The TUC is publishing guidance today (Saturday) for first-time marchers one week before the TUC's March for the Alternative in London on Saturday 26 March.
With this expected to be the largest TUC event for many decades and the first national mobilisation against spending cuts viewed as unfair, too deep and too quick by a majority of voters, the TUC says that it is important to be prepared so the day is as successful and enjoyable as possible for everyone taking part.
A possible fault line in how the coalition views the role of the state has been exposed in a searing critique published today (Saturday 19 March) by Unite, the largest union in the country.
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Commenting on the government's review of red tape published today (Friday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on Vince Cable’s plans to ‘reform’ the regulatory environment for Business, Stephen Boyd, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Assistant Secretary said: “Vince Cable’s announcement on ’red-tape’ marks something of a nadir in bad government.
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Unite has called business secretary Vince Cable's decision not to extend the right to request time off work for training to firms employing fewer than 250 employees an anti-growth measure.
Unite said the latest example of this bias was the announcement by the business secretary Vince Cable today that plans to give parents with children under 17 the right to request flexible working from their employer would be scrapped.
For one PCS rep the March for the Alternative starts tomorrow as he sets off from Cardiff for a 166-mile trek to London to join the demo on Saturday 26 March.
Commenting on the written ministerial statement on the Equality Act published today (Thursday) by the Home Office, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: