‘Trade Union Rights’ campaign news

Lobby your MP to back the Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill

After coming first in the Private Members’ Ballot and in consultation with the trade union movement and leading trade union lawyers, John McDonnell MP is sponsoring the Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill to tackle the increasing practice by employers of using minor technical errors in the balloting process - which have no material effect on the outcome - to take unions to court in order to prevent them from taking industrial action. [continue...]

Government attacks civil service workers’s rights

The Government intends to cut the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) - affecting hundreds of thousands of public sector workers – by scrapping the requirement to obtain the agreement of staff representatives before changes can be made to accrued rights. [continue...]

John McDonnell launches Bill to restore the right to strike

John McDonnell, supported by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group, presented his Private Members’ Bill to parliament today. If adopted, the Bill would significantly improve unions’ ability to defend their members and would be the first step towards the full restoration of trade union rights. [continue...]

As one door closes another one opens. John McDonnell tops the Private Members’  Bill ballot

John McDonnell MP has been drawn first in the Private Members’ Bill Ballot today and has opted for bill to tackle abuse of trade union ballots by employers. [continue...]

LRC on the London May Day march

There was a large LRC contingent on the London May Day March and Rally. We carried the banner on the route of the march from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square and handed out copies of A Peoples Agenda, and flyers for the After the Election . . . Join the Resistance! meeting on Saturday 15th May. [continue...]

The right to strike

LRC Chair John McDonnell MP today has a letter in The Guardian regarding the injunction against the RMT ballot, which derailed the planned national rail strike next week: [continue...]

Reinstate Alberto Durango – Protest 19 Mar

The LRC is supporting the campaign to reinstate sacked cleaners’ rep Alberto Durango at UBS. The 19th March saw an international day of action against Swiss bank UBS, who via its contractor Lancaster has imposed an effective 10.75% pay cut on its cleaners in the City of London, while sacking shop steward Alberto Durango.  [continue...]

Over 100 Labour MPs sign motion opposing Government attack on civil servants

Over 100 Labour MPs have now signed an Early Day Motion calling on the Government to think again on its “unfair proposals” which would tear up the terms and conditions of civil and public servants.  [continue...]

Lobby your MP for Equality today

Please lobby your MP today to support two new clauses to the Equality Bill. These new clauses are vital to give real teeth to the Bill and help tackle discrimination in the workplace. [continue...]

Workers in the UK are earning as little as £2 an hour: Email your MP today

RMT is campaigning to end exploitation in UK waters which can see seafarers earning as little as £2.00 an hour. [continue...]

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