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General Strike 100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
General Strike 100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
Almost 50,000 nursing staff could leave the UK under proposed new visa rules, the RCN warns.
The union calls on the Government to reverse its plans which it says will deepen the nursing workforce crisis. Read more here: www.ier.org.uk/news/almost-...
The union calls on the Government to reverse its plans which it says will deepen the nursing workforce crisis. Read more here: www.ier.org.uk/news/almost-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Almost 50,000 nursing staff could leave the UK under proposed new visa rules, the RCN warns.
The union calls on the Government to reverse its plans which it says will deepen the nursing workforce crisis. Read more here: www.ier.org.uk/news/almost-...
The union calls on the Government to reverse its plans which it says will deepen the nursing workforce crisis. Read more here: www.ier.org.uk/news/almost-...
Hundreds of women launch equal pay claim against Barnet Council
London’s first council equal pay claim has today had its first court hearing before the Employment Tribunal.
www.ier.org.uk/news/hundred...
London’s first council equal pay claim has today had its first court hearing before the Employment Tribunal.
www.ier.org.uk/news/hundred...
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hundreds of women launch equal pay claim against Barnet Council
London’s first council equal pay claim has today had its first court hearing before the Employment Tribunal.
www.ier.org.uk/news/hundred...
London’s first council equal pay claim has today had its first court hearing before the Employment Tribunal.
www.ier.org.uk/news/hundred...
Lord Ashcroft majority owner of “bullying” contractor: @RMTunion hold Day of Action.
Today’s action at Manchester Piccadilly follows a strike by RMT members employed by Carlisle Support Services on Northern revenue protection and gate line contract.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lord-as...
Today’s action at Manchester Piccadilly follows a strike by RMT members employed by Carlisle Support Services on Northern revenue protection and gate line contract.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lord-as...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Lord Ashcroft majority owner of “bullying” contractor: @RMTunion hold Day of Action.
Today’s action at Manchester Piccadilly follows a strike by RMT members employed by Carlisle Support Services on Northern revenue protection and gate line contract.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lord-as...
Today’s action at Manchester Piccadilly follows a strike by RMT members employed by Carlisle Support Services on Northern revenue protection and gate line contract.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lord-as...
The Employment Rights Bill is back in the House of Lords again this afternoon. Key issues: day-one rights, zero-hours contracts and balloting thresholds remain on the table. Catch up on the latest developments here: www.ier.org.uk/news/employm...
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Employment Rights Bill is back in the House of Lords again this afternoon. Key issues: day-one rights, zero-hours contracts and balloting thresholds remain on the table. Catch up on the latest developments here: www.ier.org.uk/news/employm...
Lords Committee report highlights lack of evidence behind civil service 60% office working mandate, says FDA union.
Recommendations made in the Lords Committee report align with arguments the union has previously made.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-c...
Recommendations made in the Lords Committee report align with arguments the union has previously made.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-c...
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Lords Committee report highlights lack of evidence behind civil service 60% office working mandate, says FDA union.
Recommendations made in the Lords Committee report align with arguments the union has previously made.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-c...
Recommendations made in the Lords Committee report align with arguments the union has previously made.
www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-c...
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) calls for worker representation and independent appointments to the BBC board.
“The BBC does not belong to the government or its board. It belongs to the people and to its workers. It should be accountable to - and shaped by - us"
www.ier.org.uk/news/nuj-cal...
“The BBC does not belong to the government or its board. It belongs to the people and to its workers. It should be accountable to - and shaped by - us"
www.ier.org.uk/news/nuj-cal...
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) calls for worker representation and independent appointments to the BBC board.
“The BBC does not belong to the government or its board. It belongs to the people and to its workers. It should be accountable to - and shaped by - us"
www.ier.org.uk/news/nuj-cal...
“The BBC does not belong to the government or its board. It belongs to the people and to its workers. It should be accountable to - and shaped by - us"
www.ier.org.uk/news/nuj-cal...
‘Say Sorry, Be Nice!’ Staff at @rockstargames.com fired en masse- in a “calculated attack on workers” according to @iwgbunion.bsky.social. The mass firing comes just months ahead of the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, predicted to be the biggest game launch in history: www.ier.org.uk/news/say-sor...
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
‘Say Sorry, Be Nice!’ Staff at @rockstargames.com fired en masse- in a “calculated attack on workers” according to @iwgbunion.bsky.social. The mass firing comes just months ahead of the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, predicted to be the biggest game launch in history: www.ier.org.uk/news/say-sor...
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The seasonal worker visa’s structure impedes union organising, with workers in the country for no longer than six months. But with the scheme ongoing since the 2019 pilot and looking like it’s here to stay, it makes sense to ask whether major unions could be doing more to overcome these challenges
I've been investigating the huge levels of exploitation faced by workers on the seasonal worker visa for the last few years, and have often asked myself why the trade union movement has ignored these workers.
So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.
So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.
‘An indictment of the trade union movement’: Why no one is organising seasonal workers
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The seasonal worker visa’s structure impedes union organising, with workers in the country for no longer than six months. But with the scheme ongoing since the 2019 pilot and looking like it’s here to stay, it makes sense to ask whether major unions could be doing more to overcome these challenges
Tetrosyl ‘fire and rehire’: Usdaw Union gives notice of an industrial action ballot and calls on the company to withdraw their new contracts. www.ier.org.uk/news/tetrosy...
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Tetrosyl ‘fire and rehire’: Usdaw Union gives notice of an industrial action ballot and calls on the company to withdraw their new contracts. www.ier.org.uk/news/tetrosy...
Jo Seery of Thompsons Solicitors: unions need to get across the detail of the Employment Rights Bill to avoid being blind-sided by employers.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Jo Seery of Thompsons Solicitors: unions need to get across the detail of the Employment Rights Bill to avoid being blind-sided by employers.
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Edward Harlow, NEU vice president: teachers’ pay review body “is absolutely not collective bargaining” - school teachers are now 18.2% below their 2010 pay in real terms.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Edward Harlow, NEU vice president: teachers’ pay review body “is absolutely not collective bargaining” - school teachers are now 18.2% below their 2010 pay in real terms.
#ierELU
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From our Employment Law Updates (ELU) in London this morning:
Lord John Hendy KC: Employment Rights Bill is a step forward, but fails to restore the sectoral collective bargaining promised in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.
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Lord John Hendy KC: Employment Rights Bill is a step forward, but fails to restore the sectoral collective bargaining promised in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.
#ierELU
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
From our Employment Law Updates (ELU) in London this morning:
Lord John Hendy KC: Employment Rights Bill is a step forward, but fails to restore the sectoral collective bargaining promised in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.
#ierELU
Lord John Hendy KC: Employment Rights Bill is a step forward, but fails to restore the sectoral collective bargaining promised in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.
#ierELU
The attempt by a coalition of Tory and Lib Dem peers to wreck the government’s pro-worker employment protection legislation continues' - Tony Burke on the ERB's rocky journey to receive royal assent:
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/the-emp...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/the-emp...
The employment rights bill debates go on
The attempt by a coalition of Tory and Lib Dem peers to wreck the government’s pro-worker employment protection legislation continues
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The attempt by a coalition of Tory and Lib Dem peers to wreck the government’s pro-worker employment protection legislation continues' - Tony Burke on the ERB's rocky journey to receive royal assent:
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/the-emp...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/the-emp...
The GMB has thrown its support behind a campaign calling for the legal right to paid time off for IVF treatment:
www.ier.org.uk/news/paid-fe...
www.ier.org.uk/news/paid-fe...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The GMB has thrown its support behind a campaign calling for the legal right to paid time off for IVF treatment:
www.ier.org.uk/news/paid-fe...
www.ier.org.uk/news/paid-fe...
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Speaking alongside Sarah Woolley, GS of Bakers' Union, on deficient Employment Rights Bill at @ieruk.bsky.social conference yesterday in Liverpool. Same gig next week in London, sign up here: www.ier.org.uk/events/emplo...
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Speaking alongside Sarah Woolley, GS of Bakers' Union, on deficient Employment Rights Bill at @ieruk.bsky.social conference yesterday in Liverpool. Same gig next week in London, sign up here: www.ier.org.uk/events/emplo...
UK to lose 600,000 workers to illness without fundamental shift.
The Royal Society for Public Health projects that more than 3.3 million adults are expected to become 'economically inactive' by 2035:
www.ier.org.uk/news/uk-to-l...
The Royal Society for Public Health projects that more than 3.3 million adults are expected to become 'economically inactive' by 2035:
www.ier.org.uk/news/uk-to-l...
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
UK to lose 600,000 workers to illness without fundamental shift.
The Royal Society for Public Health projects that more than 3.3 million adults are expected to become 'economically inactive' by 2035:
www.ier.org.uk/news/uk-to-l...
The Royal Society for Public Health projects that more than 3.3 million adults are expected to become 'economically inactive' by 2035:
www.ier.org.uk/news/uk-to-l...
Sick pay failures: RMT ballots Svitzer Terminals.
@rmtunion.bsky.social will ballot members at Svitzer Terminals for industrial action, following the company’s continued failure to apply sick pay in line with long-standing union agreements.
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-bal...
@rmtunion.bsky.social will ballot members at Svitzer Terminals for industrial action, following the company’s continued failure to apply sick pay in line with long-standing union agreements.
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-bal...
RMT ballot Svitzer Terminals over sick pay failures - IER
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November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Sick pay failures: RMT ballots Svitzer Terminals.
@rmtunion.bsky.social will ballot members at Svitzer Terminals for industrial action, following the company’s continued failure to apply sick pay in line with long-standing union agreements.
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-bal...
@rmtunion.bsky.social will ballot members at Svitzer Terminals for industrial action, following the company’s continued failure to apply sick pay in line with long-standing union agreements.
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-bal...
Unions warn that Govt proposals will amount to a real-terms pay cut for teachers. Recommendation to the STRB of 6.5% over 3 years has come under severe criticism from teaching unions.https://www.ier.org.uk/news/unions-warn-that-government-proposals-will-amount-to-a-real-terms-pay-cut-for-teachers/
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Unions warn that Govt proposals will amount to a real-terms pay cut for teachers. Recommendation to the STRB of 6.5% over 3 years has come under severe criticism from teaching unions.https://www.ier.org.uk/news/unions-warn-that-government-proposals-will-amount-to-a-real-terms-pay-cut-for-teachers/
📹 Watch back: During this week's Lords debate on unfair dismissal protections, Baroness O’Grady clarifies that the measures apply to sackings that could be for the most capricious reasons, and questions why any worker should have to accept a dismissal based on unfair grounds?
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
📹 Watch back: During this week's Lords debate on unfair dismissal protections, Baroness O’Grady clarifies that the measures apply to sackings that could be for the most capricious reasons, and questions why any worker should have to accept a dismissal based on unfair grounds?
Employment Rights Bill enters ‘ping pong’ stage as government is defeated in the Lords.
The flagship Employment Rights Bill now goes back to the Commons yet again:
www.ier.org.uk/news/employm...
The flagship Employment Rights Bill now goes back to the Commons yet again:
www.ier.org.uk/news/employm...
Employment Rights Bill enters 'ping pong' stage as government is defeated in the Lords - IER
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October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Employment Rights Bill enters ‘ping pong’ stage as government is defeated in the Lords.
The flagship Employment Rights Bill now goes back to the Commons yet again:
www.ier.org.uk/news/employm...
The flagship Employment Rights Bill now goes back to the Commons yet again:
www.ier.org.uk/news/employm...
The Employment Rights Bill returned to the House of Lords yesterday afternoon for consideration of Commons amendments.
At the last stage, MPs rejected the Lords’ earlier attempts to dilute the Bill. Catch up on its progress so far: www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vot...
At the last stage, MPs rejected the Lords’ earlier attempts to dilute the Bill. Catch up on its progress so far: www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vot...
MPs vote down Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill - IER
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October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Employment Rights Bill returned to the House of Lords yesterday afternoon for consideration of Commons amendments.
At the last stage, MPs rejected the Lords’ earlier attempts to dilute the Bill. Catch up on its progress so far: www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vot...
At the last stage, MPs rejected the Lords’ earlier attempts to dilute the Bill. Catch up on its progress so far: www.ier.org.uk/news/mps-vot...
Centrica, Euro Garages & Holland & Barrett amongst list of employers underpaying their staff.
Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage. More details & access to the full list here:
www.ier.org.uk/news/centric...
Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage. More details & access to the full list here:
www.ier.org.uk/news/centric...
Centrica, Euro Garages and Holland & Barrett amongst list of employers underpaying their staff - IER
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October 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Centrica, Euro Garages & Holland & Barrett amongst list of employers underpaying their staff.
Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage. More details & access to the full list here:
www.ier.org.uk/news/centric...
Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage. More details & access to the full list here:
www.ier.org.uk/news/centric...
RMT warns against disastrous work intensification and wage restraint on public sector workers. "We cannot have a situation where productivity is debased into meaning trading work intensification for pay" - says RMT Gen Sec Eddie Dempsey
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-war...
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-war...
RMT warns against disastrous work intensification and wage restraint on public sector workers - IER
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October 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
RMT warns against disastrous work intensification and wage restraint on public sector workers. "We cannot have a situation where productivity is debased into meaning trading work intensification for pay" - says RMT Gen Sec Eddie Dempsey
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-war...
www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-war...
TikTok “sacrificing online safety” with mass AI-driven job cuts.
Unions and campaigners have called on MPs to urgently investigate a proposed 400 job cuts from TikTok's London Office: www.ier.org.uk/news/tiktok-...
Unions and campaigners have called on MPs to urgently investigate a proposed 400 job cuts from TikTok's London Office: www.ier.org.uk/news/tiktok-...
TikTok "sacrificing online safety" with mass AI-driven job cuts - IER
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October 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
TikTok “sacrificing online safety” with mass AI-driven job cuts.
Unions and campaigners have called on MPs to urgently investigate a proposed 400 job cuts from TikTok's London Office: www.ier.org.uk/news/tiktok-...
Unions and campaigners have called on MPs to urgently investigate a proposed 400 job cuts from TikTok's London Office: www.ier.org.uk/news/tiktok-...