Responding to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) assessment of the 2010 Spending Review published today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
May 14th, 2012
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Shareholders may have been giving the thumbs down to boardroom pay and bonuses in greater numbers recently, but the government needs to do more than simply make investors' voting decisions binding if directors' pay is to be set at more realistic levels in future, says the TUC today (Monday).
May 14th, 2012
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Rising food prices and soaring gas and electricity bills have meant that the cost of living has been going up faster for the poorest households than it has for the richest ones, according to a TUC living standards tracker launched today (Friday).
May 11th, 2012
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Commenting on government plans announced in the Queen's Speech today (Wednesday) to give shareholders more power over the pay of top directors, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
May 9th, 2012
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Commenting on the employment rights proposals contained in the Queen's Speech today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said,
It is a myth that stripping away employee rights will boost growth or create jobs. This is no more than a bad boss's charter that will make people insecure at work and will feed straight into lower consumer confidence.
May 9th, 2012
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Commenting today (Wednesday) on the Queen's Speech, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
We needed a programme for growth, instead we have an incoherent hotchpotch that will do little or nothing to deal with our fundamental economic problems or create jobs. The main obstacle remains the government's mistaken policies of austerity that have sent the economy back into reverse.
May 9th, 2012
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More than 100 MPs have signed an early day motion (EDM) criticising government proposals for the future of railways in the UK, reveals the TUC today (Tuesday).
The EDM warns that the government's plans will worsen passenger services through the loss of thousands of frontline workers from trains, stations, ticket offices, safety-critical infrastructure and operational roles, and will result in higher fares, cuts in services and more crowded trains.
May 8th, 2012
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Workers making Olympic sportswear for London 2012 for top brands and high street names including Adidas and Next are being paid poverty wages, forced to work excessive overtime and threatened with instant dismissal if they complain about working conditions, according to a new report from the Playfair 2012 campaign published today (Monday).
May 7th, 2012
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A new TUC Touchstone pamphlet published today (Friday) argues that successive governments have undermined the social security system so that it no longer enjoys popular support.
May 4th, 2012
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The TUC will launch the new 18:18 union fundraising campaign for the Stephen Lawrence Trust when Doreen Lawrence addresses its Black Workers' Conference later today (Friday).
April 27th, 2012
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