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No child left behind - Free school meals for all
With families under immense financial pressure, it is more important than ever to provide free school meals for every child. For many children, free school meals are their main source of hot and nutritious food.
Defending the right to strike
Make no mistake: we will fight hard. Any new restrictions are likely to be in breach of the UK’s commitments under international law.
The mini-budget delivered Robin Hood in reverse: tax cuts for the rich – pay cuts for working people
Kwasi Kwarteng, the latest Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, followed the pattern set by George Osborne: tax cuts for the rich and big business, pay cuts for everyone else.
Consistent support for human rights includes Palestinian rights
The theme of the 2022 UN International Day of Peace is End Racism. Build Peace. The situation in Palestine shows clearly how racism and conflict are fundamentally interrelated.
We need an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis
We’re calling for an emergency budget.
Unions winning for working people across the world
Last week our HeartUnions international event welcomed some fantastic speakers. Here are the highlights on how unions are winning around the world – and the power of collective action to deliver change.
Beyond furlough: why the UK needs a permanent short-time work scheme
Rather than scrapping the furlough scheme at the end of September, the government should build on its success.
U-turn on sick pay abandons low paid workers
The government has today u-turned on a promise to grant sick pay to two million workers.
The Chancellor mustn’t gamble with the recovery
This budget could be a chance to give people real hope for the future. The Chancellor must not fall short.
We need a new plan to build on the Job Retention Scheme
Unions helped pave the way for the Job Retention Scheme. Now a new scheme is needed to help upskill workers and protect jobs.
How to make the new Kickstart programme work for young people
The Chancellor's Kickstart programme could help prevent avoid mass youth unemployment. But we need to make sure it delivers real jobs with training opportunities.
The chancellor must set out a bold plan to save jobs
The chancellor must act decisively to avoid mass unemployment.
On May Day, let’s thank our key workers – and win them better pay and security
The workers who’ve kept the country running through the coronavirus crisis are too often underpaid, insecure and ignored. Let’s use this May Day to change that.
Universal credit - emergency boost needed to help people through coronavirus
We need a social security system that can deal with the current pandemic and beyond.
Budget announcement on Coronavirus leave millions of workers behind
The Government still hasn’t announced a plan for the nearly two million workers who miss out on sick pay because they don’t earn enough.
Check the small print before believing this government’s promises on workers’ rights
A government desperate to brand itself as on the side of working people has delivered a Queen’s Speech that offers a fig-leaf of reform coupled with an attack on the best organisations to protect workers’ rights – trade unions
The Conservative manifesto doesn’t deliver for working families - here's why
There’s no plan to get wages rising for everyone, no ban on zero-hours contracts, and no end to austerity in our public services
The Labour manifesto delivers for working families
Working families desperately need change at this election. The manifesto launched by the Labour Party today has the ingredients we need to deliver it.
