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Taiwanese Days
Just before Christmas, the TUC issued a call to the trade unions organising at Port Talbot for a representative to attend the Net-Zero Emission and Just Transition conference, organised by Ray Cheng and the Taiwanese Trade Unions. Tom Hoyles from GMB kindly volunteered. Here's Tom's perspective.
Conference
Steel in Transition: The End of an Era and the Fight for the Future
The closure of Port Talbot’s blast furnaces marks the end of an era for UK steelmaking and the beginning of a fierce fight for its future. With Scunthorpe offering a glimmer of hope, the question is no longer just about technology, but justice: how do we ensure a transition that puts workers, communities, and good jobs at its heart? As the UK charts its industrial future, one thing is clear, steel still matters.
Steel workers
GKN workers in Florence fight to take over ownership of their factory and win a worker-led transition
GKN is unique in the way its workers have organised collectively. Since 2008, GKN workers have been organised under an autonomous factory-wide collective, the ‘Collettivo di Fabbrica’, that operates independently but closely alongside official union recognition (with the metalworking union FIOM-CGIL).
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German steelworkers win a green steel transition
How steelworkers in Lower Saxony have played an integral role in the transition to next generation steelmaking in Germany, securing their jobs into the future.
Lower Saxony
Ratcliffe Power: a fair transition for workers at the last coal plant in Britain
How unionised workers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power collaborated with their employer to successfully redeploy the workforce.
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Ex-auto workers win job deal at electric vehicle factory in Ohio
New electric vehicle battery manufacturing site in former automotive industrial town takes on workers from closing United Auto.
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Shoulder to Shoulder: Climate Activists and Steelworkers Unite
Amy Cameron, Programme Director at Greenpeace, and Jason Wyatt, an electrical engineer with Tata and a Unite trade union rep, shared their views on why climate groups support workers from carbon-heavy industries.
banner
"I'm a supermarket worker and I was abused by a shoplifter"
Hear from a USDAW rep about her experience of abuse, and how this motivated her to help other workers through the union.
Finnola
A voice at the table: RMT train conductor's fight for fair treatment
A Veteran in the railway industry, Steve, who has been a RMT regional organiser for the past 18 months, has a rich history and high level of experience in the sector.
train station london
FBU’s campaign for fair maternity leave pay
The Fire Brigades Union are driving a campaign to ensure all women fire fighters across the country have access to the same level of dignified maternity pay when having a child.
fbu Leoni Munslow
UCU members in Teesside win pay increase
In December 2022, the staff at five colleges in Cleveland, Redcar and Stockton-on-Tees, part of the Education Training Collective (ETC) in Teesside, initiated a campaign for fair pay.
UCU
RMT members fight for fair pay at Doppelmayr Cable Car
Ella has been working at Doppelmayr Cable Car as a Technical Operator for the last five years – she is the rep at a small and tight knit workplace.
rmt
Big win for ASLEF after two-year pay dispute
In September, the ASLEF train drivers voted overwhelmingly to accept the pay deal offered to them by the new Labour government - bringing to an end one of the longest running disputes on Britain's railways in recent history.
aslef
“I don’t know how much I’m earning next week"
Fraser is a hospitality worker from the East Midlands. He has worked five different hospitality jobs, all on zero-hours contracts.
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"I try to be as invisible as possible"
Unite member Adam*, is a truck driver from the west of Scotland in his 40s. He isn't out as a trans man at work.
A great pay win for workers at National Museums Liverpool
“It was a real win for us and a good example of what we can achieve through solidarity.”
PCS strike
NUJ achieves historic union recognition at Press Association
Last month the NUJ won a historic union recognition agreement at the Press Association (PA). PA is the national news agency for the UK and Ireland and is a leading multi-media content provider across web, mobile, broadcast and print.
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We need a government to work with teachers, not against them
Headteacher Angi Gibson, reflects on the impact of funding cuts and increasing demands on schools, the resilience of educators, and the urgent need for governmental support and reform to ensure the future of our children’s education.
“Everything had gone up except our wages. We felt unappreciated”
After working through the pandemic, a group of outsourced canteen workers working at Drax power station felt the cost-of-living crisis starting to bite.
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"Your future is in your hands”: A brilliant union recognition win for workers at Euro Car Parts
Following an 8-and-a-half-year campaign culminating in a workplace ballot through the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), Community just last week (Monday 3 June) won recognition for warehouse workers at Euro Car Parts Tamworth T1 and T2 sites. 
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Greening our local authority: The power of a green rep
“We didn’t know what a green rep was for before we got one, but now we’re co-creating council policy for 15,000 colleagues and over a million local residents!” 
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“New recognition agreements are rarer than hens’ teeth”: A new deal for care workers
More than one hundred care workers in Wales are to see their pay and conditions improve after their company, Adferiad, signed a new recognition deal with UNISON.
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Negotiating a Green New Deal—progress so far
The experience of our green reps network at the University of Liverpool has shown that positive change can be made by coming together. By linking the green transition to employment rights, by appreciating how colleagues can apply their varied expertise, and with solidarity across unions, we have made progress. For me at least, it has been a major source of hope, and has started to offer clues about what a better world might look like.
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Winning for outsourced workers
In the midst of the pandemic, outsourced school meals workers across England got in touch with their union, UNISON. Their employer Dolce, a private school catering company, was cutting the contracted hours of staff, while still expecting many of them to work the same actual hours.
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"These changes will go a long way to support our members when they need it most"
In September 2023, following ongoing discussions between Tesco and Usdaw, the supermarket announced it was introducing new policies to support workers with paid leave.
tesco shopping bag
"You saved your own jobs: It was the members standing united that delivered"
Nearly three years ago back in early 2021, Nautilus began negotiations over pay and terms and conditions with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (IOMSPC), who operate ferries to and from Heysham, Liverpool, and Douglas in the Isle of Man. Nautilus Senior National Secretary Garry Elliott talked the TUC’s Solidarity Hub through the negotiations and dispute.
P&O strikers and campaigners
"The public really got behind us": fighting cuts in North Wales
When North Wales fire authority announced proposals for downgrading services, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) sprang into action, rallying support from the community and laying bare the reality of what these downgrades in services would mean for the safety of the public - and firefighters’ wellbeing.
fire engine uk
The fight for recognition at Glee Club, Cardiff
In July 2023, following a long and hard-fought campaign, Unite the union secured union recognition at the world-famous Glee Club in Cardiff, Wales.
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“We want to make sure children in critical situations don’t miss out” 
In September 2023, members of the Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) union in England and Wales voted decisively in favour of taking industrial action over pay. 
“Don’t be afraid to be bold”: Winning for outsourced workers at ISS
Last year, around 100 outsourced and low-paid PCS members employed by ISS as cleaners, security guards and support staff in three government departments took 46 days of strike action after ISS failed to improve on a 2% pay offer.
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