TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn that the coalition government is the “most female-unfriendly in living memory” when he addresses delegates at the TUC Women's Conference later today (Wednesday).
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn that the coalition government is the “most female-unfriendly in living memory” when he addresses delegates at the TUC Women's Conference later today (Wednesday).
The Chancellor must acknowledge the economic case for reversing his austerity plans and introduce bold measures to support investment and young people to get the economy up and running again, says the TUC budget submission published today (Tuesday).
Many of the UK's lowest paid workers will be unable to afford to enforce their workplace rights if the government's proposals for fees for employment tribunals go ahead, says the TUC today (Tuesday).
While the government's plans for tribunals include a ‘remission scheme' which will make some of the lowest paid exempt from the proposed costs, the TUC believes that a substantial proportion of workers who are on the minimum wage (NMW) will still be required to pay expensive fees to take a case to an employment tribunal.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will expose the failures of the government's austerity programme and call for policies for growth and jobs at the North West TUC's annual conference in Liverpool today (Saturday).
People earning £150,000 or more enjoy tax breaks worth more than the annual salaries of nearly eight million workers, according to a new TUC report published today (Thursday).
Responding to the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) analysis of upcoming tax and benefit changes, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Responding to plans announced by Transport Secretary Justine Greening today (Thursday) outlining how the government plans to cut the budget for spending on the railways by billions of pounds, TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:
“Closing ticket offices and cutting station staff and train crews is not what passengers want and will make conditions worse for both commuters and rail staff.
Responding to the announcement today (Wednesday) by Maria Miller MP, minister for Disabled People, that 36 of the 54 Remploy factories around the UK will close with 1,752 compulsory redundancies, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“Closing Remploy factories will consign hundreds of severely disabled workers who have little chance of finding work anywhere else to the labour market scrap heap.
The South West's 1.1 million women workers are represented on the region's new Local Economic Partnerships by just 14 women out of 74, according to research by the South West TUC.....