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Solidarity
South west
The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Strikes
Miners
Kevin Horne and Barbara Jackson
“I ran for my life through a field, horses chasing me.”
LGBT
Strikes
Dai Donovan
The real-life hero from Pride
Health and Safety
Manufacturing
Joint Production Committees
Protecting workers
Global Solidarity
Workers Rights
G.H. Stuart-Bunning
The International Labour Organisation
Wins
Strikes
Match Women’s Strike
WWII
Women
Trade unions during WWII
Building relationships and boosting morale
Health and Safety
Sport
Malcolm Davies
Making London the safest Olympics ever
Women
Equal Pay
Alice Foley
Thirty years to equality at work
Young Workers
Unite
Charly Bacon
"We knew we had to set up our own union"
Steel
Community
Brian Silver
Saving Steel Workers' Pensions
Women
Strikes
Revolutionary Rosie
Mass Strike in Dublin 1913
Women
Strikes
The weavers strike
Success for the first all-woman strike committee
Women
Strikes
Jessie Eden
Playing a blinder for women
BME workers
Racism
Chris Braithwaite
Sailor, docker and activist
Young Workers
Apprenticeships
Championing Young Workers
A photo story
BME workers
Strikes
Jayaben Desai
"We are those lions, Mr Manager.”
Labour
Government
Keir Hardie
"A burning sense of what was just"
London
Strikes
Will Thorne
Fighting wage slavery
Wales
Mining
Ness Edwards
Miner, socialist, pacifist, leader
TUC
Leadership
Walter Citrine
The man who redefined the TUC
Solidarity
Wales
Paul Robeson
Let Robeson Sing
Racism
Leadership
Ken Gill
Trade union leader and all-round firebrand
NHS
Labour
Nye Bevan
Founder of the NHS
Women
Liverpool
Jeannie Mole
Bringing socialism to Liverpool
TUC
Women
Emma Paterson
The pioneer behind 30 women’s trade unions
Media
Strikes
The Wapping Dispute
In numbers
Trade Unions
Leadership
Jack Jones
10 things you need to know
Strikes
Solidarity
The Woolf’s Strike
Organising migrant workers
Everyday Heroes
Strikes
Tom Maguire
Poet, socialist and trade union leader
Equal Pay
Strikes
Dagenham Women’s Strike
How Ford’s striking women drove the Equal Pay Act
Manufacturing
South west
Steve Gallin
Keeping the family together
Women
Greater Manchester
Sarah Reddish
Fantasy CV
BME workers
Solidarity
Bristol bus boycott
Bristol’s forgotten civil rights scandal
Strikes
Midlands
Ricky Tomlinson
“My innocence has been proved time and again”
Women
Equality
Clementina Black
Fantasy CV
Strikes
Harry Watson
Memories of the general strike
Strikes
Global Solidarity
The 1889 London dockworkers’ strike
Five steps to success
Health and Safety
Maritime
Samuel Plimsoll
The sailors' hero
Strikes
Wales
The great Penrhyn quarry strike
Capturing the public imagination
Disability
Equality
William Cuffay
7 things you should know
Insecure Work
GMB
Steve Garelick
Campaigning for recognition
TUC
Everyday Heroes
Order of Industrial Heroism
Celebrating working heroes
Women
TUC
Anne Loughlin
The first female president of the TUC
Health and Safety
Unite
Malcolm Mellow
Health and Safety Act 1974
Women
Fair pay
Mary McArthur
Demanding a minimum wage
Retail
Disabled workers
Joanne Sirett
Creating the right balance for work and family life
Women
Retail
Margaret Bondfield
Shop floor rebel
Global Solidarity
TUC
Solidarity
Supporting Polish trade unionists
Minimum Wage
Women
Rita Donaghy
Low Pay Commission
Global Solidarity
WWII
Hans Gottfurcht
How the TUC helped to keep European unionism alive during WWII
Steel
North East
Bryan Wells
Best foot forward – from redundancy to a shoe business
Equal Pay
Yorkshire
Dorothy Ratcliffe and Susan Crosby
Equal pay in Yorkshire school canteens
Arts
Mining
Oliver Kilbourn
The Pitmen Painters
TUC
National
The founding of the TUC
150 years on and going strong
Unite
Rights at Work
Blacklisting
Costing workers their jobs and their families
Equal Pay
Women
Betty Tebbs
84 years of activism
Solidarity
London
Mick Mindel
Eyewitness to Cable Street
Women
Labour
Mary Bamber and Bessie Braddock
Like mother, like daughter
Media
North west
Alan Royston
Taking on the print barons
Labour
TUC
Ernest Bevin
“Let’s open up the world and bring light and knowledge in”
Women
Suffragettes
Julia Varley
Pioneering trade unionist and suffragette
Disabled workers
Community
National League of the Blind
"Justice not Charity"
Solidarity
Campaigns
The Jarrow March
Demanding a new deal
BME workers
TUC
Mohammad Taj
Ending discrimination on the buses
Strikes
Teachers
Burston School Strike
The longest strike in history
Women
North west
Audrey White
Fighting back against sexual harassment
Young Workers
GMB
Craig Dawson
Trade Unions
Solidarity
Mike Grindley
A beacon of hope at GCHQ
Education
Learning
Paul Cliffe
“The classes are a great networking event.”
Strikes
RMT
Craig Johnstone
The Churchill Cleaners: five tips to winning a dispute
Education
Mental Health
Vicky Knight
Changing the conversation about mental health at work
Firefighters
Public Sector
Barry Downey, Firefighter
Squeezing our public sector professionals
Music
Musician's Union
Joe Arnold
Four reasons why musicians need unions
Young Workers
Reps
Michael Goozee
A young postie with a passion for fairness
Care
UNISON
Ben Mackie
Winning for care workers on zero-hours
Learning
Unite
Danny Davis
Queueing up to learn
Women
UNISON
Pat Heron
Knocking on every door
Learning
BME workers
Evelyn Martin MBE
A lifetime of learning
Reps
Royal College of Midwives
Jillian Ireland and Sara Fripp
Singing it loud
Research
Prospect
Ben Middleton
“It’s a privilege to be involved with trade unions”
Sports Direct
Insecure Work
Colin Hampton
Galvanising a community in times of strife
Health and Safety
Retail
Janise Corsfield
“I’ve always been safety conscious”
Yorkshire and Humber
Bakers Union
Lisa Greenfield
“People always want to learn”
Education
Manufacturing
Sima Jethwa
“It’s been a sacrifice but it was worth it”
GMB
Labour
Mary Turner
“An outstanding trade unionist”
Insecure Work
Campaigns
Colin Hampton
Galvanising a community in times of strife
Learning
Transport
Paul McGovern
Many routes to an education
Global Solidarity
Learning
Gladys Branche
From the college canteen to international leadership
Unite
Health and Safety
Tommy Timms
60 seconds on a North Sea rig
Football
Health and Safety
Alan Knight MBE
“I want to make sure young footballers don’t go through what I had to”
Public Services
Libraries
Deborah Bell and Karen McArthur
The faces behind library losses
Stress
UNISON
Adam Taylor
When we ‘do the business’ for our members, we can build a stronger union
Women
Labour
Angela Rayner MP
A remarkable journey to Westminster
Education
NUT
Kiri Tunks
People don’t say no enough
Education
Public Sector
Show the love – hug your school!
Anne Cox, headteacher
Young Workers
Learning
Hannah Slade
Building a culture of learning – at every level and background
Women
GMB
Charlotte Gardner
Leading a network of 50 reps
Education
South west
Sarah Smith
"Without my union, I wouldn't have survived"
Pay Squeeze
Physiotherapy
Rob Davies
Squeezing our public service professionals
LGBT
Education
Debbie Hayton
Five ways my union supported my transition
Apprenticeships
Young Workers
Emma Brown
“An apprenticeship was a no-brainer”
Faith
Unite
Canon Steven Saxby
Five reasons why faith workers need unions
Reps
Arts
Nicola Hawkins
“Actors have always been part of the gig economy”
Rail
Women
Pauline Carwood
"30 years ago women didn't drive trains"
BME workers
Scotland
Satnam Singh Ner
Bringing diversity into the workplace
UNISON
South west
Dudley Hackling
‘It all comes down to communication and confidence’
LGBT
Education
Daniel Gray
Why I came out as gay at a school assembly
NHS
South west
James Allen
We turned something negative into something really positive
Public Sector
Midlands
Gail Cartwright, Midwife
Squeezing our public sector professionals
Education
Women
Tasmin Clube
“A union is about being united and working together”
Shopworkers
USDAW
Maureen Loxley
A no-nonsense approach on the shop floor
Health and Safety
Prospect
Helen Edwards
60 seconds at Sellafield
Young Workers
Strikes
Shen Batmaz
Fighting for change at McDonalds
Young Workers
Strikes
Alisdair Kairns
Not all glitz and glamour at the movies
GMB
Yorkshire and Humber
Jake O’Malley
Three steps to building a strong union
Health and Safety
Unite
Bob Grant
“We’ll never know how many lives we’ve saved”
Insecure Work
Reps
Dan Lewis
Fighting for permanent contracts
Trains
RMT
Millie Apedo-Amah
The vital role of a train guard
Learning
CWU
Steve Croke
“A 200-word essay changed my life”
Learning
UNISON
Carol McGrath
Booking in time to destress
Disabled workers
Scotland
Tony Sneddon
Changing the narrative
Health
Liverpool
Natalie Linder
Five things I learnt from being a union member
Women
UNISON
Margaret McKee
Supporting women survivors of violence
Firefighters
FBU
Lucy Masoud
Firefighter and FBU official
Public Sector
Pay Squeeze
Karen Smith
Squeezing our public sector professionals
Wales
Unite
David Badger
Wasting no time to build a movement
Women
Sport
Kirsty McGee
Helping girls plan for life after football
Music
Young Workers
Becky Baldwin
5 reasons for musicians to join a union
TUC
Holiday Pay
Campaigning for paid holiday for everyone
Learning
Education
Albert Mansbridge
Championing education for working people
People’s March for Jobs
London
Media
ABC Case
“Journalism was suddenly being equated with espionage”
Women
Leadership
Eleanor Marx
Fiercely intelligent, influential and inspirational
TUC
Congress House
The home of the British trade union movement
Sport
Strikes
Cricket ball makers strike
Small but mighty
14 stories
Young workers
Fighting for the future
4 stories
Disabled Workers
Challenging stereotypes
9 stories
Black Workers
Fighting for racial equality
6 stories
A new deal for working people
Trade unionists demanding change
9 stories
International Women’s Day
Women trade unionists winning equal pay
4 stories
End the public sector pay squeeze
Public sector workers explain the impact of pay cuts
7 stories
100 years of suffrage
Women trade unionists fighting for equality
11 stories
Building safer workplaces
Protecting workers' health and safety
8 stories
Learning with your union
Because everyone has the right to an education
7 stories
HeartUnions
Celebrating the work of reps and members
14 stories
Strikes
Working peoples' last resort
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