One in three jobseekers has been looking for work for over a year
Responding to the latest unemployment figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
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Weakening TUPE legislation risks low pay and increased unemployment
Weakening the Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations risks driving down pay and increasing unemployment, the TUC warns today (Wednesday).
Workers still getting poorer despite welcome inflation fall
Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which show that RPI inflation fell to 3.9 per cent and CPI to 3.6 per cent in January, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
‘Total’ unemployment is 6.3 million
Using the American U6 measure of unemployment – which includes unemployed, discouraged, marginally attached and under-employed workers – would mean unemployment in the UK standing at 6.3 million, higher than any point since the early 1990s, according to a new TUC analysis published today (Tuesday).
TUC and NUS launch year of campaigning to protect interns from abuse
The TUC and the National Union of Students (NUS) are launching a new campaign today (Monday) calling for the fair treatment of interns. The event at TUC headquarters in central London will begin a year of campaign activity for fairer and better internships.
Failure to support workers is turning people against EU, TUC & FPC warn
Attempts to undermine the employment rights of working people in the face of massive austerity could lead to the European Union losing the support of its citizens, the TUC and Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) will tell the EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs Laszlo Andor today (Friday) at an event to launch a new joint pamphlet.
Quantitative easing cash must not gather dust on bank balance sheets
Commenting on the Bank of England's decision today (Thursday) to hold interest rates at 0.5 per cent and resume quantitative easing, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Freeze auto-enrolment thresholds to boost pensions saving, says TUC
The TUC has today (Wednesday) urged the government to freeze the lower thresholds in the auto-enrolment regime – keeping the bottom of the earnings band on which contributions have to be paid (£5,564) and the earnings level at which auto-enrolment is triggered (£7,475) – at their current levels.
UK opt-out from Robin Hood Tax could cost taxpayers £21 billion
Responding to a report published today (Tuesday) by Ernst and Young, which says that the City would still pay more than half the revenue of an EU-wide financial transactions tax (FTT) or Robin Hood Tax, even if the UK opts out, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Ending corporation tax relief for big bank bonuses could raise £1.7bn a year
Ending corporation tax relief for pay and bonuses worth more than 10 times average annual earnings (£26,200) could raise around £1.7bn a year if applied to the banking and financial services sector, according to a new TUC report published today (Monday).