Trade unions

‘They’re everywhere’: workers warn of rat infestation at Somerset nuclear plant

Unions urge energy giant EDF to take action as concerns mount over health of construction staff

Jillian Ambrose

06, Apr, 2025 @7:00 AM

England’s NHS crews ‘watching patients die in back of ambulances’ due to A&E delays

Survey says queues outside emergency departments are leading to ‘car park care’ and fatalities

Jon Ungoed-Thomas

06, Apr, 2025 @5:00 AM

‘We’re not a third world country, we’re England’: anger rises as Birmingham’s bin strike takes toll on locals

With the city’s refuse collectors still on the picket line after four weeks, residents are pointing the finger of blame at the council

James Tapper

05, Apr, 2025 @2:39 PM

‘It’s horrible’: one month in, the Birmingham bin strike is causing a real stink

Locals are feeling the impact of the more than 17,000 tonnes of uncollected rubbish in the city’s streets

Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

01, Apr, 2025 @4:12 PM

UK academics accuse their union of discrimination over gender-critical film

Documents before tribunal say UCU branch asked Edinburgh University to cancel screening of Adult Human Female

Sally Weale Education correspondent

31, Mar, 2025 @6:34 PM

Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike as piles of waste grow

Council leader says situation causing ‘harm and distress’ with 17,000 tonnes of rubbish uncollected

Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

31, Mar, 2025 @5:19 PM

British Steel plans to close Scunthorpe blast furnaces with 2,700 jobs at risk

Unions condemn proposals by China’s Jingye that will make UK only G7 country unable to make steel from scratchBusiness live – latest updates

Julia Kollewe

27, Mar, 2025 @11:10 AM

Reform UK will go to war with teaching unions, says Nigel Farage

Outburst comes after anti-racism campaigners disrupt event in South Yorkshire and are escorted out

Sally Weale Education correspondent

25, Mar, 2025 @4:17 PM

David Williams obituary

Other lives: General secretary of the health union Cohse in the 1980s and staunch defender of the NHS

Haf Williams-Dallison

24, Mar, 2025 @4:20 PM

Labour plan for £2bn in Whitehall cuts will hit frontline services, union warns

‘You can’t cut your way to growth,’ says PCS head as Reeves confirms move to cut administrative costs by 15% by 2030

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

23, Mar, 2025 @7:03 PM

Birmingham bin strike to continue after talks end without resolution

Union says Labour-run council could end industrial action with ‘decent rate of pay’, but town hall says offer is fair

Nadeem Badshah

20, Mar, 2025 @8:22 PM

Thousands of jobs at risk in shake-up of English councils, Unison warns

Union says it will be a ‘travesty if crucial public services are shut down’ in mergers of some county and district bodies