New employment laws will make it easier for workers to take collective action. Here's what it could mean for SMEs.

When Legien, who prefers to leave everything in the trade union movement as it is, takes this opportunity to speak of a difference in “world view” that separates the workers of the free trade unions ...

For example, it must be a postal ballot - where members vote on paper and return it in a prepaid envelope. ... However, trade unions have mounted a legal challenge, external.

Trade unions seem more focused on keeping what they have from other trade unions, rather than growing their membership base in the new areas of the economy. Thus, the delivery bikers are not ...

They can do this by allowing trade union reps time to speak to workers as a collective and to allow our BAME reps time to access the workforce and vital trade union education structures. In this way, ...

“It’s the way we are set up,” says Trade Union Blues secretary Chris Neville when asked about what makes them a trade union supporter group specifically. “In our constitution, for example, what we’re ...

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