The national minimum wage should rise to more than £6 an hour next year, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has...
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Temps will become second-class workers if Agency Workers Directive doesn’t guarantee training, warns TUC
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherTemporary workers are losing out on training offered to permanent staff and so becoming ever less likely to secure a...
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Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, has called for tougher enforcement to tackle a health and safety ‘crime wave’, responsible for...
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The TUC has issued a rallying call to Aussies living in the UK to vote to restore workers’ rights in...
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Trades Union Congress (TUC) has launched a new application on Facebook in an effort to network activists or promote campaigns...
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The TUC has launched a new Polish website to support the increasing number of Polish workers in the UK.
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TUC calls for government backing on Private Members’ Bill for equal employment rights for agency workers
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe TUC is calling on the government to support a Private Members’ Bill in Parliament today (Friday) that would give...
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Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, has been elected president of the TUC
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryDave Prentis, general secretary of public services union Unison has been elected as the next TUC president. Prentis was elected...
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Gordon Brown will inject a further £3m into the Union Learning Fund, which aims to help unions open up a...
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TUC appeals to HR to protect migrants living in employer accommodation
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherA dramatic surge in the number of migrant workers living in accommodation provided by their employer has prompted an impassioned...
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Gordon Brown tells TUC Congress he will not back down to below-inflation pay rises for public sector staff
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherGordon Brown today announced a step closer to an autumn of discontent when a he told a hostile TUC Congress...
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Gordon Brown is to set out measures designed to achieve “a British job for every British worker” at this week’s...
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CBI warns government against giving in to TUC pressure to extend temporary workers’ rights
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherMore than 250,000 temporary jobs could be axed if the government bows to pressure at this week’s TUC Congress to...
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A union head has warned Gordon Brown that he could pay a ‘political price’ at the next general election unless...
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Unions have criticised the widening pensions gap between company directors and their staff after a report found that the UK’s...