UCU today (Monday) said that if the forthcoming review into student funding, led by Lord Browne, simply advocated ways of squeezing more money out of students then it would have 'spectacularly failed its remit.'
Analysis by UCU of fees charged by publiclyfunded universities around the world reveals that increasing fees to £5,000ayear would be enough to give England the unenviable tag of supplier of the world's most expensive degrees.
Nearly one million workers will benefit when the adult national minimum wage (NMW) increases by 13p to £5.93 per hour today (Friday) says the TUC.
On the first anniversary of the change to the tips’ law waiters and waitresses will demonstrate to show they are still not getting fair tips.
Discrimination has no place in our workplaces and communities.
TSSA leader Gerry Doherty today urged Boris Johnson to cancel his trip to the Tory Conference this weekend and start face to face talks with the unions to avert Sunday’s 24-hour walkout on the Tube.
The shopworkers union Usdaw has welcomed today's increase in the National Minimum Wage and has again called on the Coalition government to commit to an annual review and increase of all rates.
The shopworkers union Usdaw has welcomed the arrival of the Equality Act, the first provisions of which finally come into force today Friday 1 October.
BECTU, the NUJ and Unite, the unions which represent the majority of BBC staff, have confirmed that strikes planned for 5&6 October have been called off after management tabled an improved offer on pensions earlier today.
The shopworkers Union Usdaw has welcomed the announcement made by the Government that they will extend the right to request flexible working to parents of all children from April 2011 and intend to...