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Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds. Image: Official portrait

Analysis: Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0

Polly Smythe

The government is backsliding over reforms to Tory anti-strike laws. Perhaps it has something to do with the fresh round of cuts they have planned. Polly Smythe reports.

Workers hold Unite trade union flags as they protest following Stellantis' announcement of its plan to shut its Vauxhall van factory in Luton, 17 December 2024. REUTERS/Chris Radburn

Opinion: Luton’s Auto Workers Are Being Abandoned to the Far Right

Ben Norman & Lewis Norton

In November Vauxhall announced the closure of its van plant in Luton, home of Tommy Robinson and Andrew Tate. As the government dithers, the far right is waiting in the wings, write Unite officers Lewis Norton and Ben Norman.

Professor John Latham CBE, Coventry University Vice-Chancellor and Group CEO. Coventry University

Report: Labour Rewards Fire-And-Rehire Uni Boss With Plum Government Role

Polly Smythe

At-risk staff at Coventry University called John Latham’s appointment to the Department for Business and Trade a ‘kick in the teeth’.

The strike at Amazon Coventry in November 2023. REUTERS/Carl Recine

Analysis: Labour Said It Would Make Work Pay. Will It?

Polly Smythe

The government's big pitch to workers and trade unions could end up full of loopholes, missed opportunities and bad incentives for bosses. Polly Smythe reports.

Amazon workers striking outside an Amazon warehouse in Coventry, January 2023. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Report: More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet

Polly Smythe

On Black Friday, trade unionists push the US corporate giant to stop squeezing workers for profit.

Lord Walney arrives at the ADS Group annual dinner in January. Mark Kerrison / Alamy Stock Photo

Analysis: Does Lord Walney Think All Palestinian Groups Are the Same?

Simon Childs

The artist formerly known as Jonathan Woodcock claims the Palestine Solidarity Campaign has 'strong links' to Palestine Action. For a government-appointed anti-protest tsar, he knows laughably little about protest groups, writes Simon Childs.

A protestor outside Valley Vets in South Wales

Report: Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches

Polly Smythe

Valley Vets is the first veterinary group in the UK to face strike action by its workers. Now it’s shutting most of its surgeries. Polly Smythe reports.

Delivery riders organised by IWGB on strike in 2021. WIktor Szymanowicz via Reuters Connect

Report: Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

After a strike-ballot opened, workers were taken into one-on-one meetings and asked to sign new contracts that they hadn’t even seen. Polly Smythe reports.

Keir Starmer speaks to the 2024 TUC annual congress in Brighton. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity

Polly Smythe

Trade unionists are breathing a sigh of relief after 14 years of Tory rule, but there is little enthusiasm for Labour's economic policies at the TUC's annual congress. Polly Smythe reports.

Report: Amazon Says GMB Leaflets Could Be a ‘Hazard’ Amid Union-Busting Allegations

Polly Smythe

The retail giant has taken unprecedented measures to deter its workers from unionising, as its Coventry workers gear up for a historic vote.

Interview: ‘We Have to Vote Labour’

Britain's favourite union boss joins Ash Sarkar to talk about leveraging Starmer, the importance of council housing, and why he's backing Labour.

Report: Amazon Is Holding Special Union-Busting Seminars for Workers

Polly Smythe

Workers are being bombarded with anti-union propaganda ahead of a vote to recognise the GMB. Polly Smythe reports.

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Report: Revealed: Outsourcing Companies Are Lobbying Labour to Sell Out Public Services

Polly Smythe

Lobbyists are keen to ensure their clients continue to profit from public services after the next election.

Trade unionists demand goods from Israel not be unloaded in the port in Durban, South Africa, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Report: Palestinian Trade Unions Call for End to ‘Complicity’ in Israeli Crimes

Polly Smythe

An open letter from Palestinian trade unions to the international labour movement has called for 'a mass increase of global solidarity'.

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham. Unite

Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government

Polly Smythe

This year’s Trades Union Congress took place in anticipation of the end of Tory rule. Novara Media's labour movement correspondent Polly Smythe sends a dispatch from Liverpool.

Sharon Graham (centre) with striking St Mungo's workers. @UniteSharon on Twitter/X

Analysis: Sharon Graham’s Strategy Shows Unions Can Win Without the Labour Party

Gregor Gall

While she doesn't have the public profile of Mick Lynch, Unite's Sharon Graham is the most successful of the current union leaders, argues Gregor Gall.

Jessica Walter plays Lucile Bluth in Arrested Development. Screengrab: YouTube

Report: Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother

Polly Smythe

A trade union organiser has described her ‘shock’ at the ‘cold and callous’ actions of Biscoes Solicitors.

Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle

Craig Gent

With the passing of Mario Tronti, we’ve lost a thinker who showed us that working-class struggle isn’t capital’s remainder, but its impetus, writes Craig Gent.

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Analysis: Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Luton’s Auto Workers Are Being Abandoned to the Far Right

Ben Norman & Lewis Norton

Report: Labour Rewards Fire-And-Rehire Uni Boss With Plum Government Role

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Labour Said It Would Make Work Pay. Will It?

Polly Smythe

Report: More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Does Lord Walney Think All Palestinian Groups Are the Same?

Simon Childs

Report: Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches

Polly Smythe

Report: Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity

Polly Smythe

Report: Amazon Says GMB Leaflets Could Be a ‘Hazard’ Amid Union-Busting Allegations

Polly Smythe

Interview: ‘We Have to Vote Labour’

Report: Amazon Is Holding Special Union-Busting Seminars for Workers

Polly Smythe

Report: Revealed: Outsourcing Companies Are Lobbying Labour to Sell Out Public Services

Polly Smythe

Report: Palestinian Trade Unions Call for End to ‘Complicity’ in Israeli Crimes

Polly Smythe

Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Sharon Graham’s Strategy Shows Unions Can Win Without the Labour Party

Gregor Gall

Report: Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother

Polly Smythe

Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle

Craig Gent

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Tag: trade unions

Analysis: Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Luton’s Auto Workers Are Being Abandoned to the Far Right

Ben Norman & Lewis Norton

Report: Labour Rewards Fire-And-Rehire Uni Boss With Plum Government Role

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Labour Said It Would Make Work Pay. Will It?

Polly Smythe

Report: More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Does Lord Walney Think All Palestinian Groups Are the Same?

Simon Childs

Report: Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches

Polly Smythe

Report: Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity

Polly Smythe

Report: Amazon Says GMB Leaflets Could Be a ‘Hazard’ Amid Union-Busting Allegations

Polly Smythe

Interview: ‘We Have to Vote Labour’

Report: Amazon Is Holding Special Union-Busting Seminars for Workers

Polly Smythe

Report: Revealed: Outsourcing Companies Are Lobbying Labour to Sell Out Public Services

Polly Smythe

Report: Palestinian Trade Unions Call for End to ‘Complicity’ in Israeli Crimes

Polly Smythe

Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government

Polly Smythe

Analysis: Sharon Graham’s Strategy Shows Unions Can Win Without the Labour Party

Gregor Gall

Report: Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother

Polly Smythe

Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle

Craig Gent

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