Responding to the Prime Minister's speech to the Conservative Party Conference today (Wednesday) TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“If the Prime Minister really felt the nation's pain, he would change course.
Commenting on the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey published today (Wednesday) which says that stress is the most common cause of long-term sickness absence, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Responding to the final revision of GDP growth figures for the second quarter of 2011, published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said
Commenting on the Chancellor's speech to the Conservative Party conference today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Anyone who turns 65 after today (Friday) will no longer lose their job simply because of their age, the TUC says ahead of the end of the UK's default retirement age (DRA) tomorrow.
Around 890,000 workers, two thirds of them women, will benefit when the adult national minimum wage (NMW) increases by 15p to £6.08 per hour this Saturday (1 October), says the TUC.
Welcoming the announcement by European Commission President Barroso today (Wednesday) of a draft directive for a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Hundreds of thousands of agency workers across the UK will benefit from improved working conditions when the new equal treatment rights for temps come into effect on Saturday (1 October).
“Chair, conference – it's great to be with you in Liverpool today to bring a message of solidarity from the TUC, returning the sororal greetings that your NEC chair Norma Stephenson brought to our Congress just two weeks ago.
Commenting on the discussion paper on executive remuneration published today (Monday) by the Department for Business, which includes a proposal for employee representation on remuneration committees, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: