TUI Holidays has been urged to “think again” by trade unionists after refusing to enter negotiations on union recognition.
The German-based travel transnational has turned down an offer from the TSSA union to discuss potential recognition and collective bargaining agreements covering its retail staff.
The collapse of Thomas Cook a fortnight ago has left the TUI Group as the only major tour operator in Britain that integrates booking, transport and accommodation into its holiday package.
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
NICK MATTHEWS previews a landmark book launch taking place in Leicester next weekend


