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Labour Research November 2024
What's the union deal for young workers? Labour Research highlights November's TUC Young Workers' Month by examining what trade unions are doing for young workers
Incel culture and its impact on the workplace Incel culture is on the rise — and is not without an impact on the workplace. What can unions do to counter it?
Taking action to protect and restore biodiversity Unions are increasingly involved in action to sustain investment in nature recovery and protect biodiversity
News
Winter fuel allowance campaign (228 words)
Unions kept up the pressure on the government to reverse its decision to end the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners ahead of the Budget ...
Open access
Unions give broad welcome to Employment Rights Bill (421 words)
Unions have broadly welcomed the government’s Employment Rights Bill, hailed by deputy prime minister Angela Rayner as “the biggest upgrade to ...
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TUC joins call to end 'witch-hunt' against flexible working (190 words)
The TUC joined equality campaigns, including the Fawcett Society, Age UK, Pregnant Then Screwed and Long Covid Support, to call for an end to the ... Open access
Widespread action continues in public and private sectors (334 words)
Widespread strike action as a result of pay disputes is continuing across the country. ... Subscribers only
STUC: withdraw care Bill (182 words)
The Scottish TUC called on the Scottish Government to withdraw its National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (NCS)after expressing “bitter ... Open access
Joe Simpson (160 words)
The Labour Research Department (LRD) is saddened to report the death of Joe Simpson who was a member of the LRD Board and deputy general secretary of ... Open access
Learning Fund (96 words)
The Usdaw retail union welcomed a Westminster Hall debate on Skills England initiated by Labour MP Antonia Bance, who made the case for the return of ... Open access
Inflation falls (73 words)
Inflation as measured by the CPI Consumer Prices Index fell unexpectedly to 1.7% in the year to September, the lowest rate for more than three years. ... Open access
Labour market indicators (210 words)
Upward pay pressure in the labour market appears to be dropping off. ... Open access
Key economic indicators
Key economic indicators (415 words)
Inflation (RPI) +2.7%, Average earnings +4.9% ... Subscribers only
Union news
Poll under way for general secretary of teachers' union (250 words)
The process of electing a new general secretary for the second largest teaching union, the NASUWT, is under way, after the current incumbent, Dr ... Subscribers only
New leader for journalists' union (358 words)
Members of the NUJ journalists’ union have chosen Laura Davison to be their new general secretary when Michelle Stanistreet steps down at the end ... Subscribers only
Acas (88 words)
Industrial disputes are becoming more polarised and those involved are increasingly unsure how to resolve the issue, according to new research. ... Open access
Nautilus (139 words)
Staff employees at Lloyd’s Register in the Netherlands have won union recognition as well as a pay rise after a nearly two-year battle which took ... Open access
European news
Tesla sacks union activist (147 words)
Tesla, the US electric vehicle maker, has dismissed a member of the works council at its giant gigafactory at Grünheider near Berlin. The sacked ... Open access
General strike (83 words)
The main Greek trade union confederation, GSEE, has called a 24-hour general strike for 20 November to protest against falling living standards, ... Open access
Unions give cautious welcome to government's approach (384 words)
French unions have offered a cautious welcome to many of the measures being introduced by Michel Barnier, the country’s new prime minister. ... Subscribers only
Metalworkers take to the streets (269 words)
Members of the metalworking unions in all three Italian union confederations staged a major demonstration in Rome last month under the slogan ... Subscribers only
Features
Can unions help the UK's young workers? (2,100 words)
Labour's New Deal for Working People promised the biggest upgrade in workers' rights for a generation. Measures in the new Employment Rights Bill are ... Subscribers only
Unions must tackle the growth of incel culture (2,336 words)
Earlier this year, the parliamentary women and equalities committee heard evidence about incel culture and ideology. ... Subscribers only
Taking action on biodiversity (2,067 words)
The sixteenth meeting of the international Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) took place in Colombia from 21 ... Subscribers only
Law Matters
Employer failed to make reasonable adjustment (301 words)
An Employment Tribunal (ET) was wrong in failing to consider if it was a reasonable adjustment to delay a disabled employee’s dismissal until after ... Subscribers only
Belief in English Nationalism not protected, says tribunal (340 words)
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) agreed that the Claimant’s belief in English Nationalism is not a “protected belief” for the purposes of a ... Subscribers only
Union victory in fire and rehire case (229 words)
Retail union Usdaw has succeeded in its long-running fire and rehire case against Tesco (USDAW and others v Tesco Stores [2024] UKSC 28) (see Labour ... Open access
Law Queries
Q&A (779 words)
Enhanced redundancy payments ... Subscribers only
Law Back-up
Indirect discrimination and the workplace (901 words)
The law on indirect discrimination is not about “treating everyone the same”. Instead, it is “an attempt to level the playing field by ... Subscribers only
Health & Safety Matters
Teachers under ‘immense strain’ (216 words)
Workload and wellbeing issues for teachers are “spiralling out of control, and the situation is getting worse”, according to NAHT headteachers’ ... Open access
Toxic culture persists, according to union (272 words)
The UVW union, which represents workers in the cleaning, retail and restaurant teams at Harrods, has rejected claims that the luxury department store ... Subscribers only
Survey points to NHS burnout (282 words)
A survey of more than 1,300 radiographers by the SoR health union has found that thousands of hours of NHS working time are being lost due to ... Subscribers only
Coalition demands just transition to net zero (328 words)
A coalition of unions and climate groups has called on the government to provide a further £1.9 billion in ring-fenced funding every year until 2030 ... Subscribers only
Unions and green groups say no to peak rail fares (269 words)
Unions and green groups have joined forces to campaign against the reintroduction of peak fares on Scotland’s railways. ... Subscribers only
Green bargaining guide (101 words)
The UNISON public services union marked its Green Week of action in September with the launch of a new guide, Bargaining on green issues in the ... Open access
TUC climate change policy (134 words)
A Greener Jobs Alliance (GJA) analysis of motions on climate change and just transition carried at September’s annual TUC Congress argues that the ... Open access
Equality news
Apology issued to Irish Travellers (229 words)
The Pontins company operating holiday parks has apologised to Irish Travellers for discriminating against them. The apology is a first step in a ... Open access
Audit shows progress, but more needs to be done (341 words)
The TUC has published its 2024 equality audit, undertaken by the Labour Research Department, concluding that unions are making progress in the fight ... Subscribers only
People with neurodivergent conditions at a disadvantage (253 words)
A study of 1,000 neurodivergent people reveals that more than a fifth (21%) of individuals in the UK diagnosed with a neurodivergent condition are ... Subscribers only
Workplace Back-up
Insecure work: what is Labour’s policy agenda? (924 words)
In the UK, one in five workers are in severely insecure work, facing low pay, unpredictable hours, poor protections and limited career progression. ... Subscribers only