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Coronavirus lockdown: what health and safety reps can do
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended normal working practices, especially for trade union health and safety reps. Whether working from home or as key workers, everyone is facing new and often difficult ways of working.
Job Retention Scheme - millions of furloughed workers show why unions fought for wage protection
Latest ONS figures show how effective the Job Retention Scheme that unions negotiated has been in protecting jobs and incomes
Ramadan and coronavirus - Supporting Muslim workmates
Support and solidarity to Muslim colleagues during Ramadan under Covid-19 lockdown. Here are a few practical steps you can take.
Protecting disabled people working from home
Covid-19 means more people than ever before are working from home and having to adapt to a new space. But if you have a disability and rely on adjustments you are used to at work, this simple change can prevent you doing your job properly.
Coronavirus - why structural racism is putting BME lives at risk
We need to reflect on why the poorest and most exploited in our society have been hit so hard by Covid-19.
Covid-19 – How unions can help support bereaved workers
There’s a lot trade unions can do to support people who are grieving, as well as to remember those we have tragically lost to coronavirus.
New coronavirus data shows why workers need more protection from government
Latest ONS figures on the economic and social impact of Covid-19 confirm our fears that government measures to protect workers don’t go far enough.
Five things social care workers need - that won’t be fixed by a badge
The government are failing to protect social care workers – and the vulnerable people they care for.
Public sector workers are for life, not just for a crisis
Our applause will ring hollow unless it serves as a reminder that key workers deserve a lot more.
Coronavirus – how unions across the world are delivering for workers
Viruses don't respect borders. The only way to end this pandemic is by working together in global solidarity.
