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'Biggest upgrade to worker rights' or 'chaotic rush job'?: Labour's employment rights bill, explained
![Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53803065562_5189938502_k.jpg?w=768)
'Biggest upgrade to worker rights' or 'chaotic rush job'?: Labour's employment rights bill, explained
Depending on who you ask, the employment rights bill is a 'positive new chapter' for working people or a 'chaotic rush job'
No, unions are not 'holding the country to ransom'
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No, unions are not 'holding the country to ransom'
I'm a union organiser in Coventry. Here's how Amazon's 'union busting' works
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I'm a union organiser in Coventry. Here's how Amazon's 'union busting' works
Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'
Workers blame Amazon's 'union-busting' after losing historic union vote: 'This is not the end'
'It's David vs Goliath': Inside Amazon workers' historic battle for trade union recognition
'It's David vs Goliath': Inside Amazon workers' historic battle for trade union recognition
A Czech billionaire is buying the Royal Mail. What's next for the iconic British institution?
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A Czech billionaire is buying the Royal Mail. What's next for the iconic British institution?
Junior doctors announce five-day strike right before the general election: 'We're fed up'
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Junior doctors announce five-day strike right before the general election: 'We're fed up'
Labour's workers' rights plan slammed as 'unrecognisable' and a 'betrayal' by Unite union boss
![Keir Starmer Labour Levelling Up](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1546624540.jpg?w=768)
Labour's workers' rights plan slammed as 'unrecognisable' and a 'betrayal' by Unite union boss
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject 'politics of envy'
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Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject 'politics of envy'
Marge starts a union and fights for workers' rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons
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Marge starts a union and fights for workers' rights in powerful new episode of The Simpsons
Will Labour's plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?
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Will Labour's plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?
'What are we going to do?': Misery for commuters as train strikes continue
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'What are we going to do?': Misery for commuters as train strikes continue
Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?
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Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?
Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
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Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
Over 500 employers named for 'cheating workers' out of minimum wage – but it's worse than you think
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Over 500 employers named for 'cheating workers' out of minimum wage – but it's worse than you think
Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been 'positive', study finds
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Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been 'positive', study finds
Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail
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Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail
Union leaders vow to resist Tories' 'unworkable and undemocratic' new anti-strike laws
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Union leaders vow to resist Tories' 'unworkable and undemocratic' new anti-strike laws
Labour's Keir Starmer should take inspiration from Joe Biden on strikes and picket lines
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Labour's Keir Starmer should take inspiration from Joe Biden on strikes and picket lines
Wildfires: Firefighters on front line of climate crisis say they don't have resources to cope
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