The Spanish parliament on Thursday approved legislation expanding abortion and transgender rights for teenagers, while making Spain the first country in Europe that will entitle workers to paid menstrual leave. The driving force behind the two laws was Equality Minister Irene Montero,
Britons have donated more than £50million to support victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria which has claimed more than 25,000 lives. The 7.8 magnitude quake, the most devastating to have hit the region since 1939, has left hospitals struggling to
Rescue workers from Turkey’s disaster agency AFAD have been desperately searching for more survivors amid the rubble provoked by Monday’s earthquakes on their fifth day of operations. The three earthquakes that struck the Turkish city of Gaziantep at its epicentre with magnitudes
More than six out of 10 (61 percent) say unions representing staff in the ambulance, rail and fire sectors should be forced to guarantee basic services. The polling by Redfield & Wilton Strategies comes as health secretary Steve Barclay issued a new
Around seven million children will reportedly miss lessons on Wednesday as 500,000 workers stage the biggest strike in over a decade, a news report has claimed. An estimated 85 percent of English and Welsh state schools – up to 23,000 in all
An urgent investigation was ordered by the Royal Navy after maintenance workers used glue to fix damage in a nuclear reactor on a Trident submarine. The shoddy repair work was discovered by the sub’s engineers as they prepared to fire up the
Teachers, rail workers, and civil servants are all taking part in industrial action to protest pay and working conditions. It comes as firefighters have voted to strike for the first time since 2003 after real-terms earnings “drop by 12 percent”, accusing Sunak
BBC journalists are poised to follow in the footsteps of ambulance workers, nurses, postal workers and others by going on strike. A National union of Journalists memo seen by Express.co.uk says 70 percent of those who voted had opposed the corporation’s proposals
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Amazon workers will stage the first-ever UK strike against the online giant on Wednesday in a protest over pay. Members of the GMB union are walking out at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse over what they call a “derisory” 50p an hour pay rise.