Archive: Unions

Christmas card protest against rail fares

Trade unions are protesting at train stations across the country today against increases in rail fares and planned cuts.

Comment: HS2 – This bright shiny train does not do what it says on the box

Brendan Barber's TUC Congress speech in full

Opposition anger as rail fares rise

'Resistance is futile': Another big pensions strike, but ministers won't give way

Last November's strike was hailed by unions as the biggest in a generation

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are walking out once again over their pensions, but the government says further resistance is futile.

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Union to appeal after high court rules pensions shift lawful

Unions took their pensions fight to the court today - but lost

Union officials are to continue their legal fight against the government's pensions reform, after the high court ruled the changes were lawful.

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Union invites Jeremy Clarkson to 'wipe bottoms' after apology

Jeremy Clarkson's apology over his 'shoot the strikers' remark has only partially diminished uproar about the comment.

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Unproductive workers could be given the sack

Workers could be sacked for being lazy under new proposals

Employees in the UK could be sacked for laziness or lack of productivity, if new proposals suggested in a leaked report are taken up by the government.

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No end to pensions impasse as walkout nears

Protesters at a public sector pensions strike earlier this year

Unions are no closer to calling off planned strikes over public sector pensions, Brendan Barber has said.

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Brendan Barber's TUC Congress speech in full

Brendan Barber's speech to TUC Congress in full

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber's speech to the 2011 Congress in London, in full:

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Outrage as thinktank brands job losses 'easily manageable'

Spending cuts are causing thousands of public sector staff to lose their jobs

Trade unions reacted with outrage today after a prominent right-wing thinktank branded 400,000 public sector job losses "easily manageable".

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Miliband on collision course with 'hard ball' unions

Ed Miliband faces a confrontation with the unions which

Ed Miliband is gearing up for a confrontation with trade unions as he seeks to limit their influence over the Labour party.

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BBC faces second day of strikes

BBC journalists are walking out today as a row over compulsory redundancies deepens.

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Unions win unlikely pensions ally in Andrew Lansley

Andrew Lansley's leaked letter will embarrass the health secretary

Health secretary Andrew Lansley's leaked letter criticising the government's public sector pension reforms "could have been written by any of the union negotiators", according to TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.

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Union fights council plan to cut 1,200 jobs

Southampton docks, where port health workers are on strike today

Southampton city council has become the first big local authority to ask its workers to take a pay cut or lose their jobs, triggering a row with unions.

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Pensions strikers contemplate second round in October

Where next for public sector pension strikers?

Protesters, union leaders and ministers are considering their next move after yesterday's public sector pensions strike.

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'No other option': Unions prepare for mass walkout

Public sector staff striking over their pensions

Up to 750,000 public sector staff are preparing to walk out over their pensions tomorrow.

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Last-ditch PM bids to avoid public sector strikes

David Cameron makes the government's case on public sector pensions

Mass walkouts planned for later this week are "wrong" because the government is offering public sector workers a "good deal", David Cameron has claimed.

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Comment: Union talks really are a sham

July, not June, will be the real test of the two sides' resolve.

Millions of people affected by this Thursday's strikes should be under no illusions: there was never any chance of these talks resulting in a deal.

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Cabin crew finally end BA dispute

BA finally sees off threat of industrial action

A 21-month-old industrial dispute between cabin crew and British Airways (BA) has finally come to an end.

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'Peacemaker' Clegg to calm union tempers

Peacemaker Clegg reaches out to the unions

Nick Clegg hopes to act as a "peacemaker" in the growing confrontation between unions and the government.

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Union resistance over pensions a 'colossal mistake'

Public sector pension age will rise to 66 - in line with the state pension

The gulf between union bosses and ministers has widened further as Danny Alexander announced the public sector pension retirement age will rise to 66.

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TUC: Government is making crude threats on pensions

Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, rejects 'deeply inflammatory' public intervention by the government in the public sector pensions dispute.

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Unite: Coalition is launching gunboat diplomacy

Gail Cartmail, Unite assistant general secretary, slams treasury minister for 'bombing talks' with media intervention in the public sector pensions dispute.

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