Views
View: LGBT+ Rights and the Trade Union Movement – Building on a Historic Allyship
By Joe Lever (he/him). Originally posted on the LGBTIQA+ Greens Voices page, on the occasion of the TUC’s #HeartUnions Week and as part of their LGBT History Month 2021 series. Trigger Warning: homophobia … It’s difficult to properly dissect modern UK LGBT+ history without at least acknowledging the impact of the Stonewall Riots, from across […]
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View: Shop workers need a fighting, radical union
By Jake Welsh. Originally published on Bright Green. Anyone who has known me over the past 11 years knows my undying commitment to the Green Party of England and Wales as an electoral path to help move society in an eco-socialist direction. But electoral politics alone cannot bring about an eco-socialist society. We need grassroots […]
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Statements of solidarity
GPTU statement on Labour’s sacking of Sam Tarry
We urge trade unionists and socialists to join the Green Party and be in a party that understands solidarity and the importance of workplace collective action. […]
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GPTU backs NEU campaign to replace Ofsted
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 […]
Greens express solidarity with UCU members at Richmond upon Thames College
The Green Party Trade Union Group on Friday expressed its solidarity with UCU members at Richmond upon Thames College, who are fighting against management plans to fire workers and rehire them on worse pay, terms, and conditions. […]
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Support RMT Members in P&O Ferries Dispute
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. […]
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. […]
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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. […]
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Statement on Proportional Representation motion at Labour Party conference
A Green Party Trade Union Group statement on Proportional Representation motion at Labour Party conference. […]
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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. […]
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