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View: Critical engagement with XR’s Black Friday Amazon blockades
Extinction Rebellion is right to challenge business and government for leading the world into ecological catastrophe, but must establish close links with local working class communities. […]
View: Empower the unions to fight the climate crisis
We must empower the unions to fight the climate crisis, writes Green Party Trade Union Group Chair Matthew Hull on the COP26 Coalition’s Day of Action. […]
View: The fight for PR needs to go through the unions
The fight for PR needs to go through the unions, writes Usdaw rep Lee Booker. […]
Statement on Proportional Representation motion at Labour Party conference
A Green Party Trade Union Group statement on Proportional Representation motion at Labour Party conference. […]
View: This is why we must Free Our Unions
Here’s why why I think there are particular possibilities for collaboration between our campaign and yourselves as Green trade unionists, that I hope we can explore. […]
View: The next party leaders should be bold and work with trade unions
This Green Party leadership election, candidates should be dedicated to linking up with trade unions, writes Green and Usdaw Rep Lee Booker. […]
View: More austerity would plunge our schools system into crisis
Teachers need a real pay rise – for their sake and for ours. […]
Sharon Graham: “Our obsession with the Labour Party needs to end”
Our written interview with Sharon Graham, candidate for General Secretary of Unite the Union. Graham currently leads the union’s Organising and Leverage Department. […]
Steve Turner: “I will be the greenest general secretary of our labour movement”
Our written interview with Steve Turner, candidate for General Secretary of Unite the Union. Turner is currently the union’s Assistant General Secretary. […]
Gerard Coyne: “I want to protect Unite members in tough times”
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. […]
Statements of solidarity
Greens vote to campaign for a £15 minimum wage
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. […]
Greens say #StopFireAndRehire
Green Party members came together at their Autumn Conference in support of the private members’ bill to stop ‘fire and rehire’. […]
Green trade unionists congratulate Carla Denyer & Adrian Ramsay on their election as party co-leaders
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. […]
GPTU responds to news that BFAWU will disaffiliate from the Labour Party
The Green Party Trade Union Group extended its solidarity to BFAWU as it took the momentous decision to disaffiliate from the Labour Party. […]
Statement on Proportional Representation motion at Labour Party conference
A Green Party Trade Union Group statement on Proportional Representation motion at Labour Party conference. […]
Greens congratulate Sharon Graham on her election as Unite’s General Secretary
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. […]
PCS and UVW members working in the Royal Parks plan further strike action
PCS and UVW members working in the Royal Parks plan further strike action from 16th to 30th August 2021. […]
Greens pay tribute to former GPTU Chair Noel Lynch
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 […]
Lack of pay rise for NHS staff “an absolute insult”, say Greens
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. […]
Join an NHS 73rd Anniversary event in London or nation wide on 3rd July and make your voice heard.
Join Greens at the demo in central London starting at University College Hospital near Euston, or join one of many events taking place across the city. 3RD JULY – CENTRAL […]
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