Improving Working Lives
Why Employer-Paid Trade Union Representation Doesn’t Work - Pt2
Why It’s Shocking That Many British Trade Unions Don’t Pay Their Reps.
Most British Labour-affiliated Trade Unions collect millions in membership subscriptions every year. Members rightly assume t...
Why Employer-Paid Trade Union Representation Doesn’t Work - Pt1
The Workers of England Union uses independent Trade Union Representation.
We would all agree that when a Trade Union member faces a Disciplinary or Grievance Hearing, the person representing them ...
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- Climate Change
- Cost of Living
- Debt
- Environment
- Four-Day Week
- Freedom of Speech
- Higher Education
- Hybrid Working
- Pensions
- Politics
- Poverty
- Privatisation
- Productivity
- Retirement
- Severence Pay
- Social Media
- Student Debt
- Trade Union
- Trade Union Mission
- Tuition Fees
- WEU
- Water Crisis
- Work-Life Balance
- Workplace Fairness
- Workplace rights
Understanding the Impact of Student Fees on Students
The debate over student fees is not new, but for students in England the financial burden is growing heavier each year. While higher education is often presented as a gateway to opportunity, the re...
Workers of England: the only trade union for critical thinkers.
It always comes as a nasty surprise. You are called into the manager’s office and on entering you find a serious-looking person sitting there with a file open. It’s the HR officer, and you are in t...
England’s Water Crisis
Drought, Floods and the Need for Urgent Reform
England continues in the grip of a water crisis now officially declared “nationally significant.” After seven months of below-average rainfall and re...
Should severance pay for ministers be reformed or scrapped?
Rayner Severance Payment: – Unfair or justified?
Ever wondered what happens to a cabinet minister’s pay when they lose their job? Whether resigning, being sacked, or shuffled out of a role, the se...
What Is the Four-Day Week and Why Is It Being Discussed? (Part 3)
Despite its promise, the four-day week is not without challenges. For Trade Unions, like the WEU, it is essential to weigh the risks and realities alongside the benefits.
Sectoral Barriers
Not ...
What Is the Four-Day Week and Why Is It Being Discussed? (Part 2)
The call for a four-day working week is not some utopian fantasy. It grows out of a long history of trade union struggles to shorten hours and improve the quality of life for working people. Today’...
What Is the Four-Day Week and Why Is It Being Discussed? (Part 1)
The idea of the four-day working week has moved from a fringe experiment to a mainstream debate. Across the world, businesses and governments are trialling shorter working weeks in response to pres...
State Pension: A Raw Deal for Working People
Can You Really Live on this State Pension?
The government announced that the State Pension increased by 8.5% in April 2025, giving those entitled to the full amount £221.20 a week. This is around ...
