WEU News Articles

Historically the British government has been extremely violent towards workers across England. Britain often presents itself as a stable democracy with a proud tradition of civil liberties. Yet ...

Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has unveiled far-reaching plans to reduce the use of jury trials in England and Wales. This presents them as necessary responses to deep...

Did We Help Create the Crisis? A Miracle Cure with Early Warnings When antibiotics arrived in the mid-20th century, they were hailed as the cure for infectious disease. Scientists lined up to de...

Why Workers Have Seen This Trick Before We are being told by the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, that digital ID will now be “voluntary”. That it will not be mandatory for work. That the governmen...

Introduction Jury service in England is often described as a cornerstone of liberty. The right to be judged by one’s peers rather than by the subjective will of the state. This principle did not...

Hope Not Hate Has Wrongly Claimed That Workers of England Union Representatives Lack Expertise Hope Not Hate has repeatedly attacked the Workers of England Union (WEU), falsely claiming that WEU...

Part 1: NHS Staff – Violence, Abuse and the Need for Real Protection Frontline NHS staff in England continue to face unacceptable levels of violence, harassment and abuse. This harm comes not only...

Over the coming weeks, the Workers of England Union will be publishing a three-part series examining one of the oldest and most important foundations of democratic justice: the jury system. For mo...

Hope Not Hate and others frequently claim that the Workers of England Union (WEU) “attacks” British Labour Party supporting Trade Unions, such as UNISON and Unite. We do not deny that we openly cri...

Part 1: Free Speech and Digital ID Are Fundamentally Incompatible and Risk Workers’ Freedom The government’s recent push for a mandatory digital identity system in the UK, often referred to as dig...