Incredibly proud to see the experiences of Amazon workers shape improvements to employment legislation
Huge thanks to
@antoniabance.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, @mattwestern.bsky.social and @sarahedwardsmp.bsky.social for today’s ‘Make Work Pay’ Business Select Committee
Extremely pleased to be appointed to the government's Industrial Strategy Council to ensure workers and their unions have a strong voice in the mission for better growth and jobs. (And gutted to be missing the first meeting due to COVID!)
Birmingham City Council workers rally outside the city’s Council House with GMB flags and placards calling for equal pay. They are wearing GMB branded orange sashes that call for “pay justice”.
These women have made history.
After a long fight, GMB can today announce that we've thrashed out a framework agreement for settling equal pay claims in Birmingham City Council.
A significant step towards pay justice. ✊
❄️ Feeling the cold at work? Know your rights when it comes to workplace temperatures ❄️ usd.aw/3CJ9uXw
Stephen Phipson also talks about how the most important thing employers are worried about is recruitment/retention of skilled staff& skill shortages are one of the key challenges. In addition to training/upskilling we need to address workers leaving the labour market due to bad working conditions
TUC's @kategobell.bsky.social says UK employers invest half of European counterparts in skills. "If your workers are too cheap, you are much less likely to invest in their skills." So employment reforms are a "key part" of addressing that challenge.
#TUCDecentwork
Darren Jones condemns zero hours contracts: "It is impossible for you to have security at work or home if you've no idea what money is coming through the door. This is something we thought we banished decades ago. People who do regular work have the right to a regular contract." #TUCdecentwork
TUC General Secretary opens the TUC Decent Work conference telling delegates that the Employment Rights Bill will be the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation.
#Decentwork
Today is #ChampionsDay and a chance to nominate someone in your community 🏆
UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards in Hertfordshire "We want to change the story. We want to celebrate the workers in local government for the everyday champions they are"
https://unsn.uk/3ZgGfIh
Nice work Andy.
School support staff are at the core of the classroom, but for too long their work hasn’t been properly recognised or rewarded. 📚
The School Support Staff Negotiating Body is our chance to change that, and value these professionals.
Violence and abuse incidences on paramedics and emergency call handlers have risen by more than a third.
Listen now on BBC 5 live as one paramedic tells of the violence he has experienced when trying to do his job www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Government’s commitment to building 1.5 million homes should mean real investment in UK building materials and construction industries.
Let’s get Britain building. 🧱
#EDM 484 - treating retail workers with kindness during the festive trading period – #Usdaw welcomes a parliamentary motion #FreedomFromFear www.usdaw.org.uk/latest-news/...
A man in ISS uniform with a megaphone addresses a large group of workers holding GMB flags and placards outside of ISS HQ.
Porters, domestics and catering staff are key to the safe running of our NHS - they deserve to be treated with respect. 🏥
Outsourced workers at 5 South London hospitals protested outside of ISS HQ today calling for better pay, safer staffing and an end to the bullying.
We're working with the government, employers and public sector organisations to deliver growth, higher wages and investment in our public services.
📍@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social at 10 Downing Street
The last day of the TUC Yorkshire & the Humber Anti Far Right Train the Trainers course today, the attendees ran micro teach sessions and we heard from the fantastic Mariela Kohon from the TUC ❤️
Too many airport workers are subject to abuse from passengers.
Everybody should have the right to feel safe at work.
We've got to put equality at the heart of everything we do.
Jo Grady talks through the important and meaningful conversations that took place at the Equality Conference in Birmingham last week 👏
youtube.com/shorts/Mbom8...
‘Keep your cool’ and respect retail workers on #BlackFriday says #Usdaw #Respect4Shopworkers usdaw.org.uk/latest-news/...
Secure all chandeliers!
For far too many people, work doesn't pay.
The Employment Rights Bill is a win for workers, a win for employers, and good for the UK economy overall.
- @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social giving evidence at today's committee hearings for the Bill.
Improving the wellbeing of working people is achievable, good for business and good for people. Crack on with a very helpful guide. company-180825.frontify.com/document/311...
Hard to believe that unequal pay is still so extreme in the UK. www.tuc.org.uk/news/employm...
