UCU said today that the failings of the government's flagship Train to Gain programme had hit the people who most desperately needed its help the hardest.
UCU today said ambitious government plans to expand opportunity at university looked ridiculous next to swingeing cuts across the higher education sector.
Workers will struggle to afford basic essentials.
UNISON accuses the Co-operation and Competition Panel of meddling in government policy.
Commenting on the latest public borrowing figures published today (Thursday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
RAIL UNION RMT today called for an immediate halt to plans to axe up to 1500 safety critical rail maintenance jobs as a new report for the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) revealed that six out of ten key safety recommendations on track inspection and repair, following the fatal derailment on the West Coast Mainline in Feburary 2007, have either not been implemented at all by Network Rail or have not been fully implemented to the satisfaction of the Office of Rail Regulation(ORR).
Construction union UCATT has won a delay in the implementation of blacklisting laws, due to concerns that the current proposals fail to stamp out the practice. The delay in the implementation of the regulations is a significant victory in UCATT’s campaign to win justice for blacklisted construction workers.
Unite has welcomed the completion of the Labour government's promise to provide a settlement to workers who lost their pensions when their employers went bust.
Unite has announced a further round of six strikes at IT services company Fujitsu.
Media concern over the rates of public sector pay is ‘a smokescreen’ to distract from the high-level of City bonuses, says Unite.