The TUC has called for a 37p increase in the adult national minimum wage to help fight the credit crunch. The union umbrella body wants the rate to rise to £6.10 an hour from next October, and also said it should be paid from the age of 21, rat  More...
01 December 2008 14:22

Eurostar staff rosters have been branded "unfair" by union bosses sparking warnings that staff may strike in the run-up to Christmas. Members of both the RMT and TSSA trade unions have voted in favour of industrial action, which they hope will force   More...
01 December 2008 10:23

Unison has lost a tribunal case over allegations that Somerset County Council failed to consult properly with staff as part of a £400m shared-services deal. The trade union took the council to an employment tribunal claiming there was a failure to pr  More...
24 November 2008 11:08

Public sector union Unison is hoping to secure an end to the long-running local government pay dispute before Christmas. Unions met with local government employers and conciliation body Acas yesterday to agree terms of reference for thrashing out a p  More...
28 October 2008 09:58

Will there be a union-led winter of discontent? Mike Berry outlines the main findings of our exclusive survey on the threat of industrial unrest. Exclusive research by Personnel Today and law firm Eversheds reveals that the threat of industrial act  More...
24 October 2008 15:00

Public and civil services look set to be hit by further strike action as civil servants continue to fight against below-inflation pay offers. Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union are up in arms over the government's 2% public sector   More...
17 October 2008 17:52

London Underground has been accused of institutional racism against white staff after an Irishman won the latest 'Jellygate' case . Transport for London (TfL), which runs London Underground, was accused of institutional racism by a union officia  More...
15 October 2008 11:31

Car delivery firm Autologic is to slash 40% of its 500-strong driver workforce following a business review and a sharp downturn in the demand for new vehicles. The company said that it had started a 90-day consultation period with the union Unite ov  More...
08 October 2008 15:22

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has called on controversial new business secretary Peter Mandelson to focus on protecting jobs. Mandelson, who twice resigned from the cabinet under former prime minister Tony Blair, made a shock return las  More...
06 October 2008 11:20

Unions have welcomed a government announcement that will allow councils to raise almost half a billion pounds to fund equal pay settlements. On Friday, 34 town halls were given permission to raise £455m to spend on thousands of equal pay claims, ma  More...
29 September 2008 10:49

The trade union representing Lloyds TSB employees has demanded that the bank terminate its offshoring agreements in India following the HBOS takeover. Lloyds TSB Group Union (LTU) said the bank should "repatriate" an estimated 3,000 jobs that have b  More...
23 September 2008 09:12

Trade union leaders are set to meet Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond today (Monday) in a bid to salvage thousands of jobs at Lloyds TSB and HBOS. Lloyds has identified £1bn savings from last week's merger, mainly from closing retail br  More...
22 September 2008 10:30

The council pay dispute that has seen hundreds of thousands of local authority workers strike this summer will go to conciliation service Acas, it has emerged. Up to 600,000 council workers staged a 48-hour walkout in July as part of the long-runn  More...
22 September 2008 10:12

Skilled professionals were asked to work for free on the London-organised Olympic handover ceremony in Beijing, according to angry trade unions. Tony Lennon, president of entertainment union Bectu, revealed that his members had been told the prestige  More...
15 September 2008 15:00

EXCLUSIVE Unite general secretary Derek Simpson has told HR professionals across the UK to prepare for war with trade unions. Simpson – who jointly fronts the UK's biggest trade union, Unite – said the government's handling of the  More...
15 September 2008 00:58

A union has told employees of Westminster City Council to refuse to use biometric fingerprint devices for clocking on and off because of concerns about privacy. Unison, the UK's largest public sector union, also claims it was not consulted before the  More...
12 September 2008 12:27

A leading union has called for schools to teach pupils about the right to strike and the role of trade unions in the workplace. A motion put forward by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) called on the TUC conference to back calls for trade union  More...
11 September 2008 09:08

The occupational shortlist of skilled jobs published yesterday to cut the number of migrant workers is "unhelpful" for some sectors where wages don't reflect their true value, the TUC has warned. General secretary Brendan Barber has claimed   More...
10 September 2008 10:09

Chancellor Alistair Darling last night predicted a doomsday scenario of soaring inflation and mass redundancies if employers bow to growing pressure to increase wages. Darling told delegates at the TUC conference in Brighton that pay had to be   More...
10 September 2008 09:59

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber this morning used his speech at the start of the body's 2008 congress to call for an end to injustices in employment. Speaking to affiliated union members in Brighton, he said the government needed to a  More...
08 September 2008 12:30