34 unions demand end to EU trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Nearly three dozen unions have written to the European Commission (EC) demanding that it ends trade with illegal Israeli settlements. ...
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It’s official. Governments and businesses are trashing 100 years of progress.
On 19 June, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its 2019 Global Rights Index. This report reveals a worrying ...
A survey about the DWP needs to hear from you
The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) most controversial benefit looks shakier by the day. Now a campaigning trade union ...
Union chief stresses urgency of ‘fixing the global economy’ in scathing May Day message
A May Day 2019 message from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) stresses that "we need to fix the rules ...
In the midst of Brexit, a new movement calls for ‘Irish Unity’
A new organisation has formed to call for a united Ireland. The group is called Trade Unionists for a New ...
These trade unionists want to overthrow the ‘creaking establishment’, starting with the House of Lords
It's no secret that our political system is out-of-date. And there are few things that show this as clearly as ...
CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged EP10 – a DWP special
THIS PODCAST CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE Welcome to Topple Uncaged! Every week, The Canary will be bringing you a new ...
The government’s latest immigration policy is slammed as ‘a disaster for every worker’
On December 19, the government announced its immigration white paper. This laid out a plan for immigration after Brexit. But ...
Union leaders at risk of imprisonment if they take part in protests
Six trade union leaders in Cambodia received two and a half year suspended prison sentences on 11 December. They were also ...
CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged EP5
Welcome to Topple Uncaged! Every week The Canary will be bringing you a new podcast on the media landscape; hosted by me, Steve ...
The DWP should watch out. There’s a ‘Welfare Rebellion’ brewing.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is constantly in the news. It is also frequently the subject of protests. ...
The DWP is facing the wrath of thousands of people this week
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing the wrath of potentially thousands of people this week. And it ...
One Twitter post opens the floodgates on the reality of zero-hours contracts in Tory Britain
On 17 November, academic Dr Steve Garner took to Twitter to ask a question about his son's new job. He was "horrified" about ...
An A-level student is taking on the government over our railways
An A-level student has launched a petition over a controversial policy about our railways. The government may wish to take ...
A group of bar workers show how sticking together against bad bosses can pay off
In September 2017, a group of workers were dismissed from the Grosvenor Cafe in Glasgow. It led to those workers winning ...
Amid a worsening situation for workers’ rights, an international union chief speaks out
In its 2018 report, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) signalled a worrying trend of deteriorating workers' rights around the world. ...
Home Office to allow migrant workers to strike in huge win for workers’ rights
The Home Office will change a rule that potentially prevented migrant workers from taking part in strike action. In a ...
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