✊ #UniteWin - Stagecoach North East Unite regional officer Dave Telford said: “As this deal shows, workers seeking better pay and working conditions should join Unite and rally their co-workers to do the same.” Full story 👉 loom.ly/E9rnAb8 #UniteNEYH

🚨 BIRMINGHAM BINS | STRIKE EXTENDED Throughout this dispute the GOV.UK has denied any involvement. It is now clear that commissioners reporting to Angela Rayner blocked a ball park deal thrashed out at Acas. 1/2 ⤵️

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Bridget Phillipson has been utterly silent on redundancies in HE, her current brief. In her own Sunderland constituency the University has shed hundreds of jobs, across the North-East probably more like 1000 jobs have gone. Why should we trust what she says here? Come on TUC.

Trades Union Congress Bridget Phillipson Bridget Phillipson has been utterly silent on redundancies in HE, her current brief. In her own Sunderland constituency the University has shed hundreds of jobs, across the North-East probably more like 1000 jobs have gone. Why should we trust what she says here? Come on TUC.

I’ve been a trade unionist all my working life. I always encourage others to become members of a trade union, including family members, such as a niece. I don’t rely on others to convince people they don’t know, as it would be easier and better for those words to come from me.

The Labour government floating the idea of charging for Employment Tribunal fees shows what they really think about workers.

Executive HR Director drops a bombshell to senior academics, then immediately goes on holiday.

Senior Labour MP needs training to avoid making assumptions about how Headteachers do their jobs. tes.com/magazine/news/…

“To get the most out of life you must be active, you must live and you must have the courage to taste the thrill of being young." #Engels #Manchester

I’m dealing with two significant collective issues at a University where, the day after announcing proposals which will result in job losses and/or huge cuts in salary, the senior manager leading it jets off on annual leave. Some senior execs don’t give a damn about their staff.

On the fifth anniversary of the murder of Samuel Paty by an Islamist, we republish our tribute. #JesuisSamuel Student Academics For Academic Freedom Academy of Ideas The Free Speech Union afaf.org.uk/remember-samue…

30 staff sacked at Grand Theft Auto developer in alleged ‘union-busting’ move independent.co.uk/news/business/…

Nearly 1,000 Asda distribution managers are now covered by a collective agreement with the GMB Union, in what the trade union called a “historic Asda worker recognition win” ⁦GMB Union⁩ retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2025/10/a…

Ever since I heard that the BBC reversed the footage from a clash on the picket line at Orgreave in June 1984 - making it look like the police retaliated to violence from striking miners - I have questioned how the BBC report on political news coverage.

Listening to a government minister on the radio is now no different to listening to one last year or the year before They ignore questions that are put to them and have no appreciation or understanding of the concerns of the public Nor any sense of commitment or pledges Unreal

This increase in time for ACAS Early Conciliation might prove to be helpful, but it is simply a change that reflects the inability of government officials to deal with the sheer volume of work they have *Early conciliation period to double from 1 December personneltoday.com/hr/early-conci…

Of all the things that HE employers have proposed in the region over the last 20 years, I think this is arguably the worst and the most destructive. UCU - Strike ballot looms at Northumbria University over attack on pay & pensions ucu.org.uk/article/14256/…

"Heres the manifesto, introducing basic rights from day one, protection from unfair dismissal. Ditched. What they're going for now is introducing that after 6mths" TUC: Hurray! In other news, 5 of the last 6 TUC general secretaries were subsequently given peerages.

There’s no recognition here that this is a significant reversal by the government. The job of trade unionists should not be to make excuses for a Labour government which can make no claim to be a friend to workers.