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Articles tagged with: Trade Unions
The NHS “Shouldn’t Be Used As Human Shield For Delivering Social Care” Says Unions Boss
Social affairs
The NHS “Shouldn’t Be Used As Human Shield For Delivering Social Care” Says Unions Boss
The head of Britain’s trade unions, Frances O'Grady, has criticised Boris Johnson’s National Insurance rise, accusing him of using the NHS “as a human shield” to properly fund the care system.
Ditching the Employment Bill exposes the chasm between Tory rhetoric and action
Economy
By Andy McDonald MP
Ditching the Employment Bill exposes the chasm between Tory rhetoric and action
Government inaction means that millions of low paid and precarious workers who are entitled to protections have been abandoned to fight for their rights through the courts.
Ditching Employment Bill From Queen’s Speech Shows Boris Johnson “Has No Plan For Working People”, Critics Say
Economy
Ditching Employment Bill From Queen’s Speech Shows Boris Johnson “Has No Plan For Working People”, Critics Say
Boris Johnson's decision to further delay planned legislation to improve workers’ rights post-Brexit has been heavily criticised by Labour, unions and business groups.
Artificial intelligence poses an inhuman risk to worker rights
Coronavirus
By Frances O'Grady
Artificial intelligence poses an inhuman risk to worker rights
This pandemic has transformed the way millions work. Many of us hadn’t even heard of Zoom until the crisis hit - now that we’re experts we sorely miss meeting colleagues face-to-face.

But the huge growth in remote working is not the only technological shift we have witnessed during Covid-19. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) at work has massively accelerated too – albeit under the radar.
Ministers must do more to stop people from being plunged into hardship and mass unemployment
Economy
By Frances O'Grady
Ministers must do more to stop people from being plunged into hardship and mass unemployment
The TUC is calling for a three part approach; improve job support, fix our safety net and invest now in green infrastructure and public service jobs for our future prosperity.
Commons Speaker warned Parliament “risks failing in its duty of care” to staff over Tory MP accused of rape
Political parties
By Georgina Bailey
Commons Speaker warned Parliament “risks failing in its duty of care” to staff over Tory MP accused of rape
Prospect trade union said an initial meeting with the Speaker “went nowhere near close to addressing [our] concerns”
Boris Johnson says teachers doing an ‘incredible job’ as union warns staff ‘losing patience’ with school reopening plan
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson says teachers doing an ‘incredible job’ as union warns staff ‘losing patience’ with school reopening plan
Boris Johnson has praised the “incredible job” done by teachers to get children back in the classroom, after a major union said staff were “losing patience” with the Government.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Unite
Unite’s Len McCluskey on chancellor’s summer statement
No gimmicks, no spin – people wanted serious action to protect their jobs and incomes and on a scale up to the enormous test before our country.
Boris Johnson says he wants a Roosevelt-style coronavirus recovery. If he’s serious he’ll give unions a seat at the table
Coronavirus
By Frances O'Grady
Boris Johnson says he wants a Roosevelt-style coronavirus recovery. If he’s serious he’ll give unions a seat at the table
A post Covid ‘New Deal’ could provide 1.24 million jobs – but it also needs to tackle systemic racism, youth unemployment and low pay, says the TUC boss.
Labour grandee Lord Blunkett says teachers’ unions ‘working against the interests of children’ in row over June reopening plan
Coronavirus
Labour grandee Lord Blunkett says teachers’ unions ‘working against the interests of children’ in row over June reopening plan
Teaching unions opposed to the Government’s plan to get some primary schools back open on June 1 are “working against the interests of children”, former Labour education secretary Lord Blunkett has declared.
Mental health issues top of workers' lockdown concerns Partner content
Coronavirus
By Unite
Mental health issues top of workers' lockdown concerns
A survey by Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has found that workers’ concerns about their mental health have increased dramatically since the lockdown began.
Class sizes capped at 15 as government eyes June return of primary schools amid union fury
Coronavirus
Class sizes capped at 15 as government eyes June return of primary schools amid union fury
Class sizes will be capped at 15 pupils under Government plans to reopen schools in June “at the earliest”.
The Breakfast Briefing: Back-to-work row, Boris’s Commons statement - and Nicola Sturgeon’s fury
Coronavirus
The Breakfast Briefing: Back-to-work row, Boris’s Commons statement - and Nicola Sturgeon’s fury
Your essential guide to what’s moving in Westminster this morning from the PoliticsHome team
Unions warn they will tell workers to stay home unless safety demands are met
Coronavirus
Unions warn they will tell workers to stay home unless safety demands are met
Four of the UK’s largest unions have warned they will tell their three million members to stay home unless the government commits to a health and safety overhaul.
Coronavirus
By NASUWT
Filipino Trade Unionist receives NASUWT International Solidarity Award
The NASUWT – the Teachers’ Union, has today presented its International Solidarity Award 2020 to Raymond Basilio, Secretary General of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) in the Philippines.
Coronavirus: unions warn they cannot support government back-to-work guidance ‘thrown together in a hurry’
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: unions warn they cannot support government back-to-work guidance ‘thrown together in a hurry’
Guidance aimed at getting some British firms back to work during the coronavirus pandemic appears to have been “thrown together in a hurry”, a major trade union has warned.
Coronavirus: Unions demand 'tough new safety measures' for workers before lockdown restrictions lifted
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Unions demand 'tough new safety measures' for workers before lockdown restrictions lifted
Unions are demanding "tough new measures" be put in place to protect workers returning to their jobs before coronavirus lockdown restrictions are lifted.
Hold public inquiry into ‘grotesque failure’ of PPE for health workers, unions urge
Coronavirus
Hold public inquiry into ‘grotesque failure’ of PPE for health workers, unions urge
The TUC has called for a public inquiry into what it calls the “grotesque” failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment for frontline coronavirus workers.
Brits urged to join minute's silence for frontline workers killed by the coronavirus
Coronavirus
Brits urged to join minute's silence for frontline workers killed by the coronavirus
People in Britain have been urged to join a minute's silence for all frontline workers killed during the coronavirus outbreak.