Workers with degrees earn more in the private sector than the public sector, while staff with lower level and no qualifications earn more in the public sector, according to a TUC analysis of official statistics published ahead of the latest annual pay statistics out later this morning (Wednesday).
Commenting on the speech being made later today (Wednesday) by Employment Secretary Vince Cable on the changes the government plans to make to employment regulation, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Comments on the review of sickness absence carried out by Dame Carol Black and David Frost.
Welcomes the publication of the Treasury report by Graham Aaronson QC on measures to combat tax avoidance.
The TUC has brought together a group of public sector staff as The Workers to re-record the classic song Let's Work Together as a charity track that celebrates everything that is good about the public sector and raises money for today's pensioners.
The TUC is calling for an end to violence and discrimination against transgender people on Transgender Day of Remembrance today (Sunday).
Around the world 20 November each year is recognised as Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Day commemorates trans people who have been the victims of violent crimes and aims to bring their stories to public attention.
Government assurances that changes to public sector pensions will not hit low-paid public sector workers earning less than £15,000 a year are misleading, says the TUC today (Friday) as it publishes figures showing that more than 750,000 earning less than this – the overwhelming majority of whom are women – will have to pay higher contributions.
The Northern Public Services Alliance and Trade Unions across the whole of the northern region will be out in force on Action Saturday, 19th November, building support and giving out vital information about pensions and why the unions involved are taking industrial action, ahead of the national Day of Action on 30th November.
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which show that RPI inflation fell to 5.4 per cent and CPI to 5 per cent in October, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: