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Behind the glamour of the West End, theatre workers are pushing for better conditions

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Behind the glamour of the West End, theatre workers are pushing for better conditions

It’s easy to assume that the theatre is a world of glitz and glamour. A place where performers have their names in lights and live lives of luxury. But many theatre workers face the same challenges common across all sectors. Unpredictable hours and pay, difficulty achieving work-life balance, a general sense of precarity. Performers and other staff in the Equity union have been pushing for an improvement in their terms. And they’ve already had success. A new deal for theatre workers Equity members have voted to ratify a new three-year agreement with the Society of London Theatre (SOLT). It covers pay…

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Green Party deputy explains ’36 days for workers who menstruate’ proposal

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Green Party deputy explains ’36 days for workers who menstruate’ proposal

The Green Party attracted a good deal of attention last week over a proposal to give workers who menstruate an extra 36 days of holiday a year. Now, deputy leader Rachel Millward has expanded on what’s actually going on. Does the Green Party really want to give 36 days of paid holiday to 'workers who menstruate'? @lewis_goodall asks deputy leader Rachel Millward to confirm. pic.twitter.com/HFV0nuJvBm — LBC (@LBC) June 28, 2026 Green Party suggestion met with controversy The proposal attracted controversy for two reasons: Right-wing commentators are immediately hostile to any policy which benefits workers, women, or trans people. Right-wing commentators…

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Social care crisis fears as migrant workers’ children face deportation

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Social care crisis fears as migrant workers’ children face deportation

The crisis facing social care could worsen as Labour sets out devastating plans to deport the children of migrant workers, who are filling vital staff shortages. Despite having valid, and extended, health and care worker visas to work in the UK, migrant families continue to be attacked by the government. As the Home Office “set[s] out plans for the biggest legal migration reforms in a generation”, to tackle “unprecedented levels of migration under the previous government”, children are being threatened with deportation. Inevitably, this will lead to a mass exodus of people invited to work in social care while Brits have…

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GMB latest union to abuse workers as branch secretaries go on strike

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GMB latest union to abuse workers as branch secretaries go on strike

GMB branch secretaries have told the union to “practice what you preach” as they strike for pay and job security. The dispute is the latest in a woeful surge of unions abusing their staff while claiming to represent workers. ‘GMB’s chutzpah is unbelievable’ The branch secretaries say they are being bullied by the union’s management, threatened with summary dismissal and often paid below the legal minimum wage. They are demanding that the union engage in “serious talks” to resolve the dispute. Further strike action is scheduled for Friday 5 June. Their spokesperson, Alex Mitchell, has accused the union of “unbelievable chutzpah”…

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