04 May 2016

The House of Lords yesterday accepted the government's amendments to the Trade Union Bill, allowing the Tory proposals to reach Royal Assent today.

04 May 2016

Millions of people have taken to the streets of French cities and towns to demonstrate against proposed laws that aim to decentralise collective bargaining, thus weakening trade union rights and dragging France into a pattern of increasing neoliberalism seen across the EU.

03 May 2016

On 25 April 2016, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) released a TTIP "mythbuster" after a Freedom of Information request by Global Justice Now revealed the government's only risk assessment had warned that the risks of "investor protection" as part of the deal outweighed the benefits. However, a leak of the TTIP documents today by Greenpeace does not seem to square with the government's claims.

03 May 2016

Workers blacklisted by construction firms for being members of trade unions finally saw some justice on Friday (29 April 2016), as major industry players were forced to fork over £250 million in compensation.

28 April 2016

The Trade Union Bill was returned to the House of Commons yesterday, where MPs voted on Conservative amendments to the Bill, which had been softened by the Lords.

26 April 2016

The Conservative Party has today released amendments to the Trade Union Bill that intend to reverse changes made by the Lords, including reintroducing a clause that would allow the Secretary of State to centrally control facility time in the public sector.