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  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Amazon.com
    Biden tells Amazon not to meddle in union vote

    President says middle class was built by workers with protections from organised labour

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ObituaryKaren Lewis
    Karen Lewis, head of the Chicago Teachers Union, 1953-2021

    Labour activist defended state schools and popularised bargaining for the common good

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Amazon.com
    Amazon must not interfere with US union effort, say investors

    Mail-in balloting begins this week as workers come under pressure to reject unionisation

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Lex
    Trade unions: locked down, banding together Premium

    The feebler the trade-offs provided by employers, the better it will be for union recruitment

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Moderate wins union leadership race at Unison

    Election of Christina McAnea, first woman to take helm of one of UK’s ‘Big Three’, is seen as boost for Keir Starmer

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Alphabet Inc
    Workers at Google parent Alphabet band together to form union

    More than 200 employees join to pressure tech group over ethics and working conditions

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    UK labour disputes
    Centrica faces industrial action in January

    GMB members vote in favour of UK strikes over new contractual conditions

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    United Auto Workers
    US car workers union agrees clean-up deal after corruption scandal

    UAW settlement with Department of Justice ends criminal probe that led to 15 convictions

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    ‘It’s extraordinarily painful’: US nurses strike over pandemic pressures

    Two-day stoppage in New York over labour shortages and dodgy personal protective equipment

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Southwest Airlines Co
    Southwest warns 6,800 staff they could be furloughed

    Pilots union calls carrier’s move a ‘heartless’ negotiating tactic to reduce pay

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Amazon.com
    Amazon to pay employee bonus amid threat of Black Friday strikes

    One-time payment will be made in January as calls for industrial action grow over peak sales period

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    FT SeriesLeading in a crisis
    Sara Nelson: the union boss fighting to ‘put workers first’

    The Association of Flight Attendants president on protecting members as thousands of airline lay-offs loom

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    British Airways PLC
    BA to drop controversial ‘fire and rehire’ plan for thousands of staff

    Airline’s chief abandons move to introduce pay cuts on top of 10,000 redundancies already announced

  • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
    American Airlines Group Inc
    American Airlines could have over 20,000 excess employees

    Group says it aims to ‘right-size’ workforce to address drop in customer traffic amid pandemic

  • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
    News in-depthRoyal Mail PLC
    Royal Mail pushed to its limits to deliver through coronavirus

    Dealing with the pandemic brought huge complexities and costs for the British institution

  • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Unite warns of income hit from rising unemployment

    Super-union fears ‘significant financial strain’ because of its reliance on membership fees

  • Thursday, 11 June, 2020
    George Floyd protests
    US labour activists turn on police unions after George Floyd’s death

    Member of country’s largest union federation calls on it to cut ties with officers’ association

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    Pandemic crisis prompts revival in trade union membership

    Fears of redundancy and increased anxiety drive surge in numbers

  • Monday, 11 May, 2020
    Service Employees International Union
    Union boss: US companies are shirking responsibility to workers

    Businesses without sick pay are telling employees they are ‘worth sacrificing’, says head of SEIU

  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    GMB chief Tim Roache resigns abruptly

    UK’s third-largest union cites health reasons for unexpected departure

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Public sector pensions
    Public sector unions take government to court over pension reform

    Judicial review sought over alleged breach of 2015 law, claiming cost benefits should go to scheme members

  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
    EU employment
    Europe’s trade unions wary of fallout from coronavirus

    Company restructurings and going back to work before it is safe among list of concerns

  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2020
    Amazon.com
    French court orders Amazon to do more to protect workers 

    Shipments limited to essential items after unions sought extra Covid-19 prevention measures

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    LexTechnology sector
    Tech/trade unions: in need of a Kickstart  Premium

    Outlier status means unionisation at one small group is unlikely to herald industry-wide change

  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
    UK universities
    Universities face fresh strike over pay and pensions

    14 days of action could cause disruption to more than 1m students

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