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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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…
Court Decision: Volunteers Are Not Workers Under Employment Law
Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson‑Blake [2021] UKSC 8 This case confirms that a volunteer with no contractual obligation to perform work is not a worker under the Employment Rights Act 1996. The absence of mutuality of obligation and the purely voluntary nature of the arrangement were decisive. Overview This case sits at the intersection…
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