Latest news from the Green Party Trade Union Group
13 September 2023 / 13 September 2023 by martinfrancis2
The Trade Union Congress yesterday joined more than 60 organisations including tade unions, human rights and climate action campaigns in opposing the government’s Anti-Boycott Bill. The bill would prohibit public bodies, including universities and councils from supporting BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) on issues that the government deem not in line with their foreign policy. […]
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18 August 2023 / 18 August 2023 by martinfrancis2
August 2023 The Green Party Trade Union Group has continued to grow in 2023, albeit less active than last year. Members have used our resources to back campaigns like the RMT’s to keep ticket offices open and we have proposed a series of worker-friendly policies to Autumn Conference. A summary of our activity so far […]
The First Agenda for Autumn Conference 2023 has been published and all members can take part in deciding which motions they think are the most important (and should therefore be heard first) by taking part in the prioritisation ballot. The deadline for completion is midnight, September 1st. It is important to fill in the ballot completely with those motions you […]
15 August 2023 / 21 January 2025 by martinfrancis2
The GPTU members’ meeting last night heard from a Unite speaker as the St Mungo’s strike entered its 11th week. The workers are striking for a 10% pay rise. Their pay has been cut by 25% in real terms since 2010 while the St Mungo’s CEO’s salary has risen by 77% since 2013. The homelessness […]
4 August 2023 / 21 January 2025 by martinfrancis2
Workers demand dignity £15 per hour now! Thousands of Amazon workers in Coventry, the UK and internationally have been joining trade unions to demand fair pay and dignity at work, in a massive mobilisation of the trade union movement. The first strike by hundreds of workers took place at Coventry Amazon in January following earlier […]
27 January 2023 / 27 January 2023 by martinfrancis2
Since the results of the strike ballot was announced many education workers have joined the NEU reaching 32,000 additional members by yesterday – 91% are teachers. . Rallies and marches are planned in towns and cities across the country. See full list so far HERE. Union Reps report a mood of determination and excitement in […]
24 November 2022 / 24 November 2022 by martinfrancis2
Join us at 7pm on Wednesday 30 November as we discuss the growing wave of strike action in the UK’s education system. We’ll hear from Vix Lowthion, secondary school teacher and Green Party Education spokesperson, and the NEU President Louise Atkinson on the crisis in education and how we got to this point. We will […]
26 October 2022 / 26 October 2022 by martinfrancis2
The COP26 Coalition has called a demonstration on November 12th assembling at noon at the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank. This will be one of many protests across the UK. The Coalition has made the following statement: Global temperatures, rising. Energy bills, rising. Billionaire profits, rising. While people are being forced to choose between […]
24 September 2022 / 28 September 2022 by matthewhull
Join the Trade Union Group in attending this Green Party Autumn Conference 2022 fringe event, hosted by Green European Foundation and Green House Think Tank.
