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UK / Palestine Union leaders call on Keir Starmer to immediately recognise Palestinian state [The Mirror] 22-06-2025

UK Bring Thames Water into full public ownership and give staff the certainty they deserve, say unions [UNISON] 22-06-2025

Palestine / UK ‘Our deepest appreciation and gratitude’ Palestinian workers thank UNISON members for their support at national conference [UNISON] 20-06-2025

UK Guys and St Thomas cardiac theatre nurses win their dispute [Unite] 19-06-2025

UK Unison must get strike ready, conference hears [Morning Star] 19-06-2025

Canada / UK Joint statement from French, British, and Canadian unions: Recognize Palestine [CLC] 18-06-2025

UK Unison demands compensation for the Waspi women [Morning Star] 18-06-2025

UK Poundland restructure - consultation talks [USDAW] 17-06-2025

UK CEO pay at UK’s top companies is 52 times that of typical worker, report finds [The Guardian] 16-06-2025

UK Bakers' union rejects new nuclear reactors, calls for socialist Green New Deal [Morning Star] 16-06-2025


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Scotland More university strikes threatened over planned job cuts 2025-06-23 [The Scotsman]

Deprioritising shop theft will bolster criminal gangs 2025-06-22 [USDAW]

Bring Thames Water into full public ownership and give staff the certainty they deserve, say unions 2025-06-22 [UNISON]

Palestine Union leaders call on Keir Starmer to immediately recognise Palestinian state 2025-06-22 [The Mirror]

Mary Higgs: The undercover vagrant who exposed workhouse life 2025-06-22 [BBC]

The climate emergency must be core work for Unison, delegates told 2025-06-20 [Norning Star]

Unions call for Thames Water to be brought into public ownership 2025-06-20 [Morning Star]

Unison says welfare not warfare 2025-06-20 [Morning Star]

UCU strike against record cuts at Edinburgh University 2025-06-20 [Morning Star]

UK ‘Our deepest appreciation and gratitude’ Palestinian workers thank UNISON members for their support at national conference 2025-06-20 [UNISON]

Make Them Pay coalition launches 2025-06-19 [Make Them Pay]

Uber dynamic pricing report 'welcome' 2025-06-19 [GMB]

Unison must get strike ready, conference hears 2025-06-19 [Morning Star]

Thames Water creditors pushing for protection from fines, reports say 2025-06-19 [Morning Star]

Shetland Gas Plant workers secure bumper pay deal 2025-06-19 [Unite]

Guys and St Thomas cardiac theatre nurses win their dispute 2025-06-19 [Unite]

Wincanton HGV drivers to take industrial action over pay 2025-06-18 [Unite the union]

Supermarket wine shortage looms as Encirc glass workers in Bristol strike 2025-06-18 [Unite the union]

Christina McAnea vows to keep Labour honest 2025-06-18 [UNISON]

Government must ensure HS2 delivery as soon as possible - TSSA 2025-06-18 [TSSA]

US-UK deal: “Britain should be standing up to Trump – not cosying up to him”, campaigners say 2025-06-18 [Global Justice Now]

Labour failed workers on Tory Covid fraud, BFAWU president says 2025-06-18 [Morning Star]

Public transport should be free for all to combat poverty and social isolation, BFAWU says 2025-06-18 [Morning Star]

Unison celebrates huge membership gains 2025-06-18 [Morning Star]

Unison pledge to organise against Reform UK and the far right 2025-06-18 [Morning Star]

Unions should threaten strikes to strengthen Employment Rights Bill, BFAWU says 2025-06-18 [Morning Star]

Unison demands compensation for the Waspi women 2025-06-18 [Morning Star]

Unison calls for universal winter fuel allowance payments 2025-06-18 [Morning Star]

UK Joint statement from French, British, and Canadian unions: Recognize Palestine 2025-06-18 [CLC]

UK Britons have just 23 hours of ‘genuinely free’ time a week – so much for labour-saving technology 2025-06-18 [The Guardian]

Public backs better pay for nursing as tens of thousands vote on NHS award 2025-06-18 [RCN]

TSSA hails government’s rail steel deal as ‘highly significant’ 2025-06-17 [TSSA]

Poundland restructure - consultation talks 2025-06-17 [USDAW]

TSSA members vote overwhelmingly for industrial action at Translink 2025-06-16 [TSSA]

Bakers' union vows to campaign for four-day working week 2025-06-16 [Morning Star]

Bakers' union rejects new nuclear reactors, calls for socialist Green New Deal 2025-06-16 [Morning Star]

England Heathrow Wilson James passenger assistance strikes suspended for pay offer ballot 2025-06-16 [Unite]

CEO pay at UK’s top companies is 52 times that of typical worker, report finds 2025-06-16 [The Guardian]

Protecting the environment can’t be done on the cheap 2025-06-15 [UNISON]

Thousands turn out for firefighter Jennie Logan's funeral procession 2025-06-14 [BBC]

England Heathrow Airport mobility workers strike over pay as Unite urges airport to intervene in dispute 2025-06-14 [International Airport Review]

Jail negligent bosses and impose unlimited fines on unsafe-cladding firms, report says 2025-06-14 [The Guardian]

Young workers show us how to defeat the right 2025-06-14 [The Morning Star]

Wales Ex-trade union leader George Wright dies aged 89 2025-06-14 [BBC]

Three union leaders included in King’s Birthday Honours 2025-06-14 [The Independent]

UK UNISON delegates from Sheffield visit Ghana to support underprivileged children and young people 2025-06-13 [UNISON]

Local authority workers in parliamentary protest for fairer council funding 2025-06-13 [Unite the union]

Low paid support staff pressured into providing essential medical care at school, says report 2025-06-13 [UNISON]

PCS demands urgent meeting with Cabinet Office over Gaza and role of civil servants 2025-06-13 [PCS]

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