The TUC has called an ’emergency protest’ to stop the anti-strike bill becoming law
With the anti-strikes bill back in the House of Commons on Monday 22 May, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is ...
Tag: trade unions
Unite just travelled 6,000 miles to defend a group of workers sacked by Port of Felixstowe
Unite the Union has taken the fight for the so-called Felixstowe Four to the front door of the company that ...
Royal Mail’s catastrophic financial free fall leaves the CWU in a difficult position
As predicted, beleaguered Royal Mail made huge losses during the last financial year. It's hardly a surprise, given what the ...
TransPennine Express to be brought back under government control due to litany of failures
The government announced on 11 May that it's taking TransPennine Express under its control. It's blaming persistent delays and cancellations ...
The FBU saying it will ‘hold fire services to account’ may not be enough to save them
Content warning: The following article contains mention of rape. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has made what it calls a ...
Writers Guild downs tools in protest against ‘uberization’ of their jobs in the streaming era
On 2 May, thousands of Writers Guild of America (WGA) workers downed tools and picketed studios in New York and ...
On the 90th anniversary, we should remember the start of the Nazi crackdown on trade unions
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) sent out a message on the 90th anniversary of the Nazi's repression of trade unions. ...
Thank God for the RMT, ASLEF, and Unite – as the CWU and RCN come under fire
Bosses and the Tory government are trying to bring UK trade unions to their knees. Not that this is a ...
CWU leaders anger members, while Tories’ hardline approach to the NEU and RCN continues
It's been a mixed bag of news about trade unions in recent days. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has agreed ...
RMT exposes yet more dodgy rail company dividends – then, the Canary finds even more
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has once again exposed rail companies siphoning off huge dividend ...
Offshore workers forced to strike for better conditions prove that greedy bosses need to go
Unite offshore oil and gas workers will begin two days of strikes on Monday 24 April. Unite the Union has ...
RMT and RCN set to strike again – as nurses stick two fingers up at their union
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members, and Royal College of Nursing (RCN) nurses, are set to ...
The RMT found a government-funded train company splashed £75m on dividends – so the Canary dug deeper
This article was updated at 4:30pm on Thursday 30 March. Angel Trains originally gave the Canary an incorrect response. The ...
‘Disgraceful’ Royal Mail bosses’ latest CWU threat exposes them as shower of self-serving sh*ts
The dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail has entered a bizarre parallel universe. The company has ...
Post Office workers should be ‘proud’ following big pay dispute development with CWU
Trade union the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has been fighting on behalf of Post Office workers in an ongoing pay ...
A Glasgow bar has been accused of sacking workers for union organising
The radical union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) has accused a Glasgow bar of union busting. Saramago Bar, which ...
‘Bullying’ bosses sacked four Port of Felixstowe workers for organising the Unite strike
Four Unite the Union-backed workers from the Port of Felixstowe are taking on the company which owns it. This comes ...
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