English Trade Union Congress

Fact sheet for employees who are facing employer action regarding mandatory vaccination refusal

June 2021 This fact sheet has been independently collated to provide information primarily to health workers who are facing action from their employer regarding the recent government decision to mandate vaccines for care staff and…

Health Services, Latest News 17/06/2021

Care Home employer fails to rebut Workers of England, Medical Freedom Alliance and Lawyers for Liberty statement on covid jab coercion.

Article from Unity News Network with Niall McCrae – Workers of England Representative This week GMB union, unlike Unison (as I reported on UNN last week) is standing up for care workers against the government’s totalitarian…

It’s Safer to Wait – Protecting Children’s Health

You may be aware that the Government is planning to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines to our children soon. This is already happening with over-16s in Manchester, despite safety and efficacy trials being incomplete. There…

‘No Jab No Job’ – WEU leads the way in defending workers rights.

Niall McCrae Healthcare workers who don’t want the experimental covid-19 vaccine should not expect the big trade unions to help. That much is clear, in a leaked response from Unison to two employees of Barchester…

Employees continue overworking during third lockdown

The article below is from HR Magazine which highlights some of the pitfalls of working from home, you tend to work more hours than you are contracted for and your break times become erratic ….

Why treating employees as individuals is good for business.

The article below is from HR Magazine which highlights why treating employees as individuals is good for business. It is a concept that we as a Union have followed since being formed, we do not…

Employers must record working time: Judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union

Rachael Brenchley Boyes Turner LLP With unerring timing the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has linked metal health, working time and Brexit all into one judgment during mental health awareness month. The…

Employment Law News, Latest News 22/02/2019

Most businesses’ job adverts contain ‘male bias’

Article by HR Magazine’s Rachel Muller-Heyndyk, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 More than half (60%) of businesses exhibit male bias in job adverts as a result of gendered language, according to research by Adzuna The jobsite used an…