[IER] Unions react to surprise election announcement

Fri May 24 14:33:20 BST 2024

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Unions react to surprise election announcement

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Rishi Sunak stood in front of number 10 Downing Street on Wednesday and announced that a General Election would take place on the 4th July, triggering a general election campaign where workers’ rights is sure to be a central issue.

Trade union movement leaders reacted bullishly to the news, welcoming the chance for a democratic verdict on 14 years of Tory rule. 

Responding to the announcement, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:

“There is no doubt that this election will be a pivotal moment. Workers and communities are crying out for real change; Labour can be that change and will have the power to deliver what is needed in government. They can now show they are on the side of workers; they need to grasp this nettle. Promises made must be delivered.”

Fran Heathcote, PCS general secretary, said that:

“It’s about time we saw the back of a Conservative government that has, for 14 years, relentlessly attacked workers’ rights. We hope and expect a new government would treat our members with the respect they deserve, pay them a fair wage and invest in a civil service that meets the needs of the country.”

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There can be no ‘back-pedalling’ on the New Deal for Workers, POA chief warns Labour

POA general secretary Steve Gillan warned Labour at the union’s annual conference in Eastbourne 

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FBU promises to hold Labour’s ‘feet to the fire’ over pledge to repeal anti-strike law

The legislation requires fire and rescue services to operate at 73 per cent of capacity on strike days 

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IER at FBU: ‘It's time to end the Thatcherite experiment that wrecked Britain’

FBU general secretary Matt Wrack vows to press Labour to repeal anti-strike laws, at IER fringe meeting at the Fire Brigades Union conference in Blackpool.  

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Unions tell Education Secretary: Publish STRB report and pay offer ‘immediately’

Ministers will pay 'heavy political price' for any 'continued failure' to invest, say education unions 

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An appetite for workers’ power in Wales

Calls for public ownership, an industrial strategy driven by the unions and extending devolution to encompass workers’ rights and protect us from Westminster are growing at this week’s conference, writes Dail Morgan in the Morning Star 

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The defeat of the miners strike 40 years ago ushered in the era of neoliberalism

The Karl Marx Graveside Oration delivered by Lord John Hendy KC at Highgate Cemetery on Sunday March 17 2024 

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Algorithmic Management – report launch

'Algorithmic Management and a New Generation of Rights at Work’ by Dr Joe Atkinson and Dr Philippa Collins published by the IER on 6th June. 
Date: 6 June 2024
Start Time: 5pm
Venue: Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London
WC1H 9BB

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