TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber and his opposite number in Germany, DGB President Michael Sommer have today (Friday) written to Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel calling on them to propose a European tax on financial transactions when they attend the European Council meeting in Brussels later this month.
Members of UCU are leading protests at Somerset House tomorrow (Saturday) from 11.30am. The protestors will be demonstrating as King's shows off the East Wing of Somerset House at an alumni event.
UCU today accused the University of Reading of 'taking a wrecking ball to the sciences' after it announced plans for swingeing job cuts.
Members of UCU at Bournemouth University have welcomed the news that vicechancellor Professor Paul Curran is to leave the university.
The annual UCU Scotland Congress will be held in Aberdeen this year on Friday 26 March 2010 starting at 10am.
Issuing a statement today (Friday) on the BA/Unite dispute, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
UNISON is calling for investment in the social care workforce.
Review was a 'missed opportunity' to kick racism out of education.
TUBE UNION RMT today pledged an all out fight over the threat to safety, jobs and working conditions from cuts plans announced by Transport for London and expected attacks being worked up by contractor Tube Lines as they look to slash £1.3 billion from the tube upgrade budget.
New figures published today (Friday) in the National Audit Office (NAO) report on pay-as-you-go public sector pensions show that they are affordable, sustainable and far from gold-plated, say the TUC.