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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’

As UNISON and other union members gathered, regional secretary Margaret Thomas vowed: "We will continue to lobby elected […]

My name is John Brisbane and I work as a staff nurse in a child and adolescent mental health unit

Members from across Wales rally outside the Senedd in Cardiff, while the Assembly debates motion opposing Westminster bill

Trade unions are there to help: why are they being attacked?

Trade Union Bill is “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic,” says Doncaster mayor Ros Jones

Thousands upon thousands of UNISON members – and their families – took time on Sunday to come to Manchester and march

‘It’s time for an alternative to the cuts, the privatising agenda, and to the pay freeze destroying lives,” says Dave Prentis as 85,000 march against austerity, and for workers’ rights

North West council criticises “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic” attack that will “undermine constructive employment relations and civil liberties”

A new law threatens to punish workers if they stand up for their jobs and services

UNISON general secretary congratulates council on opposition to bill that ‘rips up good employment relations’

They deserve that much. “I can't think of a worst day in my three-and-a-half years, but sometimes it can be challenging with some children having autism and behaviour […]