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The BFAWU’s Learning Services have designed a survey in order to better understand the possible learning needs of those working in the food industry. The outcomes/results of the survey...

The Public Interest Research Unit (a small registered charity) is producing a report for Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) to feed into the House of Lords Equality Act Inquiry....

David Cameron claims that he wants a high wage, low tax economy. If that’s the case, he has a funny way of showing it. Over the last five years,...

First time Annual Conference delegates played a big part this year, especially with BFAWU campaigns surrounding zero hours contracts and rights for workers in the fast-food industry. Lorna and...

On the 16th June 2015, the organisation ‘From Pink to Prevention’ sent an open letter to ‘Breakthrough Breast Cancer’ (recently changed to ‘Breast Cancer Now’); the UK’s largest breast cancer...

Press Release re: Strike Action at Gunstones Bakery, Sheffield The BFAWU strike at Gunstones (Sheffield) taking place from June 15th 2015 was called following the company’s decision to force through...

May 15th 2015 CREDIT UNION Update The BFAWU Credit Union was the first ‘national’ Credit Union set up in 1997 with the ‘common bond’ being membership of the Bakers,...

Since 2010, Trade Unions, Safety Representatives and workers in general have had to battle against not only deteriorating safety conditions at work, but the Tory-led government and it’s media’s...

How worried should we be by the government announcing an increase in the minimum wage by the princely, recession-busting sum of 20p? Lib-Dem Business Secretary, Vince Cable claimed that...

In recent years, despite the so-called need for austerity, we have seen the wealth of those at the top triple, whilst wages have declined for the majority of those...