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General secretary gives evidence to Covid Inquiry

Christina McAnea highlights the need for social care reform and argues the sector hasn’t learned the lessons from the pandemic

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What you should know about extreme heat at work

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Is the four day week the future of work?

We talk to the first council in the UK to trial a four-day work week with no loss of pay

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What’s a phlebotomist and why are they on strike?

Phlebotomists in Gloucestershire have been on strike for 100 days. What do they do are why are they striking?

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How we got our mojo back

Or how the Employment Rights Bill will liberate trade unions from the legal shackles imposed by the Tories and transform industrial relations – in ways that benefit all workers

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