TUC’s unionlearn and Versa call on employers to work with unions to increase apprenticeships among black and minority ethnic communities
Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation, and Versa Professional Services Ltd today called upon employers to work with trade unions to increase black and minority ethnic communities’ participation rates in apprenticeships. At an event held at Congress House, discussion will focus around what employers, the Government and unions can do to encourage members of BME communities to apply for apprenticeships.
Gwynedd teachers set for strike action two
Members of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in Wales, will be taking strike action over redundancies and changes to their working contracts.
Nick Cleggs free school speech ‘too little, too late’
The Deputy Prime Minister needs to demonstrate he has the courage of his convictions by stopping the divisive Education Bill.
Nick Cleggs free school speech ‘too little, too late’
The Deputy Prime Minister needs to demonstrate he has the courage of his convictions by stopping the divisive Education Bill.
Union calls on Nick Clegg to speak out against university privatisation, as he rules out forprofit schools
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Women’s unemployment will rise as public sector job cuts kick in
The TUC is concerned that women's unemployment – already at a 23-year high – is set to rise around the UK as the government's public sector job cuts begin to bite. A TUC analysis of official statistics published today (Monday), reveals that the proportion of women employed in the public sector has risen at three times the rate of men over the last decade.
STUC responds to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Corporation Tax
On publication of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) response to the Scottish Government’s discussion paper on corporation tax, Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary said: