Workers of England

W.E.U. News 09/03/2016

Number of workers on zero-hours contracts rises to 801,000

The number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased by 104,000 to 801,000. Last updated: 09 March 2016, 11:10 GMT The number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased by 104,000 to 801,000. Figures from…

Health Service 29/02/2016

“£500,000” cost of NHS legal fight

Andrea Collitt, Chief Reporter / 05:00 Monday 29 February 2016 / News THE cost to the public purse is the latest chapter in a bitter legal row between a health trust and a nurse. Eddie…

W.E.U. News 11/02/2016

Workers of England Union – House of Lords submission on Political Party Funding

The following submission sent to the House of Lords on Monday, 9th February 2016 is a clear declaration that the Workers of England Union is not and will not be affiliated to any political party. …

W.E.U. News 10/02/2016

keeping our members informed

The Workers of England Union supports Junior doctors in England because these governments proposals will only affect junior doctors them as the policy will not be implemented in Scotland or Wales. This is unfair situation and it…

W.E.U. News 13/01/2016

Prone to personal messaging at work? Employers can legally monitor them, a European court has ruled

In a case put before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), judges ruled that a company which had read an employee’s messages sent through Yahoo Messenger while he was at work was within its…

Public Transport, W.E.U. News 06/01/2016

London bus drivers can now report complaints without fear of being sacked for whistleblowing

‘Victory for safety’: London buses on Oxford Street earlier this year Bus drivers can now report unsafe work practices without fear of being dismissed, in what is being called a “huge victory” for road safety…

W.E.U. News 30/12/2015

Suffering in silence

This report is about substandard care in England’s NHS, as stated by Julie Mellor, The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman ‘The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is the final step for people who have been…

W.E.U. News 14/12/2015

Trade union reforms ‘unacceptable’ in Scotland, warns Sturgeon

Dear Member Keeping you informed. Today the Scottish First Minister fights to block the Trade Union reforms in Scotland. The Workers of England Union campaigns for an English First Minister so that they can also…

W.E.U. News 11/12/2015

Revealed: how Sports Direct effectively pays below minimum wage

Guardian undercover reporters find world where staff are searched daily, harangued via tannoy to hit targets and can be sacked in a ‘six strikes and you’re out’ regime Sports Direct warehouse, store and distribution centre…

W.E.U. News 07/12/2015

One in ten workers who have attended a work Christmas Party admit embarrassing themselves in front of their boss, TUC poll reveals

More than one in ten (11 per cent) workers who have attended a work Christmas party admit embarrassing themselves in front of their boss, according to new polling published by the TUC today (Monday). The…

W.E.U. News 04/12/2015