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Keir Starmer’s Government Has Quietly Beefed Up Its Workers’ Rights Bill to Make It More Pro-Worker
A series of significant changes on workplace rights and the right to strike have been slipped out by ministers
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Leading Economists Rebut Business Lobby’s Claims Workers’ Rights Bill Will Cause ‘Havoc’
Open letter argues stronger worker protections boost productivity and create economic stability as Labour MPs challenge Reform UK to clarify position on popular legislation
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‘If Labour Is Serious About Overhauling Disability Benefits It Must Stop Letting Employees Work People Into Sickness’
Labour has announced plans to make the same amount of welfare cuts proposed by the Conservative Government, writes Kasmira Kincaid and Charles Aprile
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Strike-Leading Trade Union Office ‘Targeted’ in Break-In with Laptops and Valuables Stolen
The union believes it “may have been a targeted break-in, possibly linked to corporate espionage”
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Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech”
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Unions at War: The Bitter Battle Tearing Unite and the GMB Apart
Claims of bullying and harassment have erupted into public view as Britain’s biggest union faces strike action and internal unrest
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Keir Starmer’s Government Accused of Running in Fear from Right-Wing Press on Civil Servants Working from Home
Union leader accuses the Labour Government of “trying to face both ways” amid threatened strikes over orders for civil servants to return to the office
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Civil Service Union Wins Unanimous Supreme Court Victory Over Conservative ‘Attack’ on Its Finances
The last Government’s battle with unions has ended with PCS now able to claw back tens of millions of pounds from Government
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University of Oxford’s Riches are Built by Hundreds of Insecure Workers – Why are they Fighting Them?
The prestigious university is resisting demands for fair treatment from casualised staff, despite its vast wealth
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Revealed: The Government’s 24 Extra Commitments on Workers’ Rights which go Way Beyond the New Employment Rights Bill
There are even more pro-worker reforms on their way, provided they avoid being kicked into the long grass amid employer lobbying
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Labour’s Workers’ Rights Bill: Nearly 50 Changes Could be in Government’s Plan for Employment Rights Law Shakeup
Behind the noise and spats in No 10, the Government is pushing ahead with laws that could define its time in office
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‘Toxic’ Culture Remains at Scandal-Hit TSSA Union as Strike Looms Over Alleged Bullying
The Labour-linked TSSA transport union faces an uncertain future say staff and activists, as a week-long strike by union employees is set to kick off
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Local Government is on a ‘Precipice’ With Billions in Cuts Coming Soon to These Councils
Cash-strapped local authorities across Britain are teetering on the brink of financial collapse. Here are the ones most at risk
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‘A Keir Starmer Government Will Trigger a Revival of the Labour Left’
The Labour party leader’s long marginalisation of the Left cannot survive the realities of Government, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
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The Funding Crisis in Schools is Reaching Catastrophic Levels
Leicestershire School Heads have opened their books to parents showing them just how much they are struggling
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Cost of Living Charity Fired its Staff After They Tried to Unionise
Frontline advisors at Rooted Finance sacked on International Women’s Day
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Strikes by Ambulance and Border Force Staff now ‘Effectively Banned’ After Minimum Service Levels Pass By Government Diktat
When workers now vote to strike in key sectors, they could be forced to attend work by order of a ‘work notice’
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Workers Face the Sack if They Don’t Cross Their Own Picket Lines. What Kind of Country is This?
Strike-breaking is now mandatory.
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RSA Found to have Wrongly Fired Staffer for Union Organising
The RSA said it disagreed with the decision and criticised the IWGB trade union for pursuing the case against it
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Johnson and Williamson Ignored COVID Safety Warnings in Schools as Ministers ‘Didn’t Want to Give an Inch to Unions’
England was the last of the four nations to require masks in schools following heavy resistance from the then Prime Minister and Education Secretary
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‘Keir Starmer’s Authoritarian Approach to Politics Risks Stifling a Labour Government’
The Labour leader’s labelling of those who disagree with him as ‘unBritish’ is a worrying sign of things to come, argues his former adviser Simon Fletcher
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How Cultural Workers are Striking Back Against Poverty Pay
A new wave of unionisation in the cultural sector is pushing back against a decade of austerity in the sector
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Unions and Migrant Groups Call Out Tory Plan to Fund Public Sector Pay Rise With Sky-High Migrant Fees
The cost of getting British citizenship will rise from £1,330 to at least £1,596.
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UCEA Chair Comments on Marking Boycott are ‘Disgraceful’ and ‘Inhumane’ as Lecturers Struggle During Cost of Living Crisis
Lecturers and students are upset about remarks preferring ‘pain along the way’ over industrial action
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Mega-Union Unite ‘Won’t Give an Extra Penny to Labour’ Unless Keir Starmer Changes Tack
“People feel very let down” by Sir Keir Starmer, the Unite leader tells Byline Times.
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Westminster Attacks on Workers’ Rights Sees UK’s Global Rating Tumble
Thousands of workers face being sacked for not crossing their own picket lines if new Westminster legislation passes
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Homeless Charity CEO Accused of Foul-Mouthed Tirade at Union as Pay Dispute Turns Toxic
Staff of St Mungo’s charity have begun an indefinite strike over pay, following allegations of a ‘25 minute shouting match’ at union reps by CEO Emma Haddad
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Outsourced Cleaners at the Department for Education Join Migrant Worker Strike Over ‘Bullying and Institutional Racism’
Low-paid migrant workers, including cleaners at the Department for Education, are taking coordinated strike action in London
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Workers ‘Will Find a Way’ Around New Conservative Anti-Strike Laws – Including by Pulling ‘Sickies’
Former TUC General Secretary says the “ingenuity of working people” will prevail over anti-union legislation.
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UK Lecturers Face Devastating Salary Deductions in Marking Boycott: Academics Speak Out
University workers are fighting for job security and fair pay. But docking lecturers’ pay risks worsening industrial action, UCU activist Dr Antonia Dawes writes
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Charity Staff on the Breadline: Non-Profit Employees Facing Real Terms Pay Cuts
Analysis for Byline Times reveals charity sector employees are themselves being pushed into poverty pay, Nic Murray reports. But staff are fighting back
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Keir Starmer Now Opposes Scrapping Westminster’s Voting System for PR in Blow for Reformers
His spokesman told Byline Times that the Labour Leader has a “long-standing view against PR”
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Majority of Labour-Linked Trade Unions Now Back Electoral Reform After Shop Workers Call for PR
Keir Starmer has refused to back changing the voting system – but calls to do so are becoming difficult to ignore, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Why Teacher Walkouts Aren’t Just About Pay
A striking teacher talks to Josiah Mortimer about what the pay crisis looks like on the ground in a Cornish secondary school
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
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Grant Shapps’ Latest Anti-Union Law ‘Likely to Be Struck Down’ in Embarrassing Blow
The Minimum Service Levels Bill is ‘almost certainly’ against international law – meaning any fines or sackings would be thrown out, according to a leading labour lawyer
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Vodafone HQ Cleaners ‘Threatened with Blacklisting’ Over Protests at Outsourcing Giant
Outsourced Vodafone HQ cleaners face ‘victimisation’ after pushing for higher pay while cleaning next to millionaire boss, Josiah Mortimer reports
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‘It’s Shameful – A Life was Taken’: Anger from Family of Killed Driver as Safety Concerns over Ride-Hailing App Continue
Josiah Mortimer reports on a family’s campaign for change at company Bolt
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Government Could Face EU Legal Challenge Over Anti-Strikes Legislation
The Minimum Service Levels Bill – and plans to scrap all ‘retained’ EU laws – could be in breach of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Major Transport Union to be Told to Make Sweeping Changes After Inquiry Into Sexism
‘When you raise concerns about sexism in your union, you get “the right-wing press will get hold of this”. We’ve heard it so many times’, one whistle-blower told Byline Times
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Government’s New Strike Breakers Get to Work
Some firms have ruled out using agency workers to break strikes – but others aren’t so discerning, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Strikers Could Face Prison Under New Protest Law, Say Legal Experts
The Public Order Act – launched to clamp down on groups like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil – could be used against trade unionists too
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Anti-Strike Bill Gives Grant Shapps Extraordinary Power to Change Workers’ Rights in the UK
The Business Secretary will be able to set minimum service levels for six key sectors — and decide what workers are included in the new strike-busting definitions
