All articles by: Kate Holman

Around the world, some 21 million people are in forced labour – modern-day slavery – according to the International Labour Organisation.

The British Government’s Trade Union Bill was condemned as “a shameful and grotesque attack on civil rights” at a recent meeting in the European Parliament in Brussels.

New measures to protect “posted worker” in the European Union will not do enough to guarantee equal pay and conditions, according to trade unions.

Prime Minister David Cameron swept into the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday morning, half an hour later than scheduled, in a last-minute bid to line up MEPs to support …

European trade unionists joined their French counterparts in Paris on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings of January 7 2015, to deliver a declaration of solidarity with the people …

A Labour MEP condemned the British Government for actively blocking European Union legislation that would enable women to play a more equal role in businesses across Europe.

The EU’s latest report on economic and social conditions in the countries hoping for EU membership gives a withering assessment of human rights and freedom of expression in Turkey.

Trade unions representing public service workers in Europe have enthusiastically welcomed European Parliament support for their demand that water and sanitation should be legally defined as a human right.

Workers who do not have a fixed office must be paid for the time spent travelling between home and clients at the beginning and end of the day, according to …

European home affairs ministers on Tuesday (September 22) finally bowed to mounting pressure to agree on the relocation of 120,000 refugees, mainly from Greece, Hungary and Italy, to other countries …

Labour MEPs and trade unions have reacted with anger to the European Commission’s decision to ditch pro­posals to extend paid maternity leave from 14 to 18 weeks for women across …

Trade unions demonstrated outside the European Commission in Brussels on International Workers’ Memorial Day, to demand stronger European Union legislation to protect employees from dangerous workplaces.

Public outrage at the drowning of an estimated 800 desperate migrants in the Mediterranean last week forced European leaders to convene an emergency summit and draw up a hasty plan …

While public opinion in the United Kingdom is encouraged to believe that the European Union imposes laws and policies against the wishes and interests of the British people, the truth …

A legal victory by an environmental NGO in the European Court of Justice should force the UK Government to take urgent steps to clean up air pollution in British cities.

While David Cameron received bad news about the amount of money Britain owes the European Union (which some commentators said should not have come as such as surprise), European Commission …