Covid: one in 10 in England told to work despite signs of infection A TUC survey has revealed that employees who may have the virus have been ordered into the workplace by bosses The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2022
How hot does it have to be to legally leave work? Summer in England brings high temperatures The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022
How hot does it have to be to legally leave work? Summer in England brings high temperatures The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022
Liverpool parents frustrated over 'impossible' summer holiday childcare costs "12 full weeks off school each year and we’re only allocated five weeks annual leave from work? It’s impossible!” Liverpool Echo · Jul 3, 2022
‘Wounded’ Boris Johnson risking recession to get support from right-wing Tories, TUC leader warns The warning comes as the UK faces months of industrial unrest on a scale not seen for decades The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2022
TUC issues workers’ rights warning over post-Brexit trade deals Exclusive: Union organisation says minister in talks with 13 countries with poor track record The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2022
Government risk strikes by snubbing calls to give hero NHS staff 'pay restoration' rise NHS workers including hero nurses and doctors who worked to save lives during the pandemic could strike this year amid planned pay rises of around 3%, says the TUC Daily Mirror · Jun 27, 2022
Boris Johnson backs plans to close ticket offices as fresh rail strike talks loom RMT mulls future dates for industrial action as PM says it can’t be ‘business as usual’ on the railways The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022
Grant Shapps 'misled public' over claim he has no role in train strike TUC Boss Frances O’Grady said he was pulling the strings of the 15 train operators because contracts mean they are unable to negotiate pay, conditions and pensions of 40,000 striking RMT workers without his approval Daily Mirror · 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 Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022
Boris Johnson is waging culture war against trade unions, warns TUC chief Frances O’Grady says UK government doesn’t want to avert strikes, it wants to pick fights and sow division The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2022
Plan to use agency workers as strike breakers comes under fire Law change will worsen disputes and ‘poison’ industrial relations, warns TUC The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
Ministers press on with ‘cynical’ plan to let agency staff replace striking workers Unions and recruiters say move would harm relations and point out UK government condemned P&O for doing same thing 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 Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022
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
Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2022 Tories to bring in law that lets agency staff do jobs of striking workers Labour accused the government of adopting the P&O Ferries "playbook" and said replacing staff "cannot and must not be an option"
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022 Last-ditch talks fail to resolve rail row with strikes to go ahead Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Insider UK · Jun 20, 2022 What are train operators planning for the rail strikes? We've got a rundown of how Scottish services will be affected this week
Birmingham Post · Jun 20, 2022 How biggest train strike in 30 years will affect East Midlands travellers TUC: “Instead of threatening to do a P&O on these workers.... ministers should be getting people around the table'
Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2022 Rail strike dates and National Rail lines affected on eve of biggest walkout in 30 years More than 50,000 rail and Tube workers will walk off the job on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in a row over pay, jobs and conditions - here's everything you need to know to prepare
Chronicle Live · Jun 20, 2022 Teachers and nurses may join rail workers in next stage of strikes The railways will be shutting down for three days this week but industrial action could also be taken by teachers and nurses demanding fair pay
Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2022 Rail strikes: Teachers and nurses may join train workers in next stage of walkouts Union bosses have warned of potential chaos this week on top of the pandemonium already expected in light of the railways shutting down for three days this week
The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022 Government accused of ‘inflaming tensions’ over rail dispute Train and Tube services will be crippled by strikes this week in bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.
Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2022 Cost of living march was a sea of people who deserve better vowing to 'turn the tables' After 12 years of austerity, two years of a Covid pandemic, Brits are now facing the worst Cost of Living crisis in decades - prompting thousands to take to the streets to call for a better future
The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2022 Thousands march in London to demand action over cost of living crisis ‘Don’t you dare shift the blame for inflation on to working people,’ TUC chief warns Boris Johnson