Union Newswire

Government student visa plans will damage UK reputation on world stage, warns UCU

UCU today (Tuesday) warned that government plans to restrict the number of students allowed to enter the country would damage the UK's international reputation for education excellence and harm the economy.

Billions wasted on tory public sector reorganisation

UNISON calls on the government to itch the top-down reforms, and use budget to protect services, jobs and growth

Scrapping two-tier code in local government- UNISON response

Abolishing the two-tier code is a recipe for exploitation says UNISON

A huge, safe, united and well-organised March for the Alternative

Speaking at a press briefing jointly held by the TUC, Metropolitan Police and Liberty TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Government policy is contributing to toughest livelihood squeeze in decades

Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which show that RPI inflation increased to 5.5 per cent in February, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

First female Head of Economic and Social Affairs at the TUC

Nicola Smith has been appointed as the first female Head of Economic and Social Affairs at the TUC. Nicola has been at the TUC for four years. She joined the economic and social affairs department in March 2007 as the Senior Policy Officer responsible for the TUC's Commission on Vulnerable Employment, a major investigation into the causes of and solutions to vulnerable employment in the UK.