Unions in chaos over role in vote for new Labour leader
Will the unions decide the next Labour leader? Possibly – but most did not see a leadership contest coming and are scrambling to get organised.
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Three unions suspend planned strikes on London Underground, with Unite calling the move a “gesture of goodwill”.
Unions will go ahead with a 24-hour strike on London Underground stations from Wednesday evening in a row over the introduction of 24-hour train services.
A planned 24-hour strike by Network Rail workers is suspended after a new offer of a 2 per cent pay rise this year.
Trade unions representing more than 4.1 million people attack Tory plans to make it more difficult for public sector workers to carry out legal strikes, Kevin Rawlinson and Sahra Ajiba report.
Could Labour and their union backers be on collision course as the party chooses a new leader? Could Len McCluskey bankrupt Labour?
Will the unions decide the next Labour leader? Possibly – but most did not see a leadership contest coming and are scrambling to get organised.
Once lauded as a model of employee-worker relations, Germany is being rocked by a series of strikes, and politicians are now moving to curb the legal powers of trade unions.
Tens of thousands of workers march through London to call for an end to austerity and pay rises for public sector workers.
The Labour party has voted to change its century-old relationship with the unions and bring in a one-member, one-vote system that means everyone has to choose to become a Labour party member.
Ed Miliband side-steps the issue of trade union reform at the Labour conference, but his bigger problem lies in a perception of his party as the “villains” of the economic piece.
The Trades Union Congress votes for a campaign of “co-ordinated industrial action” at its annual meeting, in protest at the government’s public sector pay cap.
The TUC conference kicks off with Ed Miliband insisting he will not back down on reforming Labour’s relationship with the unions, despite having to retreat in a row over alleged Falkirk vote-rigging.
Hundreds of thousands of pupils in primary and secondary schools are likely to be affected by a fresh round of strikes by teachers over pay, pensions and conditions.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says he wants a more ethical lending model to “out-compete” payday loan companies. But are credit unions up to the challenge?
Ed Miliband calls for an “historic” shake-up in Labour’s relationship with the trade unions. What is he hoping to achieve and where does the public stand?