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Community members mark menopause awareness day
Community - October 22nd, 2020
Last week Community members across the UK marked menopause awareness day in different workplaces across the country. We wanted to highlight just one of those stories, of our members at […]
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Response to latest Chancellor announcement
Community - October 22nd, 2020
Today the Chancellor announced changes to the Job Support Scheme and self-employed grant. In response to the changes, Kate Dearden, Head of Research, Policy and External Relations at Community said: […]
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Response to cuts to the Union Learning Fund
Community - October 19th, 2020
This month the government announced plans to cut the £12 million Union Learning Fund which supports workers to develop at work and reskill for new opportunities. Alongside the Trade Union […]
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World Menopause Day 2020
Lauren Crowley - October 18th, 2020
Today is the 11th anniversary of World Menopause Day. Last year we launched a member survey into experiences of menopause at work and since then much has happened to shift […]
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Your skills, your future
Kate Dearden - October 14th, 2020
We know that prior to the pandemic, employers were facing skills shortages and that nationwide we faced a mismatch between the skills workers held and the skills they needed to […]
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Supporting members through the pandemic
Jack Whiston - October 13th, 2020
24th March, the day that the UK went into its first day of lockdown. My colleagues and I waited patiently to see how our employer was going to react; at […]
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Launch of self-employed inquiry
Community - October 7th, 2020
Today, with Prospect Union, we are launching an inquiry into the self-employed. The inquiry aims to investigate how the self-employed have been hit by the pandemic and set out what […]
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Celebrating Black history
Lauren Crowley - October 6th, 2020
October is Black History Month, a time to celebrate the historical contributions of Black people and communities. This October, it’s worth giving pause to reflect on the spotlight that has […]
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