25 April 2016

A Freedom of Information Access (FOIA) request by Global Justice Now has revealed the UK only secured one risk assessment with regards to the introduction of special investor courts as part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and it found there was far more risk than benefit to the move.

22 April 2016

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and European Trade Union Congress (ETUC) have released a joint statement calling for further amendments to be made to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) – a trade agreement between Canada and the EU – and have announced they will ask elected officials to reject the agreement if it is not opened for further debate.

21 April 2016

Report Stage for the Trade Union Bill continued in the Lords yesterday (20 April 2016), at which the government agreed to retain check-off processes for members of public sector unions, representing a u-turn on their plans.

Today we provide a summary of other significant changes that have been made to the Trade Union Bill so far:

20 April 2016

The check-off process of deducting trade union subscriptions from the wages of public sector members will not be scrapped in the Trade Union Bill as first proposed.

15 April 2016

The Conservative government's controversial "National living wage" came into effect on the 1st of April 2016. This changed the minimum wage from the previous £6.70, to the new rate of £7.20 an hour for workers over 25 years old. This is predicted by the Tory government to rise to £9.00 by 2020.

1 April 2016

Members of the Scottish Parliament will be asked to pledge not to implement aspects of the Trade Union Bill that conflict with human rights obligations