Tag: TUC

Commenting on the publication of the Nuttall report into employee ownership by the government today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

The TUC has today (Wednesday) attacked the Mayor of London and Westminster City Council for their decision to cut back the World Pride festival in London this weekend.

The presence of green union reps is having a significant impact upon UK workplaces – encouraging a growing number of employers to adapt cost-saving energy efficiency measures and persuading colleagues to become more environmentally-aware at work, a conference at the TUC is hearing today (Monday).

Commenting on the government's announcement today (Monday) that there is to be a parliamentary inquiry into the banking sector, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Commenting today (Friday) on the latest news that banks have been mis-selling risky insurance products to small businesses, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Equity's members' magazine has won the coveted best journal/magazine prize at the TUC's annual Trade Union Communications Awards – sponsored by TUink, communications advisers to the union sector – which take place in London tonight (Thursday).

Commenting on figures published by the Department for Education today (Thursday) which show an increase in the number of 16-18 year olds not in education, training or employment, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Commenting on the revised gross domestic product figures published today (Thursday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “Today's figures lay bare the damage caused by the government's austerity programme. The Chancellor has steered the UK back into a double-dip recession for the first time in 40 years, with falling living standards continuing to depress consumer spending.

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber is set to visit Derby College and three of the county's cutting-edge manufacturers in what may be his last official visit to the East Midlands before he retires at the end of the year.

Hundreds of bloggers, tweeters and online campaigners will be gathering in central London later this month for a day of training, networking and debate on digital activism, with a special focus on the continuing campaign against the involvement of the private sector in the NHS.