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UK UN committee finds UK breached international law by failing to allow public participation when drafting the EU Withdrawal Bills [Friends Of The Earth] 15-10-2025

UK / Global Nursing unions call for UK to back prosecutions for war crimes against health workers [The Guardian] 15-10-2025

UK Spycops inquiry ‘fundamentally flawed’ on construction blacklisting [Construction News] 15-10-2025

UK Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds [The Guardian] 14-10-2025

UK England Equal pay victory for women at Birmingham City Council [UNISON] 14-10-2025

UK Wales Trade unions take demands to Plaid Cymru conference [Morning Star] 13-10-2025

UK Strengthening our organising efforts and representation of BME trade unionists [TUC] 13-10-2025

UK Spycops inquiry reconvenes with their infiltration of race justice campaigns front and centre [Morning Star] 13-10-2025

UK World Mental Health Day [PCS] 10-10-2025

UK Thousands of easyJet workers secure bumper pay deal [Unite] 09-10-2025


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Spycops inquiry ‘fundamentally flawed’ on construction blacklisting 2025-10-15 [Construction News]

England British Library workers to strike in pay dispute 2025-10-15 [The Times]

Global Nursing unions call for UK to back prosecutions for war crimes against health workers 2025-10-15 [The Guardian]

UN committee finds UK breached international law by failing to allow public participation when drafting the EU Withdrawal Bills 2025-10-15 [Friends Of The Earth]

Birmingham bin worker blacklisting scandal rocks council 2025-10-14 [Unite]

Unite reaction to unemployment figures 2025-10-14 [Unite]

Manchester Bee Network bus strikes over as workers win excellent pay deal 2025-10-14 [Unite]

Unions demand Labour deliver a co-ordinated industrial strategy 2025-10-14 [Morning Star]

Spycops: undercover police officer turned whistleblower has become ‘an inconvenient truth,’ inquiry hears 2025-10-14 [Morning Star]

England Learning disability service workers begin strike vote 2025-10-14 [GMB]

England Wirral care workers on strike over grading dispute 2025-10-14 [The Globe]

England Tate staff consulted on strike as union accuses leadership of permitting ‘endemic low pay’ 2025-10-14 [Arts Professional]

Nearly two million pensioners in the UK now live in poverty 2025-10-14 [UNISON]

England GMB welcomes 'historic' Birmingham Equal Pay agreement 2025-10-14 [GMB]

England Equal pay victory for women at Birmingham City Council 2025-10-14 [UNISON]

England City's equal pay dispute with female staff settled 2025-10-14 [BBC]

England City's equal pay dispute with female staff settled 2025-10-14 [BBC]

Blair’s former policy chief Matthew Taylor to lead Fair Work Agency 2025-10-14 [The Guardian]

Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds 2025-10-14 [The Guardian]

Spycops inquiry reconvenes with their infiltration of race justice campaigns front and centre 2025-10-13 [Morning Star]

Lindsey Oil refinery rally to stop jobs exodus as a result of failed government net zero plans 2025-10-13 [Unite]

Strengthening our organising efforts and representation of BME trade unionists 2025-10-13 [TUC]

Unions urge MPs to investigate TikTok’s online safety job cuts 2025-10-13 [Peronnel Today]

Wales Trade unions take demands to Plaid Cymru conference 2025-10-13 [Morning Star]

England Longest strike in NHS history reaches 200 days 2025-10-12 [BBC]

Refuse workers fume at 'disease ridden' rubbish strewn outside home 2025-10-12 [The Mirror]

England Merseyside council faces claims which could cost 'tens of millions of pounds' 2025-10-11 [The Echo]

England Merseyside council faces claims which could cost 'tens of millions of pounds' 2025-10-11 [The Echo]

Wales Sexual harassment ‘epidemic’ at Cardiff council 2025-10-11 [Nation Cymru]

How mining banners helped shape communities past and present 2025-10-11 [BBC]

RMT welcomes Mayor’s call to pause visa changes affecting rail workers 2025-10-10 [RMT]

World Mental Health Day 2025-10-10 [PCS]

Nautilus calls for UK government to defend international maritime law after vessels seized in international waters 2025-10-10 [Nautilus]

Union pushes for Just Transition at new fuels training launch 2025-10-10 [Nautilus]

Scotland Teachers to vote on strike action over workload 2025-10-09 [BBC]

Four in five crime scene investigators say mental health is harmed by work, UNISON finds 2025-10-09 [Unison]

Government right to rule out unfair tribunal fees, says UNISON 2025-10-09 [Unison]

Bournemouth Airport strike called off as workers given improved offer 2025-10-09 [Unite]

Sheffield Wednesday workers take action at multimillionaire owner’s failure to pay wages 2025-10-09 [Unite]

Unite launches recognition campaign as Milk & More derecognises unions in escalating row 2025-10-09 [Unite]

Thousands of easyJet workers secure bumper pay deal 2025-10-09 [Unite]

Scotland Teachers to vote on strike action over workload 2025-10-09 [BBC]

Hope, not hate – UNISON joins national call for unity 2025-10-08 [Unison]

Branch environmental officers hold their inaugural seminar 2025-10-08 [Unison]

Survey reveals housing workers are battered by stress, overwork, violence, and lack of support 2025-10-08 [Unsion]

Gatwick taxi drivers protest at Uber swerving licensing laws and crippling trade 2025-10-08 [Unite]

Lindsey Oil: Government accused of breaking jobs promises to workers, Unite 2025-10-08 [Unite]

Birmingham bin agency staff refusing to cross picket lines due to ‘toxic workplace culture’ 2025-10-08 [Unite]

Carlisle support services strike continues for second day on Northern contract 2025-10-08 [RMT]

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