Commenting on the first estimate of GDP growth published today (Wednesday) for the last quarter of 2011, which showed the economy shrunk by 0.2 percentage points, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
GDP per person is likely to fall in 2012 and will not return to pre-recession levels until 2016, the TUC says today (Wednesday) ahead of the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) first estimate of economic growth in the last quarter of 2011.
The presence of unions in workplaces could be saving employers in the private and public sectors as much £701m a year or £2m a day, according to a report published today (Tuesday) by the TUC.
Commenting today (Monday) on the government's proposals to reform executive pay, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
As ministers talk tough on top pay as bank bonus season gets underway, the TUC is today (Monday) setting out five reasons why the government should introduce worker representation onto remuneration committees as a way of tackling the widening pay gap between top directors and the rest of the workforce.
Introducing fees to take claims to employment tribunals could have a huge impact on ensuring equality at work, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn a conference later today (Friday).
Before Christmas the government published its plans for charging users of employment tribunals. Under the proposals an individual will have to pay a minimum of £600 and possibly as much as £1,750 to have a discrimination claim heard at a tribunal.
Responding to the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
If the UK is to end its over reliance on financial services a renaissance in manufacturing needs to take place, and ministers who want to re-balance the economy could learn much from the German approach to industry, says a new report published by the TUC today (Wednesday).
With the first unemployment figures of 2012 due out this week, the TUC is warning today (Tuesday) that additional job cuts in local government, education, the NHS and the civil service – announced in November's autumn statement – will have a devastating impact on regional labour markets.
Welcoming the government's decision today (Tuesday) to press ahead with HS2, the high speed rail project, TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: