Free Our Unions
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Grassroots campaign for repeal of all anti-TU laws, and a full right to strike | Launched by @lambethunison | Supported by @fbunational @rmtunion & others
John Hendy's amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to legalise solidarity strikes was withdrawn. Here an FOU supporter discusses why it and the campaigning around it were significant, why there should have been much more, and what should happen next. freeourunions.org/2025/06/17/aft…
John Hendy's amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to legalise solidarity action returns to the Lords on Wednesday. Five unions have issued this statement in support of it (it was also backed by PCS). The whole labour movt must support this demand. See freeourunions.org/2025/07/19/joh…
Today! Solidarity to John Hendy and all fighting for this crucial demand
John Hendy's amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to legalise solidarity action returns to the Lords on Wednesday. Five unions have issued this statement in support of it (it was also backed by PCS). The whole labour movt must support this demand. See freeourunions.org/2025/07/19/joh…
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"These workers are expected to take an £8,000 cut in their wages. That is unacceptable.. the way they've been treated is outrageous" @UnionSteveW from the @fbunational on the Birmingham bin workers
"These workers are expected to take an £8,000 cut in their wages. That is unacceptable.. the way they've been treated is outrageous" @UnionSteveW from the @fbunational on the Birmingham bin workers
There’s a new amendment by Lord John Hendy KC over legalising secondary action. The original amendment did not get enough attention.
John Hendy's amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to legalise solidarity action returns to the Lords on Wednesday. Five unions have issued this statement in support of it (it was also backed by PCS). The whole labour movt must support this demand. See freeourunions.org/2025/07/19/joh…
The amendment is now number 150 bills.parliament.uk/bills/3737/sta…
The @TheBMA @ASLEFunion @BFAWUOfficial @fbunational and @ucu are absolutely right to get behind John Hendy’s amendment in the HoL to strengthen rights in the workplace 👇
John Hendy's amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to legalise solidarity action returns to the Lords on Wednesday. Five unions have issued this statement in support of it (it was also backed by PCS). The whole labour movt must support this demand. See freeourunions.org/2025/07/19/joh…
My piece in The National today on how Labour has done as little as it can to help unions gain bargaining rights with employers to represent their members' interests - and continues to do so: 'Unions are in grave place and need help from Labour' thenational.scot/politics/25327…
This is good news. But a panoply of laws now make a struggle like the miners' strike flatly illegal. In so far as there can be real collective justice for what happened while capitalism still rules, it requires the repeal of all these anti-union laws. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
John Hendy's amendment to the Employment Rights Bill legalising solidarity strikes was withdrawn to avoid defeat. The agitation around it should be the beginning of a much wider campaign for this essential demand. southlondonsocialist.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/aft…