
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
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Union News | 24 October 2026 – Barclays Job Cuts, NHS Pay Anger, Rail Strikes & 60 Years Since Aberfan
Welcome to Union News, your weekly round-up of the stories that matter to working people and the trade union movement. It’s Saturday, the 24th of October 2026. This week, Barclays announces thousands of job cuts as artificial intelligence becomes the latest excuse for reducing its workforce. Outsourced railway workers fight to retain the Real Living…
Unfairly Dismissed – Then Blamed for Not Finding Another Job
The Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision in Kirkland v Caroline Mason trading as Hawthorn Education Services [2026] EAT 108 raises important questions about compensation, the obligation to find alternative work and the treatment of employees who have already suffered an unlawful dismissal. There is something rather perverse about the way compensation can work in unfair dismissal…
Union News | 17 October 2026: Job Cuts, NHS Strikes, Equal Pay Battles & Workers’ Rights
Welcome to Union News, your weekly round-up of the stories that matter to working people, from Solidarity Trade Union. It’s Saturday, the 17th of October 2026. This week, we’re looking at threatened job losses at Greggs, NHS workers fighting for fair pay in Leeds, a long-running equal pay dispute in Sunderland, and fresh industrial action…
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