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:
Tory Threat to NHS
The Tories claim that the private sector is more cost effective in providing quality health and social care despite all the evidence that this is not the case as it was the private sector that sunk...
Southern Cross New Operators
A next step is for Southern Cross and the prospective operators to consult with GMB on TUPE transfer of staff on all their existing terms and conditions like pay and hours of work as the law requires.
Mark your diaries for Make It Count Week, 12 – 18 September 2011
Unionlearn has joined forces with learndirect’s campaign to get adults signed up for learning…
Gearing up for the party conference season
It’s that time of year again, just as we all return from those long deserved breaks, long walks, lying on the beach and catching up with the reading list…
UCU condemns murder of Colombian academic
On Monday 22 August, Colombian trade union activist, Alfonso Diaz Villa, was assassinated near his home in the Coroda region.
UK Unemployment
In the light of the hard facts that the economy is stalling the Bank’s monetary policy committee must put priority on getting growth going all across the UK says GMB
Remploy Plymouth Protest
Remploy workers in South West want to go the Cardiff meeting on Sept 20 to tell DWP that closing 54 Remploy factories is the aim of conflicted axe grinders who want the funding for themselves says GMB
Dust level limits must be reduced to protect workplace health
The TUC is calling today (Friday) for urgent action to reduce dust levels in the workplace, a hazard which is responsible for thousands of deaths in the UK every year.