The National Executive and national officer elections in the UCU union are set to open in a few weeks’ time.
Unison, the largest union in the NHS, has agreed to negotiate with employers over attacks to the national agreement on terms and conditions.
Staff in the PCS union at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have voted for strikes over compulsory redundancies and cuts.
Workers walked out over "disgusting" welfare conditions on the construction site of a massive new power station last week.
pensions minister Steve Webb unveiled changes to pensions this week. He claimed that the reforms would give poorer workers and women better pensions.
MPs voted last week for a real term cut to most working age benefits by scrapping the link with inflation. It could leave some people as much as £215 a year worse off.
A new study has highlighted the dangers of government cuts to health and safety workplace inspections.
Jimmy Savile used his wealth and power—and his close relationship with the police—to carry out serial abuse over five decades.
Tory education secretary Michael Gove has appointed academy sponsor and Tory donor John Nash as education minister.
A senior cop tried to sell information on the phone hacking inquiry to the now defunct News of the World tabloid.
MPs are demanding a 32 percent pay rise —because they claim they can’t survive on any less.
The Tories promised that new jobs in the private sector would make up for what they slashed from the public sector.
