Trade unions Articles

Keeping people safe in their workplace needs two things: strong laws and effective action to make those laws a reality. That is why trade unions play such a vital role in health and safety at work. Today, millions of working people around the world will be celebrating...

Following the defeats of the government on its Sunday trading law plans and enormous overthrow in the House of Lords on the trade union bills, all union members should now come together and campaign to stay in the European Union. All these victories for trade union...

Last months saw two important anniversaries pass for the Labour party – neither received the attention they might have done. 27 February is an important day for Labour people. This year, the date marks 106 years since a group of working-class representatives and trade...

I began my career in the trade union movement in the late 1980s, when the Conservative governments of the time presented parliament with a new piece of restrictive anti-union legislation every 18 months. A huge amount of effort was expended by the Trades Union...