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Greens pay tribute to former GPTU Chair Noel Lynch

3 August 2021

Figures from across the UK’s Green Parties paid tribute to Noel Lynch, the former London Assembly member and Trade Union Group Chair, who passed away this morning. The Green group of London AMs has led the way, publishing a tribute online, and it is expected that his life will be celebrated when the Assembly meets […]

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Health & Care Bill 2021: the NHS, the law & democracy

29 July 2021

The long process of reducing services and closing hospitals in the NHS has a new name ‘Integrated Care Systems’. Private companies will be represented in new organisations deciding how to spend NHS money. Democracy has taken a back seat while corporate America created the system it will benefit from. […]

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Ovid, Pay & The Bill

Vital Keep Our NHS Public/NHS Staff Voices Meeting tonight

27 July 2021

Don’t miss NHS Staff Voices’ important public meeting tonight on three big issues facing NHS workers now – Covid, pay, and the Health and Social Care bill. […]

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NEU slams “unfair” teachers’ pay freeze

23 July 2021

The National Education Union has branded the government’s decision to freeze school teachers’ pay as “unfair”, calling on supporters to write to MPs to demand a raise. […]

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Unions slam government’s “paltry” 3% pay offer for NHS workers

21 July 2021

NHS unions have slammed the government’s proposed 3% pay offer for NHS workers on Agenda for Change contracts. […]

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Lack of pay rise for NHS staff “an absolute insult”, say Greens

21 July 2021

The lack of any pay rise for NHS staff in the government’s announcement today is “an absolute insult” to those who have risked their lives throughout the Covid pandemic, the Green Party has said. […]

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Musicians’ Union members back Universal Basic Income

20 July 2021

The Musicians’ Union (MU) Conference today backed a Universal Basic Income (UBI) after a campaign by a Green Party trade unionist. […]

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Sharon Graham: “Our obsession with the Labour Party needs to end”

19 July 2021

Our written interview with Sharon Graham, candidate for General Secretary of Unite the Union. Graham currently leads the union’s Organising and Leverage Department. […]

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Steve Turner: “I will be the greenest general secretary of our labour movement”

19 July 2021

Our written interview with Steve Turner, candidate for General Secretary of Unite the Union. Turner is currently the union’s Assistant General Secretary. […]

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Gerard Coyne: “I want to protect Unite members in tough times”

19 July 2021

Our written interview with Gerard Coyne, candidate for General Secretary of Unite the Union. Coyne was the union’s Regional Secretary in the West Midlands until 2017. […]

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