On International Workers' Memorial Day, we remember every life lost to unsafe work and commit to fighting for the health and safety of every worker.

#IWMD

NEW 🚨 | BME women are twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men.

This is a prime example structural racism in action.

It’s time to ban zero-hours contracts, like in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.

Thursday 2 May at 17:30, a History & Policy Trade Union Forum seminar looks at the efforts made by trade unions in the Twentieth Century to unite globally.

Featuring the TUC's Paul Nowak

Details/Registration: sas.ac.uk/events/trade-u…

BREAKING 🚨: Tata Steel are pressing ahead with mass redundancies.

This is a hammer blow to manufacturing and the UK economy.

Cheaper rail fares going towards improved journeys and a better, more reliable service, rather than £1 BILLION into shareholders pockets?

Sign me up.

Rail in public ownership…

Good for passengers, taxpayers, UK economy, rail staff, the environment.

Not so good for the shareholders who’ve extracted profit from our railways for decades but can’t run trains on time.

Works for me.👏👏 ⁦Louise Haigh⁩
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

🔥Workers who can't strike can't bargain. And if you're not bargaining, you're begging.

❌But now the Tories are trying to ban effective strike action in sectors like fire and rescue, health, education and rail.

💪Workers themselves must defeat the anti-union laws. And we can.

Our members across BrewDog are currently organising their colleagues to win back the real living wage and for an end to the rampant culture of fear and intimidation which still pervades the company.

Join us: join.unitetheunion.org

NEW JOB: press officer, Trades Union Congress, £60k, London, closes 8 May

Want to work in a super busy press office and help us win the New Deal for Working People?

Of course you do!

NEW | Today is the 31st anniversary of Stephen Lawrence's death.

The Met Police has now apologised to Baroness Doreen Lawrence for breaking a promise to answer questions raised by a BBC investigation into his murder.

Only two of his killers have been convicted.

Trade unions…

Delighted to don my M & S dinner suit and clip on bow-tie to award Brewdog the TUC’s inaugural Bad Boss of the Month award.

A company that stopped paying the real living wage so it could invest in its staff…yes, really.

NEW 🚨 | Teacher vacancy rates have risen in nearly 90% of English local authorities since 2010.

Nearly two-fifths of education staff are considering leaving the profession, and pupil-to-teacher ratios have worsened.

The Conservative government has consistently missed teacher…

BREAKING 🚨 | Amazon workers in Coventry will be the first in the UK to ballot for union recognition.

History has been made - recognition will force Amazon round the table for better working conditions, pay and more.

A fantastic achievement by GMB Union.

This is just the…

Launching the #TUCAIbill with a signing: Dee Masters, Robin Allen KC, Kate Bell and Gina Neff.

Stay safe, join a union!

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