THE TRADE UNIONISTS’ BLOG
The fight for safety at work is the fight for democracy
Every day, an estimated 8,000 people die due to unsafe and unhealthy working conditions according to a report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) published in October 2025. About 1,000 workers die from accidents and 7,000 from work-related diseases, accounting for 5–7% of all deaths globally. They die because an employer decided profit mattered more, because a warning was ignored, …
Continue readingPolitics for the Many in March 2026: The calls for a debate on our voting system grow louder every day
The calls for a debate on our voting system grow louder every day. More people are getting engaged and realising that First Past the Post simply doesn’t represent the will of the people. In fact, there was so much commentary this month, that we didn’t have space to give you every story, but here are the top lines and stories …
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