Prime Minister should focus on the NHS, not demonise those too sick to work

UK Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers [UNISON] 18-04-2024

UK Scotland Unite says Scottish government needs ‘reality check’ over failing emissions and green jobs policies as targets ditched [Unite] 18-04-2024

UK Supreme Court rules in favour of care worker victimised for taking strike action [Morning Star] 17-04-2024

UK Conservatives failures are costing families with jobs and living standards, says TUC [TUC] 16-04-2024

UK Scotland STUC back worker-led just transition [Morning Star] 16-04-2024

UK Scotland Scottish workers bag £4.4bn in two years, STUC announces at annual congress [Morning Star] 15-04-2024

UK Scotland Scottish Trades Union Congress fails to back no-cuts motion [Morning Star] 15-04-2024

UK ‘We’ve been taken for granted for too long’: equal pay strikes by women spread across Scotland [The Observer] 14-04-2024

UK Scotland Scottish Parliament urged to back Labour MSP's safety at work Bill [Morning Star] 13-04-2024

Other news

Scotland Scottish government join Tories to block support for injured workers 2024-04-19 [Morning Star]

Corruption at ports endangering seafarers 2024-04-19 [Nautilus]

Prime Minister should focus on the NHS, not demonise those too sick to work 2024-04-19 [UNISON]

Supreme Court to hear the Usdaw challenge to Tesco on their use of ‘fire and rehire’ to undermine ‘retained pay’ 2024-04-19 [USDAW]

Voices: Banks are closing sex workers’ accounts – but it’ll only push us to take bigger risks 2024-04-19 [The Independent]

England Factory workers to strike amid row over pay 2024-04-19 [BBC]

Asda Lowestoft workers announce strike dates 2024-04-19 [GMB]

England Asda workers announce 48-hour strike action 2024-04-19 [BBC]

Unions want new law to stop firms from using AI to spot facial expressions and tone of voice as part of hiring 2024-04-19 [Forbes]

Scotland Unite says Scottish government needs ‘reality check’ over failing emissions and green jobs policies as targets ditched 2024-04-18 [Unite]

Firefighters pressure employers not to implement new anti-union laws 2024-04-18 [FBU]

Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers 2024-04-18 [UNISON]

Court of Appeal judgment on pensions 2024-04-18 [PCS]

Warning of empty shelves at Morrisons as Cheshire and Wakefield logistics workers could strike over pensions 2024-04-18 [Unite the union]

Trade union law breaches workers’ rights, rules Supreme Court 2024-04-18 [The Indian Express]

Supreme Court rules trade union laws breach human rights 2024-04-18 [JURIST]

Scotland STUC calls for devolution of employment law to Scotland 2024-04-18 [The National]

Unite reaction to latest inflation figures 2024-04-18 [Unite]

Underpaid Asda workers deserve apology 2024-04-18 [GMB]

England Surrey ambulance staff to strike over pay - union 2024-04-18 [BBC]

Supreme Court rules in favour of care worker victimised for taking strike action 2024-04-17 [Morning Star]

Scotland STUC back worker-led just transition 2024-04-16 [Morning Star]

Unite reaction to latest ONS earnings figures 2024-04-16 [Unite the union]

Dounreay nuclear workers vote to strike 2024-04-16 [GMB]

Glasgow 13th Note workers win tribunal over shock redundancies 2024-04-16 [Unite the union]

RMT CALLS FOR ACTION TO SAVE UK TRAIN MANUFACTURING 2024-04-16 [RMT]

Scotland Union cancels STV 24-hour strike amid talks on pay dispute 2024-04-16 [The Herald]

Scotland Union claims striking staff cannot 'speak freely' 2024-04-16 [BBC]

Conservatives failures are costing families with jobs and living standards, says TUC 2024-04-16 [TUC]

Scotland Scottish Trades Union Congress fails to back no-cuts motion 2024-04-15 [Morning Star]

Scottish Trade Union Congress unanimously backs calls to defend postal services and workers 2024-04-15 [Morning Star]

Scotland Workers Winning Together - Over £4.4 Billion Won by Unions 2024-04-15 [STUC]

Unite announces Dounreay power station strike action 2024-04-15 [Unite the union]

NUJ agrees to postpone tomorrow's STV strike following pay negotiations 2024-04-15 [NUJ]

SoA welcomes cross-party parliamentary report on creator remuneration 2024-04-15 [Society of Authors]

Scotland Scottish workers bag £4.4bn in two years, STUC announces at annual congress 2024-04-15 [Morning Star]

Migrant cleaners’ strike threat as they demand same rights as white government colleagues 2024-04-14 [Independent]

‘We’ve been taken for granted for too long’: equal pay strikes by women spread across Scotland 2024-04-14 [The Observer]

GDP Figures: Unite reaction 2024-04-13 [Unite the union]

Examining British police pay and the ‘P-Factor’ 2024-04-13 [polfed]

Unite secures 7 per cent pay win for Clydeport engineers 2024-04-13 [Unite the union]

JW Suckling tanker strikes off after Unite secures ‘excellent’ deal 2024-04-13 [Unite the union]

Journalists at STV on strike again in dispute over pay 2024-04-13 [NUJ]

Unite offshore workers to resume strikes amid ‘escalating’ rota row 2024-04-13 [Morning Star]

‘Workers' rights are on the ballot paper,’ Nowak says as he calls for a Labour government at Midlands TUC 2024-04-13 [Morning Star]

Scotland Scottish Parliament urged to back Labour MSP's safety at work Bill 2024-04-13 [Morning Star]

England Sexism 'worse than ever' at GMB as staff in North East threaten to strike 2024-04-13 [Yahoo]

England Rodri says he needs a rest, as extreme match schedule becomes increasingly demanding for players 2024-04-13 [FIFPRO]

SoA survey reveals a third of translators and quarter of illustrators losing work to AI 2024-04-12 [Society of Authors]

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This month in labour history

6-04-1912 After 37 days, Britain's first national coalmining strike ends. It results in the passage of the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act. [more]

10-04-1984 The House of Commons meets for an emergency debate on the role of police in the miners strike, [more]

15-04-1856 Tom Mann, British syndicalist and a leader of the dock strikes in 1889 and 1911, is born [more]

23-04-1914 First publication of the classic socialist novel 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' [more]