Speaking today (Friday) after the breakdown of talks in the BA/Unite dispute, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
The economy is still far too fragile to withstand spending cuts and the best way to reduce the deficit is to go for economic growth, the TUC has told the Chancellor in its Budget Submission published today (Thursday).
Commenting on the news today (Wednesday) that Catholic Care, a Leeds-based adoption agency, has won a high court appeal allowing it to ignore sexual orientation regulations and so exclude same-sex partners who wish to adopt, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on Government plans announced today (Wednesday) for new carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities and the news that Yorkshire and the Humber is to be the UK's first low carbon economic area, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Unions can help to prevent staff feeling stressed and de-motivated by new working practices and reduce the number of staff quitting their jobs, according to a new report published by the TUC today (Tuesday).
The charging structure for the new National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) pensions announced by the Government today (Tuesday) strikes “exactly the right balance”, says the TUC.
Unions can help to prevent staff feeling stressed and de-motivated by new working practices and reduce the number of staff quitting their jobs, according to a new report published by the TUC today (Tuesday).
The TUC will be looking closely at the number of long-term unemployed people aged 50 and over when the latest unemployment figures are released by the Office for National Statistics tomorrow (Wednesday).
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber and his opposite number in Germany, DGB President Michael Sommer have today (Friday) written to Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel calling on them to propose a European tax on financial transactions when they attend the European Council meeting in Brussels later this month.