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Concerns raised over banners 'bordering on race hatred' in Scottish town

Concerns have been raised after ‘racist’ banners have appeared at a Clydebank landmark ...

The National (Scotland)

Reeves to take on unions in showdown over austerity Budget

A defiant chancellor will deliver her spring statement against a background of threats from trade unions and discontent from the Labour left

The Independent UK

Employment rights bill must do more to stop ‘disposable labour’ in UK, say unions

Joint statement says important strides have been made since mass firing of workers by P&O Ferries three years ago

The Guardian - UK

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Tories seek to exempt pubs, restaurants and sports stadiums from Labour harassment ban

Labour figures have dubbed Tory plans the ‘Chris Pincher amendment’ after the disgraced former Tory MP

The Independent UK

UK politics: UK expels Russian diplomat and says Moscow is seeking closure of British embassy in city – as it happened

Move is in response to similar Russian measures earlier this week

The Guardian - UK

More support for people in ill health to stay in work ‘could save UK £1bn’

Commission for Healthier Working Lives warns against cutting benefits and calls for proactive route for 8m affected

The Guardian - UK

Huge cost to the economy of work-related ill health – TUC

Days lost because of health conditions such as stress, depression and anxiety have increased by a third since 2010, a study suggests.

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Work-related illness costing UK economy £400m a week, union analysis says

Study comes as trade unions press case for workers rights reform as employment legislation returns to the Commons this week

The Independent UK

Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid ‘volatile’ global economy

Exclusive: union umbrella body calls for new cooperation agreement ahead of Keir Starmer’s reset talks with Brussels

The Guardian - UK

Labour unveils sick-pay guarantee for 1.3m lowest-paid workers

Workers earning under £123 a week to get 80% of salary in sick pay, keeping more people off benefits

The Guardian - UK

Workers putting in billions of pounds of unpaid overtime – report

TUC urges workers to finish their shifts on time and take breaks.

Evening Standard

‘Exploited’ migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours

Call for investigation into unfair payment for labourers on seasonal visa scheme

The Guardian - UK

Even Reform voters think the workers’ rights bill is good news. So why isn’t Labour shouting about it?

Why would the government water down and downplay such a popular policy? Because the business lobby doesn’t like it, says Polly Smythe, labour movement correspondent at Novara Media

The Guardian - UK

Trump and Farage branded ‘political fraudsters’ in warning over workers’ rights

Exclusive: TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warns President Trump and Nigel Farage are offering false hope to workers in the US and UK

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Gender pay gap remains ‘stubbornly high’ – TUC

Wage difference is because women tend to be employed in lower-paid jobs and are more likely to work part-time, says report.

The Independent UK

Women effectively worked for free so far this year when compared to the average man

The wage difference is because women tend to be employed in lower-paid jobs and are more likely to work part-time

The Independent UK

Focus on boosting workers’ rights rather than immigration raids to quash Farage threat, Starmer told

A new survey commissioned by the TUC and Hope Not Hate has revealed that banning zero hours contracts is supported by two thirds of Reform and Tory voters

The Guardian - UK

Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support

Exclusive: Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters

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The Guardian - UK

Most zero-hours workers ‘with same employer for more than a year’

TUC says 1m people are on the insecure contracts – with 130,000 still not having full rights after 10 years

The Independent UK

Unions press Labour on workers rights bill as hundreds of thousands ‘stuck’ on zero-hours contracts

The Trades Union Congress said one in 12 zero-hours worker has been with their current employer for more than a decade, while almost half have been in the same job for more than two years

The Independent UK

Economic growth alone not enough to cut poverty, says charity

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said poverty levels could even rise if economic growth is not accompanied by employment growth.

The Guardian - UK

Of course there’s a bosses’ backlash over workers’ rights. Starmer must face them down

Business leaders may thunder about job cuts, but their threats could backfire: union membership is only growing, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Farage criticised for claim workers’ rights bill could spell end of pub banter

Unions accuse Reform leader of being ‘on the side of bad bosses, zero-hours contracts and fire and rehire’

The Guardian - UK

One in six UK workers skipping meals to make ends meet, says TUC

Trade unions body finds 17% have skipped meal in past three months, and as many as 10% do so most days

The Independent UK

Uniqlo among retailers to stop hiring gig economy workers over employee rights claims

Gymshark also said they had halted hiring through certain platforms

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