Derek Simpson, a leading figure in the proposed 'super-union', has shunned all official meetings of TUC executives in the past year.
Employee relations
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Stephen Overell (Off message, Personnel Today, 23 August) asks why the ‘apolitical, unobtrusive, doing-OK bulk’ of workers should join a...
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A broadcaster has apologised after employees received a note telling them to limit their toilet breaks to eight minutes a day.
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Chris Ball reports from the TUC Congress, where Alan Johnson replaced the anticipated drubbing with reassurances
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A dispute over pay has raised the threat of widespread disruption for the criminal justice system next month.
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Many of the 700 employees who have applied for voluntary redundancy at airline caterer Gate Gourmet are likely to be turned down, according to company officials
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Staff at Morrisons supermarket depots are to stage nine days of strikes in a dispute over expected job cuts
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The TUC leadership won the backing of its members to investigate the proposed 'super-union' and its potential impact.
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Travel agency Thomson could be taken to an employment tribunal by Glasgow call-centre staff over the right to an afternoon tea break
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Unison official Gloria Mills is to become the next TUC president – the first black woman ever to be elected to the position
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The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called today’s pensions speeches to the TUC conference a ‘disappointment’ after no pledge was made to raise the public sector pension age to 65.
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Trade and industry secretary Alan Johnson has named the members of the board that will assess bids from unions for the Union Modernisation Fund
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Pensions Commissioner Adair Turner spelled out the options for funding future pensions at the TUC Congress, and said companies and employees should not expect easy answers
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Implementing more layers of employment legislation will damage the UK economy, says employers' body
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Casino workers have turned down a pay offer and have unofficially voted to strike