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£6bn Cuts, Unsafe Workplaces, and a Mental Health Crisis: Why Government Policy is Failing Disabled Workers
A blog from our National President Ian Hodson The UK government’s announcement of £6 billion in welfare cuts to push disabled people back into work is being framed as...
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News from Bakers Union: Union Fury at Private Equity Owned Morrisons Bakery Closure
The BFAWU have reacted furiously at the beyond disappointing announcement today that Morrisons are to close their Rathbones site in Wakefield and make redundant 400 loyal workers, with many...
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Make Equality Real campaign launches call for the inclusion of socio-economic duty into the Equality Act 2010 and the end of austerity
The BFAWU along with a coalition of eight other national trade unions and campaign groups have launched the Make Equality Real campaign. This campaign is directly calling on all...
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Greggs workers Convincingly Agree Deal For More Bread on The Table
The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) have announced that their members in Greggs have convincingly accepted the pay offer put to them by the company. The deal...
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HIGH COURT OVERTURNS STRIKE-BREAKING AGENCY WORKER RULES
Coalition of trade unions defeat the government’s anti-trade union laws! Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of the BFAWU, the largest independent trade union specialising in the Food sector and allied...
Latest NewsReflecting on World Wellbeing Week
In June, we celebrated World Wellbeing Week. The week-long event reminds people worldwide to pause and take a moment to prioritise their mental, physical, emotional, social, financial, and occupational...
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News From the Bakers Union and Alex Rowley MSP – Bakers Union Recruiting Fife Food Workers with Local MSP Alex Rowley
The Bakers, Food and Allied Worker Union (BFAWU) are launching a new partnership with Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley to recruit food workers in the Kingdom. The...
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McDonalds Sexual Harassment Agreement with the EHRC
We have been aware of McDonald’s poor record on Sexual Harassment and their use of NDA’s to hide a problem which we believe is rife in the company. In...
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Cool It! Managing workplace temperatures
How often have you heard managers say “It’s not our fault, we can’t control the weather!”?
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