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17 July 2022 / 28 July 2022 by matthewhull
Join us at 7pm on Monday 25th July for a panel event and discussion - Trade Union Strategies in 2022! This event is open to all.
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8 July 2022 / 28 July 2022 by matthewhull
Join the Green Party Trade Union Group at 7pm on Monday 18th July for our online hustings for the Deputy Leader of the Green Party!
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19 June 2022 / 28 July 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group committee has produced an explainer on why Greens should support the RMT's national strike action.
11 May 2022 / 12 May 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group has called on party members and supporters to join the TUC's march and rally in London on Saturday 18 June, to protest Tory government inaction on the cost-of-living crisis.
10 May 2022 / 12 May 2022 by matthewhull
Greens slammed the Conservative government's decision to drop the Employment Bill from the Queen's Speech yesterday - after promising more than 20 times to take action.
7 May 2022 / 7 May 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party is celebrating a record election performance in England & Wales.
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1 May 2022 / 7 May 2022 by matthewhull
Green Party candidates have taken the Trade Union Group's pledge to support trade unions and workers' rights if elected as local authority councillors.
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12 April 2022 / 12 April 2022 by martinfrancis2
The Green Party of England and Wales has a long-standing policy to replace Ofsted and so we welcome the launch at the National Education Union Conference this week of a petition to do exactly that. Ofsted is the source of much stress for education workers and closely tied to high-stakes testing that distorts the curriculum […]
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18 March 2022 / 19 March 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group expresses our disgust at the dismissal on Thursday of approximately 800 seafarers by P&O Ferries. We stand in solidarity with the workers and their union, RMT.
20 January 2022 / 20 January 2022 by matthewhull
Green Party trade unionists have backed SOS NHS, a new campaign effort pushing for short- and long-term funding for the NHS.
14 January 2022 / 20 January 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group is co-opting a new Media & Campaigns Officer to sit on our committee, and we welcome all members to apply.
11 December 2021 / 20 January 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group has today elected a new committee.
23 October 2021 / 24 October 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party today voted to extend solidarity to the Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) and support their 'Fight for 15' campaign for a £15 minimum wage.
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22 October 2021 / 22 October 2021 by matthewhull
Green Party members came together at their Autumn Conference in support of the private members' bill to stop 'fire and rehire'.
1 October 2021 / 1 October 2021 by matthewhull
Green Party trade unionists and allies congratulated Carla Denyer & Adrian Ramsay on their election as the next leader of the Green Party of England & Wales.
30 September 2021 / 30 September 2021 by matthewhull
Greens have backed couriers working for Ocado Zoom in their fight against poverty pay, to be brought in-house and for recognition of their status as workers under the law.
28 September 2021 / 30 September 2021 by matthewhull
Greens across England got out in support of striking Uber drivers, as the App Drivers' & Couriers Union (ADCU) took industrial action for better pay and working conditions.
28 September 2021 / 28 September 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group extended its solidarity to BFAWU as it took the momentous decision to disaffiliate from the Labour Party.
11 September 2021 / 12 September 2021 by matthewhull
The Status of Workers Bill passed the second reading in the House of Lords on Friday with almost unanimous support.
1 September 2021 / 2 September 2021 by matthewhull
Green Party spokespeople and campaigners, including the Green MP Caroline Lucas, backed the non-partisan campaign to ban the practice of 'Fire and Rehire' in the UK.
25 August 2021 / 25 August 2021 by matthewhull
As Sharon Graham was elected General Secretary of Unite the union, the UK's second-largest trade union, Green Party figures congratulated Graham on her victory.
21 August 2021 / 23 August 2021 by matthewhull
On Friday 20th August, the Green Party Trade Union Group welcomed Daniel Randall to speak to us from the Free Our Unions campaign. Daniel is an RMT rep on the London Underground, and a co-organiser of the Free Our Unions campaign. Free Our Unions is a campaign to repeal the UK’s anti-union laws and replace […]
17 August 2021 / 17 August 2021 by matthewhull
Candidates for the Green Party Executive have responded to the Green Party Trade Union Group's questions, setting out why Green Party members should vote for them.
15 August 2021 / 15 August 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group's next monthly meeting is at 6pm on Friday 20th August 2021, featuring a guest speaker from Free Our Unions - the grassroots campaign against the anti-union laws.
