Trade unions

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Labour MP defends plans to block North Sea drilling against union criticism
Seema Malhotra says party wants to see jobs transferred to green energy industries, not lost

Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

08, Jun, 2023 @9:59 AM

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Heathrow security staff to strike on almost every weekend this summer
More than 2,000 workers at London hub will strike for 31 days from June to August in row over pay

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

07, Jun, 2023 @10:44 AM

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Steve Lobb obituary
Other lives: Muralist who also made banners for trade unions and had a separate existence as a surreal performance poet

Berni Cunnane

06, Jun, 2023 @4:47 PM

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Labour and SNP face byelection battle after Margaret Ferrier suspension – as it happened
Commons votes to suspend Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP for 30 days after breach of Covid rules

Andrew Sparrow

06, Jun, 2023 @4:42 PM

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Labour to link government tenders to ‘unionised jobs’, Starmer tells GMB
Warm reception for party leader at GMB congress as he backs call for Amazon to recognise union in Coventry

Heather Stewart

06, Jun, 2023 @11:55 AM

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Keir Starmer pledges ‘good, union jobs’ amid energy row with GMB
Labour leader to address union’s conference after its leader attacks plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas extraction

Ben Quinn and Alex Lawson

05, Jun, 2023 @9:30 PM

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Cameron-Osborne austerity years cost UK dearly when Covid struck, says TUC
Union body claims policies left Britain ‘hugely unprepared’, in report before opening hearing of inquiry

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

04, Jun, 2023 @9:30 PM

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Labour mayors say party undemocratic for blocking Jamie Driscoll’s candidacy
Burnham and Rotheram write to NEC after Driscoll is kept off longlist to be candidate for north-east mayor

Helen Pidd North of England editor

04, Jun, 2023 @5:13 PM

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Labour plans to ban North Sea oil production naive, says union leader
Gary Smith of the GMB, a key Labour donor, says plan shows ‘lack of intellectual rigour’

Ben Quinn

04, Jun, 2023 @12:36 PM

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Labour needs an ‘honest debate’ about Brexit damage, union warns
Unless Britain develops a closer relationship with the EU it will continue to haemorrhage investment and jobs, says the GMB

Toby Helm Political editor

03, Jun, 2023 @11:57 AM

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UK ministers back down and offer civil servants £1,500 to end pay row
Prospect union welcomes offer made after talks on Friday of one-off payment to help with cost of living

Kiran Stacey

02, Jun, 2023 @2:04 PM

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Rail strikes: which trains will run on Friday and Saturday in Great Britain?
Here is a breakdown of the services that operators plan to provide on each day during RMT and Aslef stoppages

Casper Hughes and agency

01, Jun, 2023 @5:09 PM

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