Statements of solidarity from the Green Party Trade Union Group
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19 June 2021 / 16 July 2024 by petermurry
UCU London Retired Members Branch Climate change, COP26, zero carbon economy and job creation Our branch’s motion to UCU Congress was composited with others and passedVotes in favour 220Votes against 4Registered abstentions 4
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19 June 2021 / 19 June 2021 by petermurry
Ben Manovitch introduces the Bread and Roses project: for a BFAWU (Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union) rep in Yorkshire.Approx followed by questions and discussion at the .Green Party Trade Union group 12/6/2021
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18 June 2021 / 19 June 2021 by martinfrancis2
Unite, has today has endorsed Barry Gardiner’s parliamentary bill to end fire and rehire. Unite’s general secretary, Len McCluskey, called the practice, in which employers sack their workers only to rehire them on lower pay and worse conditions, “a disease that’s ripping through our workplaces”. Barry Gardiner MP presented his bill in Parliament as a Private […]
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18 May 2021 / 21 January 2025 by petermurry
The Green Party Trade Union group sends a message of support to teachers and support workers at Beal High School who are striking with the support of the NEU (The National Education Union) for inclusion in a nationally-agreed sick pay scheme. It is a disgrace that key workers should have to strike for this reason during a pandemic. GPTU […]
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30 April 2021 / 3 May 2021 by petermurry
The Green Party Trade Union Group urges Green Party members and supporters to join the campaign against the takeover of General Practice surgeries by Operose Health, owned by Centene, a US health company. The campaign includes a demonstration outside Operose Health HQ in Central London on Demonstration outside Centene headquarters on Thursday 22nd April 2021 […]
Mayday #KillTheBill Protests Mayday #KillTheBill ProtestsUK-wide #KillTheBill protests and actions on the 1 May. This Saturday, tens of thousands of people will be taking to the streets to defend our basic civil rights in a UK-wide day of action. The Tories’ Policing Bill is an attempt to criminalise effective protest and dissent, and to trample […]
17 March 2021 / 17 March 2021 by matthewhull
Workers and workers’ organisations have a fine record fighting for democratic rights, from the Chartist movement to the movement for universal suffrage. Now, we are fighting for an electoral system that does not give the party of big business an unfair advantage. in our electoral processes. Significant suffrage campaigners on the left like Sylvia Pankhurst […]
15 March 2021 / 17 March 2021 by matthewhull
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC) due to be debated and voted on in the House of Commons this week presents perhaps the gravest threat to civil liberties in more than a generation. It must be opposed at all costs, in parliament and on the streets. The Coronavirus Act 2020 gave police wide-ranging […]
19 February 2021 / 22 February 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group welcomes the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to uphold the Employment Tribunal’s view that Uber drivers are workers in the view of the law, not contractors or self-employed individuals. Uber drivers are owed the basic rights owed to all workers: a minimum wage, union representation, the right to fight for […]