Responding to the Government's White Paper on social mobility published today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Today's jobs summit called by the Prime Minister must not just look at every way of reducing job losses but discuss what government can do to help the growing ranks of the unemployed who will find it increasingly difficult to find new jobs as the dole queue grows through 2009 and beyond, the TUC says in advance of the summit.
As the Government prepares for its job summit next week, a TUC report published today (Friday) is calling for state funded training to be extended to all workers facing redundancy.
Responding to the Welfare Reform Bill published today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
The TUC is today (Wednesday) urging the Government to keep its legacy commitment to the Olympics and reject plans to scale down the London 2012 media centre.
Union will continue to campaign for sustainable high-speed rail
JOB CUTS at South West Trains are completely unjustified and will be resisted, Britain’s biggest rail union said today as the private franchise announced plans to slash 480 posts.
HAYES AND Harlington MP John McDonnell made a stand for democracy with his demonstration in the House of Commons today, Britain’s specialist transport union said.
GMB call on Boston Councillors to put the public well being first and reject proposal which will leave CCTV unit not staffed during parts of the week
GMB will work with the local community and environmental bodies to mitigate the impact of the development as far as possible