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TUC – 8 in 10 workers have experienced abuse at work in past year [TUC] 17-04-2026


‘Too many women have been silenced by rogue employers using NDAs’ [Morning Star] 16-04-2026


Trade unions demand government delivers ‘biggest wave of insourcing’ in response to Capita scandal [PCS] 15-04-2026


Teachers at Great Ormond Street Hospital to strike over sacking of union rep [Morning Star] 15-04-2026


Surrounded by windfarms but out of work: the reality of the green jobs boom on England’s east coast [The Guardian] 14-04-2026



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'So fatigued they are falling asleep at the wheel': Calls for TfL to improve bus driver conditions 2026-04-17 [ITV News]

London bus driver fatigue putting drivers and public at risk 2026-04-17 [Unite]

BMA staff announce fresh strike date 2026-04-17 [GMB]

FCDO permanent secretary's forced exit - unions call for urgent meeting 2026-04-17 [PCS]

Compensation to victims of major scandals could reach £15bn, watchdog finds 2026-04-17 [Morning Star]

RMT slams Network Rail maintenance cuts as Manchester rail chaos continues 2026-04-17 [RMT]

Scotland North Air workers driving more wage wins across Scottish airports 2026-04-17 [Unite]

PCS calls for formal talks with Cabinet Office on AI 2026-04-17 [PCS]

BBC set to slash jobs in major shake-up 2026-04-17 [IFJ]

Britain must be better prepared for another pandemic, inquiry warns 2026-04-17 [Morning Star]

TUC – 8 in 10 workers have experienced abuse at work in past year 2026-04-17 [TUC]

‘Racism is beginning to rear its head again’ 2026-04-16 [Unison]

Scotland Inverness based Bear Scotland workers secure wage win 2026-04-16 [Unite]

UK: BBC to slash jobs in major shake up 2026-04-16 [IFJ]

NUJ joins anti-SLAPP day of action 2026-04-16 [NUJ]

People in most deprived areas have 20 fewer years of good health than those in wealthier parts, new data shows 2026-04-16 [Morning Star]

Unison vows to fight far-right and NHS privatisation 2026-04-16 [Morning Star]

‘Too many women have been silenced by rogue employers using NDAs’ 2026-04-16 [Morning Star]

Every billion spent on foreign wars is a billion not spent on our NHS 2026-04-16 [UNISON]

Ireland Northern Ireland Ulster University to cut up to 450 jobs 2026-04-15 [BBC]

Historic Royal Palaces accused of 'towering insult' over below-inflation pay offer 2026-04-15 [GMB]

Teachers at Great Ormond Street Hospital to strike over sacking of union rep 2026-04-15 [Morning Star]

Campaigners demand government cancel South East Water's contract after bosses admit to failings 2026-04-15 [Morning Star]

‘Migration does not weaken the NHS, migration is the reason it survives’ 2026-04-15 [Unison]

Overworked NHS staff report stress, sickness, and a reliance on antidepressants, says UNISON 2026-04-15 [Unison]

The climate emergency is a health emergency 2026-04-15 [Unison]

Firefighters defeat “dangerous” cuts to Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service 2026-04-15 [FBU]

Trade unions demand government delivers ‘biggest wave of insourcing’ in response to Capita scandal 2026-04-15 [PCS]

International NHS staff don’t feel safe or welcome and want to quit the UK, says UNISON 2026-04-14 [Unison]

Health conference debates ‘the scourge of gender-based violence’ 2026-04-14 [Unison]

Unite secure inflation beating pay rise for workers at dairy company Saputo 2026-04-14 [Unite]

RMT pledge action against assaults in a national campaign day 2026-04-14 [RMT]

Surrounded by windfarms but out of work: the reality of the green jobs boom on England’s east coast 2026-04-14 [The Guardian]

Bridlington Hospital elderly ward closure plans slammed 2026-04-13 [Unite the union]

Health care assistants leading the fight for pay equity in health 2026-04-13 [Unison]

Pay top of the agenda at health conference – but with much more to fight for 2026-04-13 [Unison]

NUJ alarmed at sinister comments by media minister on coverage of oil protests 2026-04-13 [NUJ]

‘Spat at and screamed at’: NHS workers describe increased violence at work 2026-04-13 [Unison]

More than 20,000 NHS posts to be axed over £1.1bn budget deficit 2026-04-13 [Unison]

Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds 2026-04-13 [The Guardian]

Landmark Anti-SLAPP victory 2026-04-13 [Society of Authors]

England MMU, RNCM University staff strike for pay rises 2026-04-12 [The Mancunion]

Essential viewing on the anniversary of the 1926 General Strike 2026-04-11 [The Morning Star]

Culture and history combine for strike anniversary 2026-04-11 [Cultured. North East]

Greens to target Labour’s record on housing as Polanski pledges national rent controls 2026-04-10 [Morning Star]

New union workplace access rules will boost Britain's productivity, TUC says after business group criticism 2026-04-10 [Morning Star]

Duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union: TUC response 2026-04-09 [TUC]

NEC hears of mileage win and membership growth 2026-04-09 [Unison]

Unite secures recognition with North Sea operator Apache 2026-04-09 [Unite]

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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]