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UK Flatlining - Work hurts more, but bosses have never been less accountable [Hazards] 22-04-2025

UK Ministers warned not to water down workers' rights at behest of big business [Morning Star] 18-04-2025

UK What does the UK supreme court’s ruling on definition of ‘women’ mean? [Guardian] 17-04-2025

UK Teachers’ union will campaign against Labour MPs if pay offer in England is not improved [The Guardian] 17-04-2025

UK Cambridgeshire County Council has been fined £6 million after pleading guilty to serious safety failings on its Guided Busway [HSE] 17-04-2025

UK International Workers Memorial Day 2025 - Take part on 28 April [TUC] 15-04-2025

UK Stress taking ‘immense toll’ on teachers in England as union debates industrial action [The Guardian] 14-04-2025

UK Construction worker Lulzim Lleshi died after being trapped under a digger [Daily Gazette] 14-04-2025

UK Birmingham bin workers overwhelmingly reject partial offer from council [Unite] 14-04-2025

Other news

TSSA calls for switch to sustainable freight on Earth Day 2025-04-22 [TSSA]

Scotland Scottish Water staff strike over pay dispute 2025-04-22 [MSN]

England Striking Ealing traffic wardens protest outside Parliament over local MPs' inaction 2025-04-22 [Unite the Union]

Fresh calls to remove asbestos in schools 2025-04-22 [Education Business]

Workplace protections at risk from those who are meant to protect us - government and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) 2025-04-22 [HSE]

Flatlining - Work hurts more, but bosses have never been less accountable 2025-04-22 [Hazards]

UNISON defends workers’ rights ahead of May elections 2025-04-22 [Unison]

NEC celebrates organising and recruitment figures 2025-04-22 [UNISON]

UK Letter to Bangladesh High Commission UK 2025-04-21 [Labour Behind the Label]

Scotland Scottish Water staff to strike for two days as pay standoff continues 2025-04-21 [The Guardian]

Scotland Scottish Water staff to walk out on two day strike in dispute with bosses at publicly-owned firm 2025-04-21 [Daily Record]

Show support for MHCLG strikers 2025-04-20 [PCS]

CWU LIVE – Santander’s Outsourcing Scandal – Your Questions Answered 2025-04-20 [CWU]

England Aslef drivers strike at Hull Trains over Easter in row over sacked colleague 2025-04-20 [The Post]

‘Knee-jerk’ school policy changes after gender ruling should be opposed – union 2025-04-20 [The Express & Star]

Youth violence is now a public health issue of our times, NASUWT general secretary warns 2025-04-19 [Morning Star]

Social media influencers like Andrew Tate are fuelling misogyny in schools, say teachers 2025-04-19 [Morning Star]

NUJ concerned by proposed redundancies at Reach 2025-04-18 [NUJ]

Ministers warned not to water down workers' rights at behest of big business 2025-04-18 [Morning Star]

Train drivers strike on Good Friday over sacked colleague 2025-04-18 [The Standard]

Cambridgeshire County Council has been fined £6 million after pleading guilty to serious safety failings on its Guided Busway 2025-04-17 [HSE]

Business groups urge changes to workers' rights bill 2025-04-17 [BBC]

Teachers’ union will campaign against Labour MPs if pay offer in England is not improved 2025-04-17 [The Guardian]

Teacher awarded five-figure payout after pupil threw laptop at her head 2025-04-17 [Independent]

Business urging employment rights u-turn 'same old vested interests' 2025-04-17 [GMB]

Scotland Unite secures Edinburgh airport pay deal for hundreds of workers 2025-04-17 [Unite the union]

What does the UK supreme court’s ruling on definition of ‘women’ mean? 2025-04-17 [Guardian]

Temporary licences for private hire drivers 'welcome progress' after TfL delays 2025-04-17 [GMB]

Ireland Northern Ireland IFJ nominates surveilled Irish journalists for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2025-04-17 [IFJ]

NEU Conference 2025: Teachers union slam Ofsted's ‘Nandos-style’ gradings 2025-04-17 [Morning Star]

Unite statement on Birmingham bin strike talks today 2025-04-16 [Unite the union]

NEU Conference 2025: Teacher strikes as early as autumn if Labour fails to fund above-inflation pay rise, NEU moves 2025-04-16 [Morning Star]

NEU Conference 2025: Boycott of Science Museum over fossil fuel sponsorship backed by the NEU 2025-04-16 [Morning Star]

Three-quarters of school support staff work in excess of contracted hours, survey finds 2025-04-16 [Morning Star]

Reform UK a ‘far-right and racist party’, says largest teaching union 2025-04-16 [The Guardian]

Government must move swiftly on NHS pay, says UNISON 2025-04-15 [UNISON]

Weetabix pay review – Usdaw members to take strike action 2025-04-15 [USDAW]

‘We demand that local authority services are back on the agenda’ - NEU 2025-04-15 [Morning Star]

ASLEF at TUC Black Workers' Conference 2025 - Tackling the most oppressive and disheartening of topics that challenge our community daily 2025-04-15 [ASLEF]

England Union to debate launching formal ballot for strike action over teachers’ pay 2025-04-15 [The Express and Star]

Bin strikes could spread beyond Birmingham, union warns 2025-04-15 [The Independent]

NEU president slams Labour's renewed austerity 2025-04-15 [Morning Star]

‘Pull all the levers possible’ to protect jobs from global turbulence - TUC 2025-04-15 [TUC]

International Workers Memorial Day 2025 - Take part on 28 April 2025-04-15 [TUC]

How you can support safe and secure routes for refugees 2025-04-14 [PCS]

Usdaw elects its first ever female general secretary, Joanne Thomas 2025-04-14 [USDAW]

Birmingham bin workers overwhelmingly reject partial offer from council 2025-04-14 [Unite]

Construction worker Lulzim Lleshi died after being trapped under a digger 2025-04-14 [Daily Gazette]

Black workers highlight concerns over the rise of the far right 2025-04-14 [Morning Star]

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This month in labour history

6-04-1912 After 37 days, Britain's first national coalmining strike ends. It results in the passage of the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act. [more]

10-04-1984 The House of Commons meets for an emergency debate on the role of police in the miners strike, [more]

15-04-1856 Tom Mann, British syndicalist and a leader of the dock strikes in 1889 and 1911, is born [more]

23-04-1914 First publication of the classic socialist novel 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' [more]