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Huge changes to employment rights unveiled
An Employment Rights Bill will ban ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts and end policies of fire and re-hire.
Union recognition vote by Amazon staff fails to reach majority
Workers at the online giant’s Coventry site were involved in the ballot.
Unions look to improved employment relations under a Labour government
Second anniversary of strikes which have seen hundreds of thousands of workers take industrial action.
Union boss says Tory claims on economy are ‘laughable’
The union organisation said its analysis showed the UK has suffered the biggest rise in unemployment of any OECD country since the turn of the year.
Affluent areas in England have ‘highest levels’ of childcare access – analysis
Neighbourhoods with lower levels of childcare access were more likely to have a higher proportion of children living in poverty, figures suggest.
TUC welcomes increase in trade union membership
The number of people in a union has reached 6.4 million, figures show.
Government’s failure to stop Ofsted damage is reckless, union chief warns
Delegates at the NAHT annual conference will debate a motion on inspection, calling for all routes to be explored to ‘safeguard leaders’ lives’.
Conservatives do not understand ‘value of school leadership’ – TUC chief
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, will call for a government that ‘respects’ headteachers.
TUC calls for AI to be regulated in the workplace
The UK cannot afford to drag its feet and become an international outlier, warn unions.
Trade union law in breach of workers rights, Supreme Court rules
‘If employees can only take strike action by exposing themselves to detrimental treatment, the right dissolves’, Lady Simler said.