Planning Your Career in 2026
Guidance for Members of the Workers of England Union. Career planning in 2026 means understanding how work is changing and how you can stay secure ...
TUC’s Stance on EU Is ‘Orwellian’
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has aligned itself with pro-big business Conservatives and the EU’s free movement policy, jeopardising workers’ wage...
Supreme Court Rules on Holiday Pay for Part-Year Workers
In Harpur Trust v Brazel [2022] UKSC 21, the Supreme Court determined the correct method of calculating holiday entitlement and holiday pay for wor...
Mobile Workers’ Commute as Working Time
By Jo Faragher on 10 Sep 2015 in Case law, Employment law, Mobile workers, Working Time Regulations ECJ Confirms Travel Time as Working Time Journe...
Volkswagen's 50k Job Cuts: A Warning to English Workers
Volkswagen's announcement that it could cut a further 50,000 jobs should send shockwaves far beyond Germany. For many, this will be viewed simply a...
Travel Disruption and Bad Weather
Travel disruption and bad weather can delay or prevent workers getting to work. It can also mean employers need to adapt working arrangements or cl...
Risks of Free Speech and Digital ID
Part 1: Free Speech and Digital ID Are Fundamentally Incompatible and Risk Workers’ Freedom The government’s recent push for a mandatory digital id...
The EU Is Not a Guarantor Of Workers’ Rights
Brian Denny separates the chaff from the wheat in the EU rights debate. Myth vs. Reality: Who Really Fought for Equal Pay? Claims that the European...
Are Your Employment Rights at Risk?
Casual workers, Agency workers and Zero-Contact hour workers Across England, insecure work has become the silent normal. Zero-hours contracts, agen...
Workers of Wales Union
The Workers of Wales Union is a trading name of the Workers of England Union operating in Wales. We are a fully independent trade union dedicated t...