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We need to get serious about what “non-compliance” means

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Lobby the TUC special congress, 9 December

The National Shop Stewards Network has called a lobby outside the TUC special congress, 9-10am, Saturday 9 December, at Congress House (Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS).

TUC calls special congress for 9 December

The Trades Union Congress has called a special congress for 9 December.

Tories announce minimum service levels: prepare defiance!

The government has now set the minimum service levels in three of the sectors covered by the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act.

Nottingham East CLP calls on Labour councils “not to cooperate” with anti-strike legislation

Nottinghamshire, Mansfield, and Nottingham Trades Union Council has passed a resolution calling on Labour councils “not to cooperate” with new anti-strike legisation.

How do we defeat the anti-union laws? – meeting hosted by Battersea & Wandsworth Trades Council, 29 November

A public meeting organised by London labour movement organisations, hosted by Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Council at the Bread & Roses.

Free Our Unions organising meeting — 7pm, Thursday 19 October

Join us for our next open organising meeting, held via Zoom at 7pm on Thursday 19 October.

CWU Greater London Combined branch launches new charter on the right to strike: support this initiative!

With a Labour government now an apparent certainty, the Greater London Combined branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has launched a new charter setting out the policies unions must demand of Labour around the right to strike.

Hackney Trades Council demands no “work notices”

Hackney Trades Union Council, in north east London, has passed a resolution calling on the local council as an employer to commit not to issue “work notices” under the new Minimum Service Levels law.

Report from the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom AGM

Attending the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom AGM, on 21 September, underscored that the CTUF contains many people who are extremely knowledgeable on the anti-union laws, workers’ rights more generally and trade unionism, and well connected in the broad labour movement.