World news | The Guardian10m ago
Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/03/birmingham-city-council-doubles-agency-spending-during-bin-strikes #Birmingham #IndustrialAction #Unite #TradeUnions #LocalGovernment #UkNews #Society
Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes

Unite accuses authority of trying to ‘break’ industrial action as waste dispute enters second year

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian12h ago
Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/02/wes-streeting-bma-delusion-resident-doctors-strike-nhs #Doctors #Nhs #PublicSectorPay #HealthPolicy #WesStreeting #TradeUnions #IndustrialAction #Health #Society #Politics #UkNews
Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail

Six-day stoppage in England next week to go ahead and minister confirms offer of extra training places withdrawn

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian14h ago
NEU leader says schools ‘running on empty’ as he challenges Labour on education record https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/02/neu-leader-schools-running-on-empty-challenges-labour-education-record #Education #TradeUnions #Labour #GreenParty #Politics #UkNews #ZackPolanski #BridgetPhillipson #Ofsted
NEU leader says schools ‘running on empty’ as he challenges Labour on education record

Daniel Kebede tells delegates, government’s education policies fall short as he signals growing support for Greens’ among teachers

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General Strike Now19h ago
... General Strike That Shook Britain David Torrance. Bloomsbury, pp.288, 20. Nine Days in May: The General Strike of 1926 Jonathan Schneer. OUP, pp.432, ...#ajcook #british20th-centuryhistory #economics #ernestbevin #georgev #miners #politics #ramsaymacdonald #stanleybaldwin #tradeunions #waltercitrine
Why the General Strike of 1926 could never succeed | The Spectator Australia
Why the General Strike of 1926 could never succeed

Although it may be in bad taste to have a favourite story about the General Strike of May 1926, one…

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Teachers made ill by rats and hit by toaster receive share of £15m payout https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/02/teachers-union-reveals-15-million-compensation-payout-for-uk-school-staff #Schools #Education #TradeUnions #Politics #UkNews
Teachers made ill by rats and hit by toaster receive share of £15m payout

Details about compensation for personal injury awarded to UK school staff revealed by NASUWT

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
BMA to ballot senior doctors in England over strikes as pay dispute escalates https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/31/bma-ballot-senior-doctors-england-strikes-pay-dispute-escalates #Doctors #Nhs #IndustrialAction #HealthPolicy #TradeUnions #Health #England #Society #UkNews #Politics
BMA to ballot senior doctors in England over strikes as pay dispute escalates

Union says there has been ‘far too little progress’ in talks over pay and career development

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian2d ago
Keir Starmer gives resident doctors 48 hours to call off strike or lose offer https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/31/keir-starmer-resident-doctors-48-hours-to-call-off-strike #Doctors #Nhs #KeirStarmer #Society #Politics #UkNews #TradeUnions #IndustrialAction
Keir Starmer gives resident doctors 48 hours to call off strike or lose training offer

PM says decision by union to reject deal for thousands of extra training posts and 7.1% pay rise without putting it to members is ‘reckless’

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian3d ago
Zack Polanski meets unions in attempt to get them to switch party funding to Greens https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/30/zack-polanski-meets-unions-in-attempt-to-get-them-to-switch-party-funding-to-greens #ZackPolanski #TradeUnions #Politics #PartyFunding #GreenParty #UkNews #Labour
Zack Polanski meets unions in attempt to get them to switch party funding to Greens

Leader understood to have spoken to 10 trade unions after party claimed working class voters are turning to them

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Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈3d ago

Some unions are locked in with the Fossil Fuel industry and won't come over, but others will.

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World news | The Guardian4d ago
Big retailers say UK jobs at risk from guaranteed hours reforms https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/30/big-retailers-uk-jobs-at-risk-guaranteed-hours-reforms #EmploymentLaw #WorkersRights #RetailIndustry #YoungPeople #GigEconomy #TradeUnions #Business #UkNews
Big retailers say UK jobs at risk from guaranteed hours reforms

More than half of roles could be hit and young shop workers in particular could lose out, trade body warns

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