By Colin Turbett, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Scotland Following my own visit as a retired UNISON Branch Chairperson, to Kharkiv last year, links were made between a number of UNISON branches in Scotland and trade union workplaces in this city, 30 miles from the Russian border, and the second largest in Ukraine. At the end of … Continue reading UNISON Scotland branches to visit Kharkiv – please help
“The reality for Ukraine’s workers” – Bev Laidlaw’s speech at TUC Congress Ukraine solidarity meeting (and USC TUC bulletin)
On 8 September 2025 Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held a well attended and lively fringe meeting at TUC Congress (the annual conference representing the big majority of UK trade unions) in Brighton. Below is the concluding speech, given by Bev Laidlaw (pictured above), Deputy President of civil service union PCS and member of our steering committee. … Continue reading “The reality for Ukraine’s workers” – Bev Laidlaw’s speech at TUC Congress Ukraine solidarity meeting (and USC TUC bulletin)
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign TUC Congress 2025 fringe meeting and bulletin
This year TUC Congress, the conference representing the big majority of UK trade unions, takes place in Brighton 7-10 September. We have organised a fringe meeting, sponsored by our six national trade union affiliates, on the evening of Monday 8 September – 5.45pm at the Gresham Suite in the Old Ship Hotel, 32 Kings Road, … Continue reading Ukraine Solidarity Campaign TUC Congress 2025 fringe meeting and bulletin
UK trade union debates on Ukraine, 2022-5
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign supporters celebrating passing of pro-Ukraine policy at UNISON National Delegate Conference, June 2024 The main national conferences of virtually all UK trade unions take place between April and July. Each of the four rounds since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has seen debates around motions on Ukraine. Each round has resulted in … Continue reading UK trade union debates on Ukraine, 2022-5
European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine trade union newsletter (February-July 2025)
The European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine, of which USC is part, publishes a regular trade union-oriented newsletter with reports on Ukraine's resistance, social struggles in the country, and international solidarity. Click below to download the February-July issue. From September 2025 the newsletter will be monthly. ENSU-RESU Trade Union Newsletter Number 15, February-July 2025_ENDownload
Discussion with rail worker trade unionists Andriy Khyzhniy and Kateryna Izmailova
Andriy Khyzhniy is head of the Zaporizhzhia Territorial Trade Union Organisation of the Prydniprovska Railway – part of the Trade Union of Railway & Transport Construction Workers of Ukraine (TURU). Kateryna Izmailova is chair of TURU’s Youth Council. They spoke to Sacha Ismail and Chris Ford in June 2025. Translation by Vitaliy Dudin of Ukrainian … Continue reading Discussion with rail worker trade unionists Andriy Khyzhniy and Kateryna Izmailova
Discussion with rail worker trade unionists Vyacheslav Fedorenko and Oleksandr Skiba
On 21 and 22 June 2025, the International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles organised a meeting in Kyiv with representatives of several Ukrainian trade unions – including activists in rail union VPZU, affiliated to the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU). For more on solidarity with rail workers in Ukraine and a … Continue reading Discussion with rail worker trade unionists Vyacheslav Fedorenko and Oleksandr Skiba
Ukraine’s rail workers and the need for solidarity: two interviews
If you're a rail or transport trade worker / trade unionist and want to help build solidarity, get in touch: info@ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org We publish here two interviews with rail worker trade unionists in Ukraine. The first is with Andriy Khyzhniy and Kateryna Izmailova of the Trade Union of Railway & Transport Construction Workers of Ukraine (TURU); … Continue reading Ukraine’s rail workers and the need for solidarity: two interviews
Unite branch newsletter on solidarity with Ukraine – Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Thanks to the Unite the Union branch at Cambridge University Press & Assessment for sending us the section of their July 2025 newsletter dedicated to Ukraine solidarity campaigning. Click to download below. The branch is affiliated to USC and has played an important role in raising the issue of Ukraine in Unite. For the recent … Continue reading Unite branch newsletter on solidarity with Ukraine – Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Unite the Union votes overwhelmingly for strong solidarity with Ukraine
The biennial Policy Conference of Unite, the UK's second largest and largest private-sector union, has voted overwhelmingly for a motion committing to stronger, more active solidarity with Ukraine through links with Ukrainian trade unions (text below, and below that the text of the seconding speech by our comrade Tyrone Falls). The motion passed was composited … Continue reading Unite the Union votes overwhelmingly for strong solidarity with Ukraine
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 