Train drivers strike will cripple UK services with third day in a row of disruption in London There will be no trains to Gatwick and Heathrow airports and Tubes are set to be disrupted Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023
New TUC boss calls for urgent meeting with Prime Minister Paul Nowak wants ministers to open pay negotiations with unions as more strikes are set to go ahead Wales Online · Jan 4, 2023
Ministers urged to settle bitter dispute with workers amid fresh wave of strikes Speaking on a picket line at London’s Euston station, Mick Lynch said the Government 'knows what needs to be done to move towards a settlement that we can all support' - but it has not happened so far Daily Mirror · Jan 3, 2023
Struggling workers to continue pay strikes in 2023 and WON’T 'settle for crumbs' Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said workers will "not be broken or beaten by Rishi Sunak" referring to planned anti-strike legislation and speculation unions were set to run out of money Daily Mirror · Dec 31, 2022
Ben Wallace says ministers will not be 'held to ransom' by unions amid NHS, Royal Mail and ambulance strikes The Defence Secretary made the comments after accusations that ministers were 'sabotaging' negotiations between unions and employers. Chronicle Live · Dec 29, 2022
Union boss blasts 'general strike' claims which do 'disservice to members' TUC general secretary Paul Nowak, who represents 48 unions, said members aren't interested in a 'general strike or taking on the Government' but are 'interested in a decent pay rise' Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022
The new TUC chief has a gloomy forecast for Keir Starmer LABOUR will not “be able to fix our public services” on day one if they win the next election, the new head of the UK’s trade union federation… The National (Scotland) · Dec 29, 2022
Government will not be 'held to ransom' by public sector strikes Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said there was 'no magic wand' to fund above-inflation pay rises Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022
Ministers will not be ‘held to ransom’ by unions, says Ben Wallace The Defence Secretary said there is ‘no magic wand’ to produce the money to fund above-inflation pay awards Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2022
Ministers won't be 'held to ransom' by unions, says defence secretary at Manchester Airport The airport has reported no significant delays as industrial action by UK Border Force continues Manchester Evening News · Dec 29, 2022
Ministers will not be ‘held to ransom’ by unions, says Wallace The Defence Secretary said there is ‘no magic wand’ to produce the money to fund above-inflation pay awards. The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
New Year could see ‘coordinated strikes’, warns TUC boss with Brits set for more pain Paul Nowak says ‘now is the time’ for the Government to act as a facilitator Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2022
End UK’s non-dom tax status, new TUC boss tells Rishi Sunak Exclusive: Paul Nowak condemns tax rules and hails Labour’s ‘credible programme for government’ The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
New TUC leader accuses ministers of ‘sabotaging’ efforts to resolve strikes Paul Nowak challenged the Government and employers to work with unions to end what he described as Britain’s ‘living standards nightmare’. The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 Britain faces year of strike chaos if Sunak refuses to negotiate, says new TUC boss Exclusive: Voters will ‘punish’ Tories over low pay at general election in 2024, says Paul Nowak
Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022 'Mirror defibrillator campaign boosted by £1m - but more are needed for public' If these machines were available in sports clubs, gyms, community centres and libraries, hundreds of lives could be saved, Voice of the Mirror says
Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022 Mick Lynch demands 'uprising' with wave of strikes as Tories stick around like 'slime' Trade unions are gearing up for a showdown with the Tory Government this winter over pay and working conditions as cost of living pressures continue to clobber Brits
Liverpool Echo · Sep 2, 2022 Merseyside man will soon lead UK's most powerful union body Everton fan Paul Nowak says it's a 'privilege' to be representing millions
Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022 TUC's new chief says 'my life has been to grow unions, we fight every day for workers' Former call centre operator Paul Nowak is set to be confirmed as the next General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress where he will represent 5.5million working people
Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022 Liz Truss secretly plotted to hit public sector workers with 'big stick' on pay A leaked recording of a private meeting with Treasury officials, obtained by the Mirror, prompted claims Liz Truss had adopted a "cynical and deliberate strategy" of holding down public sector pay
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022 TUC names ex-call centre worker Paul Nowak next general secretary New leader will take over from Frances O’Grady when she retires after 10 years
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022 UK quietly drops ‘human rights’ and ‘rule of law’ from list of goals in Gulf trade deal Ministers are desperate to sign new trade deals after damaging the UK economy with Brexit
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022 From pandemic solidarity to bitter enemies: how Tories turned on workers Spirit of consensus has gone as ministers seek a scapegoat for the stagflation affecting the economy
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022 Brexit: Ministers warned against trade deal with Gulf states over ‘appalling’ human rights record Trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan kicking off talks in Saudi Arabia
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2022 Boris Johnson plans to break rail strikes by allowing use of agency workers Unions condemn measure as potentially against international law as 40,000 staff prepare for first day of industrial action