Analysis: By Fighting for Themselves, Trade Unionists Are Standing up for Everyone
Polly Smythe
Novara Media labour movement correspondent Polly Smythe reflects on a year that saw a revival of trade union militancy.
Tag: trade unions
Report: Trade Union General Secretary Accused of Taking Qatari Bribes to Ignore Human Rights Abuses
Polly Smythe
As the world slams Qatar’s human rights abuses, the ITUC has stood by the Gulf state. Belgian prosecutors smell a rat. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law
Simon Childs
The Qatar-owned luxury department store pays its boss £2.3million, but offered security guards a 'pay cut dressed up as a rise'.
Report: RSA Staff Win Union Recognition Despite ‘Intimidation’
Simon Childs
The Royal Society of Arts rejected its staff’s request to recognise a trade union three times, but now they have to.
Report: How a Trade Union Leader Became Qatar’s Biggest Fan
Polly Smythe
The International Trade Union Congress is one of Qatar's most strident defenders, despite ongoing concerns about workers' rights in the Gulf state. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: President of Unison Expelled From Labour Party
Polly Smythe
The union's president has been expelled for sharing articles from a proscribed Marxist group on social media.
Report: A Mining Museum Has Threatened Workers Speaking Out About Strikes
Polly Smythe
The National Coal Mining Museum of England has a whole display about the miners' strike, but it won't let its staff speak out about current strike action.
Opinion: Labour’s Cult of Factionalism Is Going Into Overdrive
Andrew Fisher
From Emma Dent Coat to Maurice Mcleod, the Labour right is busy destroying would-be leftwing MPs - and its own electoral prospects in the process, writes Andrew Fisher.
Report: Inside the Fight for the UK’s First Formal Amazon Warehouse Strike
Polly Smythe
Workers in Coventry are voting over formal strike action at an Amazon warehouse for the first time, but the retailing giant has been accused of trying to undermine union activity. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: The RSA Used ‘Intimidation Tactics’ Against Staff After Refusing Their Trade Union Request
Polly Smythe
The Royal Society of the Arts was full of praise for trade unions until its own workers wanted one.
Report: An Outsourcing Firm Is Hiring Scab Firefighters With Only Three Days Training
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: Outsourcing firm Securitas is hiring "contingency" firefighters with hardly any training on almost double pay.
Report: Were Unions Right to Cancel Strikes to Respect the Queen? We Asked Members
Polly Smythe
The strike wave has been put on pause in order to respect the Queen. Not all trade unionists are happy about it, reports Polly Smythe.
Report: Here Are the Strikes That Will Be Keeping Liz Truss up at Night
Polly Smythe
Thatcher reincarnate wants to annihilate trade unions. Unfortunately for her, the fightback is just getting started.
Explainers: Why Postal Workers Are Going on Strike
While company management are paid in the millions, and receive bonuses for failure, postal workers at Royal Mail are being treated like mud. Today they are going on strike. Aaron Bastani explains the reasons behind the strike – and how bosses at the top are out of control.
Report: Trouble’s Brewing: Man Claims He Was Kicked Out of BrewDog Bar Over Union Leaflet
Polly Smythe
The punk craft beer chain got in a row with a trade union over stickers.
Report: Amazon Hit by Strikes Across the Globe
Simon Childs
After wildcat strikes in the UK, workers staged walk-outs and protests at warehouses in the US, Germany and Turkey.
Opinion: Will the Unions Actually Ditch Labour?
Tom Williams
With the Labour party's betrayal of workers, the threat of union disaffiliation looms. But will it actually happen? Tom Williams takes a look.
Report: Hundreds of Amazon Workers Stage Wildcat Strike Over ‘Kick in the Teeth’ Pay Offer
Simon Childs & Polly Smythe
Workers at a gigantic Essex warehouse are protesting after being offered just 35p more per hour from the multinational.