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“When unions win a pay rise or safer working conditions for their members everyone in the workplace gets to […]

Unions and civil society must unite around a common vision of individual and collective rights that brings together all our aspirations for a good society

Date

4 October 2015 2:00pm–6:00pm

Location

Oxford Road, Manchester

The meeting, which has been organised by the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, the Institute of Employment Rights, the Centre for Labour and Social […]

Government plans to restrict trade union rights are “a strikebreaker’s charter” which would undermine the basic civil rights of working people, general secretary Dave Prentis told the union’s national executive council (NEC) in London today.

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis last night called on the labour movement to defend the right to strike.

Date

2 November 2015 1:30pm

Location

Westminster, London SW1A 0AA

Trying to stop nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, hospital cleaners and town hall staff from paying their union subs directly from their wages is an attack we’ve defeated before and one which we will overcome again.

Unions not too powerful – they’re too weak, say industrial relations academics

On Sunday, it will be just five weeks to the TUC’s demonstration in Manchester marking the opening of the Tory party conference

Instead of focusing on helping the country at a turbulent time, the government plans to undermine your right to be supported and represented. Will politicians see sense and drop the Trade Union Bill?

Date

9 – 10 September 2015

Location

Curtis Mayfield House, Carliol Square, Newcastle, NE1 6UF

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Singer Grace Petrie joins campaigners in protest against Trade Union Bill

UNISON general secretary welcomes new language of opposition at TUC congress in Brighton today