel Farage Is a ‘Political Fraud’ Who Must Be Exposed as an ‘NHS-Privatising Putin Apologist’, Says TUC Leader 2025-02-05 [Byline Times]

Met Police staff launch two-week strike over flexible working row 2025-02-04 [Morning Star]

British Steel needs carbon costs relief to save thousands of Scunthorpe jobs, unions say 2025-02-04 [Morning star]

England Domestic abuse workers to strike over proposed job cuts 2025-02-04 [Evening Standard]

England Birmingham bin workers strike over pay dispute 2025-02-04 [Employee Benefits]

Thousands of Asda workers win latest stage in decade-long equal pay case 2025-02-04 [The Guardian]

NEU warns government that school system can't be improved while implementing austerity measures 2025-02-03 [Morning Star]

Women's aid workers to begin indefinite strike action from Valentine’s Day over job cuts 2025-02-03 [Morning Star]

Asda equal pay ruling leaves women workers on cusp of justice 2025-02-03 [GMB]

Get ready for HeartUnions 2025 2025-02-03 [TUC]

Most zero-hours workers ‘with same employer for more than a year’ 2025-02-03 [The Guardian]

Thousands take to streets to protest against far right 2025-02-03 [Morning Star]

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This month in labour history


10-02-1972 30,000 Birmingham engineers go on strike in solidarity with striking miners. Thousands of them march to Saltley Gate coke depot, overpowering police to shut the gates. [more]

17-02-2006 Royal Mail workers in Belfast return to work after a successful wildcat strike against victimisation [more]