With two weeks to go until the TUC March for the Alternative in central London (Saturday 26 March), almost 600 coaches from all across the UK have been chartered and registered with the TUC to bring people to London for the big march and rally in Hyde Park.
Comments on the Environmental Audit Committee report into the Green Investment Bank
Commenting on the final report of Lord Hutton's Review of public sector pensions published today (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn today (Thursday) that the government's cuts in services and benefits are having an unfair impact on women and mark a return to the Thatcher ideals of the 1980s.
Addressing delegates at the annual TUC women's conference in Eastbourne later this morning, Brendan Barber will say: “The progress women have made over the years is in grave danger as we battle with the government's savage, unnecessary and ideological cuts.
Preview comments on Hutton
As the annual TUC women's conference begins in Eastbourne today (Wednesday) the TUC is warning that the government faces a potential crisis in female unemployment – and that its current economic strategy risks making the situation much worse.
Comments on suggestions that government spending cuts might force the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to cut unannounced workplace safety inspector visits by up to a third.
The possibility of an unexpected visit from either an HSE or a local authority safety inspector helps keep employers on their toes; even now, workplaces can go decades without ever seeing an inspector.
If government cuts to HSE funding do result in fewer safety inspections, unscrupulous employers will simply assume they can get away with taking risks with the safety and well-being of their staff, without fear of ever being prosecuted.
Welcomes the vote in the European Parliament in favour of the introduction of a European-wide financial transactions tax.
European politicians have turned the public anger against the financial sector highlighted recently by the Governor of the Bank of England into support for a Robin Hood Tax – a tiny tax that could make a big difference.
European governments – including David Cameron's – now need to listen up and turn this Parliamentary vote into a European agreement, so that the banks start paying for the crisis they caused, rather than ordinary people in Britain and abroad.
To coincide with International Women's Day today (Tuesday), the TUC has published new guidance on how employers and union reps can work together to support women through the menopause at work.
Responding to today's (March 7), announcement of the £50 million Growth and Innovation Fund to boost investment and training and to help businesses develop the skills they need to drive growth...