Salmon workers’ safety fears ignored OUR union has been successfully recruiting new members at Mowi in Rosyth over the course of the past three years. This has not been an easy task due to the transient nature of the workforce, the many ...

The Campaign's co-chair @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social in today's @mstaronline.bsky.social on labour rights and workplace safety in the Scottish salmon industry morningstaronline.co.uk/article/salm...

Forward to an Employment Rights #2 Bill By Carolyn Jones and Adrian Weir A recent rally organised by the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, in partnership with Strike Map, heard from union leaders, labour law experts and politicians argui…

The Campaign's Joint Asst Secretaries making the case that however much the recent Employment Rights Act gives rights to workers what is needed is a second Bill that will give rights to unions.
labourhub.org.uk/2026/04/07/f... @ieruk.bsky.social @pcsunion.bsky.social @nasuwt-official.bsky.social

Briefing: the Government's Fair Work Agency risks becoming a ‘toothless watchdog’ - IER

The @ieruk.bsky.social briefing on the Government’s new ‘Fair Work Agency’ authored by Prof David Whyte & Prof Ruth Dukes, warns that the new agency risks becoming a ‘toothless watchdog’ unless urgent changes are made. www.ier.org.uk/publications...

Labour must not backtrack on ballot threshold promise, NEU says UNIONS must ensure Labour doesn’t backtrack on its delayed promises to remove the 50 per cent ballot turnout threshold, the National Education Union (NEU) conference moved today.The government is expe...

Teachers' union @neunion.bsky.social carries motion at Conference calling for Employment Rights #2 Bill www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo... @mstaronline.bsky.social

Battle lines drawn after Tesla union defeat in Berlin GERMANY’S giant IG Metall union’s setback at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin last week, in failing to secure a majority on Tesla’s statutory works council is a major challenge to the German trade moveme...

CTUF's co-chair, Tony Burke, on Tesla's assault on collective bargaining and workplace democracy in Germany in @mstaronline.bsky.social www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/batt...

For a new Employment Rights Bill: experts and union leaders demand better A NEW urgency gripped debate at the workers’ rights rally called by the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) and Strike Map at the weekend.The campaign for a second Employment Rights Bill cannot be...

Here's the report of our rally calling for Employment Rights #2 Bill in today's @mstaronline.bsky.social www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-...

Towards a second Employment Rights Act THE Employment Rights Act which received royal assent in 2025 was one of the headline policies of the incoming Labour government.Years in the making, the genesis of the act came from work done by form...

To co-incide with our rally calling for an Employment Rights #2 Bill @tuc.org.uk President and POA General Secretary Steve Gillan makes the case in this weekend's @mstaronline.bsky.social www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/towa...

Finishing the Job: Rally for trade union rights and Employment Rights #2 Bill THE first tranche of new employment rights became operative on February 18. Variously billed as the “biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation” (Keir Starmer) and echoed by the TUC in Decembe...

Here's the first part of an article by our Asst Secretary explaining why an Employment Rights #2 Bill is vitally necessary - we will be developing this campaign at our rally on 21 March at Hamilton House www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fini... Register here bit.ly/ERB2Rally

Unions demand second employment rights bill Workers’ groups say new labour reforms leave major gaps, as campaigners plan a rally in London calling for stronger legal protections

CTUF co-chair Tony Burke previews our Trade Union Rights rally on 21 March calling for Employment Rights #2 Bill - yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af... - register here bit.ly/ERC2Rally

Rally for trade union rights and Employment Rights #2 Bill "We need and demand a labour rights framework that’s worth defending and that workers will value as having something in it for them."

Here's an important article labouroutlook.org/2026/03/04/r... by our Assistant Secretary pointing out the deficiencies in the Employment Rights Act, calling for a second Bill and mobilising for our Rally on 21 March, register at biy.ly/ERB2Rally @labouroutlook.bsky.social

Argentina passes sweeping attack on workers’ rights and trade unions ARGENTINA’S Senate has passed legislation attacking workers’ rights and collective bargaining.Far-right President Javier Milei hailed the “historic” win, which follows huge protests by trade unions an...

Argentina’s unions fave a new round of anti-union laws including minimum service levels in certain public services morningstaronline.co.uk/article/arge...

Council granted bin strike protestors ban BREAKING - The city council has been granted a High Court injunction baning anyone from protesting outside its depots and then obstructing its bin lorries from going on their daily rounds

Birmingham Council has been granted an injunction effectively banning the megapickets; presumably the “right” of strikers to picket at or near their own place of work still in force www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

The International Trade Union Confederation @ituc.bsky.social calls out Israeli expansionism in the West Bank www.ituc-csi.org/Palestine-IT...

Milei’s attack on Argentinian labour rights advances A STRIKE protesting against Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei’s attack on the country’s labour laws disrupted public transport, hospitals, ports and schools across the country on Thursday.&...

Labour rights under the cosh in Argentina www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mile...

More speakers announced for the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom x @strikemap.org rally on 21 March Matt Wrack @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social Sarah Kilpatrick @neunion.bsky.social Andrea Egan @unison.org.uk Hamilton House, London, WC1H 9BD Register (free) at bit.ly.erb2rally

Join the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom at our rally mobilising for trade union rights with an Employment Rights #2 Bill. 21 March from 11:00 am in London. Register at: bit.ly/ERB2Rally @pcsunion.bsky.social @rmtunion.bsky.social @bfawu.bsky.social @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @ieruk.bsky.social

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@rmtunion.bsky.social joins the campaign for an #EmploymentRightsBill2 with Eddie Dempsey speaking.

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Wapping dispute still shapes the fight for workers today FORTY years ago on a cold January night in 1986 as many as 6,000 print workers stood outside Rupert Murdoch’s new printing plant in Wapping in east London.They were met not with negotiators from News ...

The @nasuwt-official.bsky.social ‘s Matt Wrack in this weekend’s @mstaronline.bsky.social on how the Wapping dispute still defines the parameters of industrial action - 40 year supplement in print edition morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wapp... Time for Employment Rights #2 Bill.

Further evidence that UK labour law fails to meet international standards (even with Employment Rights Act). www.ier.org.uk/news/uk-stil... Sign up for our rally calling for Employment Rights #2 Bill bit.ly/ERB2Rally with Eddie Dempsey, Fran Heathcote, Steve Gillan @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social +++

Support Latin America’s workers and their unions against the “angry tide” far-right offensive Trump's attack on Venezuela is a threat to the sovereignty of all countries in the region. Adrian Weir, CTUF, calls for solidarity with the workers, unions and movements fighting back.

On Labour Outlook @labouroutlook.bsky.social - it is very difficult to find out Venezuelan trade union views on the unlawful US incursion and abduction but the President of CBST, the Chávista federation has gone on the record. labouroutlook.org/2026/01/17/s...

Claiming date for Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and Strike Map rally in support of an Employment Rights #2 Bill - let's put right what's wrong with the 2025 Act - for trade union rights - Saturday 21 March - Hamilton House, London - register at: bit.ly/ERB2Rally

Campaign for Trade Union Freedom joins the international labour movement in condemning the unlawful US strike on Venezuela; we stand in solidarity with Venezuelan workers and their progressive trade unions. www.tradeunionfreedom.co.uk/campaign-for...

‘No More Blood for Oil’: Global Labor Movement Opposes Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela Labor federations around the world are condemning the Trump administration’s acts of war in Venezuela. In a raw display of imperialist aggression, the United States bombed the country, kidnapped its p...

Labor Notes has monitored worldwide trade union opposition to and condemnation of the US incursion into Venezuela and the abduction of the president and his wife www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

A historic advance for workers – and the fight to make it count THE Employment Rights Act 2025 has now passed into law, marking the most significant advance in workers’ rights in a generation. For decades, trade unions and campaigners have argued for reforms that ...

@andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social in today's @mstaronline.bsky.social on the Employment Rights Act, pointing out the positives and making the case for an Employment Rights #2 Bill www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hist...

TUC General Council statement on Venezuela The TUC joins the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and ITUC-Americas in expressing our ‘absolute and unequivocal rejection’ of the US military attack in Venezuela, and the abduction of P...

Very good @tuc.org.uk statement on the situation in Venezuela www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-gen...

EMERGENCY STATEMENT: NO TO TRUMP'S WAR ON VENEZUELA **UPDATE: Donald Trump has launched a war on Venezuela, with the US military bombing the capital Caracas and kidnapping President Maduro. Please sign and share this statement to show the level of oppo...

The leaders of 9 unions have signed a statement "No to Trump's War on Venezuela." You can join them: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @pcsunion.bsky.social @bfawu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @neunion.bsky.social @fbunational.bsky.social Prison Officers' Association @tssa.bsky.social @gftu.org.uk

World Federation of Trade Unions’ statement on the situation in Venezuela www.wftucentral.org/wftu-condemn...