Solidarity is…
- A union which provides experienced Representatives for Disciplinary and Grievance meetings
- A union which offers help to non-members for an agreed fee
- A union that will help negotiate the best redundancy settlement for you
- A union that will take cases to Employment Tribunals if possible
- A union that can provide individual guidance and support
Latest from the Blog
The Case for a Shorter Working Week: A Necessary Change
For more than a century, every major advance in working time has followed the same pattern: workers demand change, employers resist it, the right‑wing press declares it impossible — and then, once won, society quietly accepts it as common sense. The eight‑hour day, the weekend, paid holidays, maternity leave: all were once dismissed as utopian…
May Day Message from our General Secretary
May Day reminds us why workers organise.This year’s global theme — ensuring a healthy psychosocial working environment — speaks directly to what our members face every day: excessive workloads, chronic understaffing, burnout, and the pressure to be “always on”. During a recent back to work meeting I attended with a member, the manager described their workplace as…
St George’s Day: Work, Identity, and the Quiet Politics of a Missed Holiday
St George’s Day arrives each year with a strange kind of weightlessness. England’s flags appear in pub windows, schoolchildren draw dragons, and local councils put on modest parades — yet the country works straight through its own national day. It is a celebration observed in spirit but not in structure, and that tension has become…
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