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Workers travel from across the UK to tell their MPs their concerns over trade union bill

UNISON members working in public services will make more than half of the 1,000 strong group of workers travelling from across the UK to lobby their MPs today (Monday) at a mass lobby against the trade union bill in Westminster. Speaking at a rally outside the houses of parliament, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis will […]

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Cymru/Wales local government employers defend facility time, check-off and union rights for council workers

My name is Graeme Matheson and I work as a building services engineer

Cymru/Wales local government employers defend facility time, check-off and union rights for council workers

T works as a night awake care assistant in a residential home for the elderly.

My name is Sean Keown and I work as a Pharmacy Technician. My job involves dispensing and checking medicines, counselling patients, and updating computer systems related to the issue of patient medicines.

Roger is 70 years old and has been retired from Sheffield City Council as an administrator since 1997

Disabled workers describe struggle to work 20 years after Disability Discrimination Act

My name is Jenny Edwards and I work as an associate practitioner

As part of our campaign to stop the government’s Trade Union Bill the TUC is organising a lobby of parliament on 2 November 2015. We want MPs to hear directly from their constituents that: The Bill threatens the right to strike Employers will be able to break strikes by bringing in agency workers to cover for […]

This autumn, MPs and peers will discuss the trade union bill – which threatens the basic right to strike. For the first time, employers will be able to break strikes by bringing in agency workers to cover for strikers. This could have big safety implications, lead to worse public services, and will undermine the right […]

Union says that the Bill is designed to ‘stop union reps from carrying out their duties’

The motion also said the bill intrudes on devolved responsibilities of the Welsh government and " should not be applied to Wales without the consent of the National Assembly of Wales". Ms […]