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Millions pushed into debt and poverty by precarious low-paid work, study finds [Morning Star] 14-10-2026


CWU calls for emergency summit to save Royal Mail [CWU] 14-10-2026


Lucas Plan 50th Anniversary Celebration - Manchester, 21st November [Lucas Plan] 14-10-2026


Basildon midwives win almost £750,000 after exposure to dangerous levels of nitrous oxide [Royal College of Midwives] 13-10-2026


FBU supports flood task force but calls for statutory duty in England [FBU] 12-10-2026



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Don't U-turn on neoliberalism, Burnham told as signs point to pro-business Budget 2026-10-14 [Morning Star]

Scotland Mass sacking Rockstar bosses face the tribunal in Glasgow 2026-10-14 [Morning Star]

Lucas Plan 50th Anniversary Celebration - Manchester, 21st November 2026-10-14 [Lucas Plan]

Delivery robots on Nottingham streets, union responds 2026-10-14 [GMB]

TUC – Better conditions for care workers lead to a better standard of care 2026-10-14 [TUC]

Ireland Northern Ireland Nursing union opens ballot on strike action over ‘despicable’ failure to deliver pay award 2026-10-14 [The Telegraph]

Scotland Glasgow Caledonian University set for closure as Unite members join strike action 2026-10-14 [Unite]

England Unions rally with Oxford University Press staff striking over plan to offshore nearly 50 jobs 2026-10-14 [The Oxford Student]

UNISON joins pre-budget lobby of Westminster 2026-10-14 [Unison]

Cardiff Bus workers in strike vote after drivers penalised during heatwave 2026-10-14 [Unite]

NEU calls for new Ofsted leadership following member survey 2026-10-14 [NEU]

CWU calls for emergency summit to save Royal Mail 2026-10-14 [CWU]

Union calls for summit on Royal Mail after claims it is on 'brink of collapse' 2026-10-14 [Yahoo]

Hundreds of Royal Mail staff quitting each week under new efficiency plans 2026-10-14 [BBC]

Millions pushed into debt and poverty by precarious low-paid work, study finds 2026-10-14 [Morning Star]

England Workers ballot for strikes over cuts to East London NHS services 2026-10-13 [Unite]

England Workers ballot for strikes over cuts to East London NHS services 2026-10-13 [Unite]

London bus drivers still refused toilet access in TfL stations despite Sadiq Khan's promise 2026-10-13 [My London]

Immigration reforms put the future of frontline health staff at risk 2026-10-13 [Unison]

Basildon midwives win almost £750,000 after exposure to dangerous levels of nitrous oxide 2026-10-13 [Royal College of Midwives]

NUJ responds to arrests of journalists at Palestine Action protest 2026-10-12 [NUJ]

Sexism ‘alive and kicking’ in workplaces across UK, finds study 2026-10-12 [Morning Star]

Minicab drivers union’ calls on Sadiq Khan to axe driverless car rollout 2026-10-12 [Morning Star]

What the Employment Rights Act could mean for games workers 2026-10-12 [BECTU]

Age UK call centre and office workers pay strike ballot opens 2026-10-12 [Unite]

RMT challenges disciplinary action against Tube inspector who intervened during assault 2026-10-12 [RMT]

FBU supports flood task force but calls for statutory duty in England 2026-10-12 [FBU]

'I found a family huddled together at Grenfell Tower – their faces haunt me every night' says firefighter 2026-10-12 [My London]

NEU model framework for a just transition in schools 2026-10-11 [NEU]

England Compass Group workers strike over swingeing pay cuts 2026-10-11 [IUF]

Worker paralysed in 30ft fall from pylon gets £10m payout 2026-10-11 [BBC]

Andrew Claridge: Cotswolds firm guilty of corporate manslaughter fined for death as family's lives 'ruined' 2026-10-11 [Oxford Mail]

Retrofit schools and consider moving exams to beat extreme heat, says teaching union leader 2026-10-11 [The Guardian]

Ireland Northern Ireland NI Healthcare workers at 'tipping point' as union ballots for industrial action 2026-10-10 [BBC]

Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC 2026-10-09 [The Guardian]

Journalists arrested under terror laws at Defend Our Juries protest 2026-10-09 [Morning Star]

Nearly nine in 10 school leaders say new Ofsted inspections affecting staff mental health 2026-10-09 [Morning Star]

Striking school support staff march on Whitehall in row over London weighting payments 2026-10-09 [Morning Star]

Amazon deploys 'Orwellian' AI tools 2026-10-09 [GMB]

World Mental Health Day 2026 2026-10-09 [NUJ]

England Oxford University Press workers demonstrate against offshoring plans 2026-10-09 [IER]

England School support staff to strike over pay 2026-10-09 [BBC]

England Fresh wave of Nottinghamshire tram strikes 2026-10-09 [GMB]

UK The workers earning less than £1 an hour to make official UK football shirts 2026-10-09 [BBC]

New Ofsted inspection regime damaging teachers, survey says 2026-10-09 [The Guardian]

Egypt Egypt: NUJ joins calls for immediate release of six journalists 2026-10-08 [NUJ]

Unite secures Forestry Commission workers above RPI inflation pay rise 2026-10-08 [Unite]

‘Dystopian’: Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance 2026-10-08 [The Guardian]

Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing 2026-10-08 [The Guardian]

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This month in labour history

4-10-1936 At Cable Street, London, thousands of trade unionists, socialists and communists throw up barricades to block the British Union of Fascists from marching through the Jewish neighbourhoods of the East End. [more]

6-10-1913 The conference of the Miners Federation passes a motion in favour of a general strike in Britain to support Dublin's locked out workers, with only one vote against. [more]

25-10-1895 Socialist and feminist Edith Lanchester captured by her family and institutionalised for opposing the institution of marriage [more]