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90th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street – to honour the past and shape the future
Sunday 4 October 2026 is the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street when ordinary men, women, and some feisty children, literally stood shoulder to shoulder in the East End of London determined that organised fascists would not march through their community. This remains a massive moment in our history but the celebrations that are being organised 4 October 2026 are not a heritage event – they are a commitment to action.
The growth of trade union membership in the UK – a focus on TUC London, East and South East
The official statistics published in May showed a big rise in trade union membership in the UK between 2024 and 2025. We at the TUC rightly celebrated the increase of 192,000 members to 6.57 million. Read the TUC’s excellent blog about the membership figures.
Poverty won't fix itself - organised labour must act
We are deep into the twenty-first century, living and working in the sixth largest economy in the world, and yet millions of people in the UK struggle to afford basic items such as food, energy and a decent home to live in.
Standing together for unity and hope. 5 ways you can take action today
At its best and strongest trade unionism is expressed in positive terms. We have values that any decent person should share. We have a vision of what the workplace, society and the world should look like. And we have a roadmap about how to win that vision though action.
International Workers’ Day is not a heritage event, it is a call to action
Six reasons why May Day, also known as International Worker's Day, is an important day in the trade union calendar.
Trades councils on the front line
If trades councils didn’t exist, given the challenges facing the trade union movement today, we would need to invent them.
Child poverty across the UK is worsening. Unions know how to fix it, but will the government listen?
Ending child poverty is not just a moral imperative, it is a practical one. The TUC is calling for action from the government with 10 steps to fix child poverty here in the UK.
As we survey the economic wreckage of Covid-19, how can we rebuild local economies for the better?
Local economies have been impacted differently by the pandemic. That’s why our economic and social responses must be local too.
If you think employment and trade union rights in the UK are ‘gold-plated’, think again
Union organisers still face obstacles including hostile employers, union-busting and blacklisting. In the UK every worker deserves a great job. But we all know that this is far from being the case.
A tsunami of work-related stress threatens to engulf working people
On National Stress Awareness Day, it’s an opportunity to think about the issue of work-related stress and its underlying causes, how we can help individual workers and businesses deal with it, and the collective benefit to society of getting this right.
