By Riccardo la Torre and Becky Crocker, on behalf of the Free Our Unions campaign The 26 July edition of … More
Category: Labour conference 2017
Trade union freedom motion to Unison Labour Link conference
Update: the motion passed unanimously, with a small amendment. We’ll publish the final text soon. A motion on the anti-union … More
How the Free Our Unions campaign has developed
In June the RMT became the third national union to back the Free Our Unions campaign, after the FBU and … More
Free Our Unions motions and fringe at Fire Brigades Union conference
UPDATE: FBU conference passed the Suffolk motion unanimously (the Staffordshire one was withdrawn in its favour), making the FBU the … More
Motion on anti-union laws to PCS Annual Delegate Conference 2019
The following motion has been submitted to the annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) – 21-23 … More
Repeal all anti-union laws, for a strong right to strike – “We call this policy to be included in the manifesto”
At the end of last year hundreds of Labour members and trade unionists signed a statement calling for the party … More
Firefighters support Free Our Unions campaign
Since our fringe meeting at Labour Party conference last September, which was addressed by Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt … More
Green Party backs call to free our unions
The Green Party has sent us the following statement, modelled on the ‘Free Our Unions’ statement initiated by Lambeth Unison … More
What’s in the Institute of Employment Rights manifestos and what does Labour say about them?
By Sacha Ismail John McDonnell has said in several recent interviews that one of a Corbyn government’s priorities in its … More