The bigger picture
Plantation workers in Costa Rica pay a high price for the tropical fruit on our tables, but trade unions are working hard to protect them. Demetrios Matheou reports
UNISON’s legal team looks at current attempts, through the Worker Protection Bill, to strengthen legal safeguards against workplace harassment, including sexual harassment
More people than ever in the UK are having to resort to food banks to feed themselves and their families. But a society without any food banks, at all, is entirely possible
Peter Frost and Ilina Todorovska are green reps who also have important environmental roles with their councils – lending them a dual perspective on the fight to avert the climate crisis
Properly funded public services. A respected, well-treated workforce. A strong relationship between government and unions. No, we’re not talking about the UK
Turkey may now be Türkiye, but the state’s attacks on trade unions continue. Janey Starling talked to the president of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions
UNISON member Polly Jones was sacked from her job for simply expressing an interest in standing as an an MP. The legal battle that followed has far-reaching implications
Coronavirus has seriously hit local government finances, but the scale of the problem has been years in the making. Demetrios Matheou and Simon Jackson investigate
Uber and Addison Lee both lose cases, with significant implications for the gig economy and the status of workers
After a year spent fighting COVID-19 on the wards, NHS nurses are ‘running on empty’