LGBT+ History Month

Claiming our past – Celebrating our present – Creating our future LGBT+ History Month is for everyone; whether you work in education, a museum, library or art gallery, a business, a service, are a member of a network/social group or an individual. It is celebrated every February across the UK, and was founded in 2004 by Schools OUT co-chairs, Paul […]

HeartUnions week

HeartUnions week 13-19 February 2023. A chance to tell the story about why unions are vital for everyone at work, and encourage them to join a union. After working through a global pandemic, union members have been forced to navigate their way through a cost-of-living crisis this year. The trade union movement has risen to meet this immense challenge, campaigning […]

Scottish Labour Party conference

This year’s Scottish Labour Party conference will be taking place in Edinburgh from Friday, 17 February to Sunday, 19 February 2023.   How can I apply to attend conference? The quickest and easiest way to apply for conference is online. Please note that you will be required to upload a jpeg photograph. If you have any queries regarding conference or […]

THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS – High Peak

One Man Magic Lantern show of the classic book THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS by Robert Tressell Actor Neil Gore brings this humorous and absorbing book to life in his one person magic lantern show. Based on the 1914 novel by Robert Tressell, it's story is set in the building trades of Edwardian England where painters and decorators struggle to maintain […]

THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS – Derbyshire

One Man Magic Lantern show of the classic book THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS by Robert Tressell Actor Neil Gore brings this humorous and absorbing book to life in his one person magic lantern show. Based on the 1914 novel by Robert Tressell, it's story is set in the building trades of Edwardian England where painters and decorators struggle to maintain […]

Schools rep training – Dundee

Are you interested in teaching young people about their rights at work? Come along to our STUC Unions into Schools rep training in Dundee next February, all welcome!   This training session in Dundee will take place on Monday, 27 February 2023 and lasts from 10:45am to 2pm. Come along to hear about a bit background on STUC Unions into […]

TUC Pensions Conference 2023 – London

Overview Registrations are now open for the TUC Pension Conference 2023. This event is intended for trade union members and officials, pension fund trustees, and anyone with an interest in pensions policy. The conference will explore how workers’ pensions can be protected from the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and recession. Join us at Congress Centre in central London to […]

International Women’s Day 2023 #EmbraceEquity

Get ready for International Women's Day 2023 campaign theme #EmbraceEquity Learn about the International Women's Day 2023 campaign theme here. We can all help forge women's equality. Everyone everywhere can play a part. Have you registered as part of the IWD community?

Mary Macarthur Lecture 2023

Each year we hear from a number of leading women in the academia and trade unions, as we discuss what lessons we should learn from Mary’s experience organising vulnerable working women and how we build a more progressive future for working women. For this lecture we are excited to have Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has proudly […]