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Chris Ball reports from the TUC Congress, where Alan Johnson replaced the anticipated drubbing with reassurances

The TUC leadership won the backing of its members to investigate the proposed 'super-union' and its potential impact.

Unison official Gloria Mills is to become the next TUC president – the first black woman ever to be elected to the position

Gordon Brown has told unionists that a highly-skilled Britain is key to ensuring its economic survival

With new equality regulations on the horizon, the TUC is calling on employers not to wait for the new law, but implement equal opportunity policies now

The TUC Congress, which started yesterday (Monday), is taking place against a backdrop of disquiet in the labour movement.There are...

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has warned the potential ‘super-union’ not to turn its back on the TUC after merging.Speculation...

Pensions for top company directors are worth 45 times the national average.

The TUC's biennial equality audit published today shows that people employed in workplaces with a trade union presence are likely to have a better work-life balance and face less discrimination than individuals in non-unionised workplaces

For the first time the government, CBI and TUC have issued a joint statement declaring how each will help the immigration system to best aid UK interests.

The TUC has called for the government to “be brave”, resist the lobbying of vested interests and ban smoking in all workplaces, including all pubs and clubs, by April 2006

TUC issues warning about dangers of standing too long at work.

The trade union movement will be running advice surgeries for migrant workers as part of this year's TUC Congress in Brighton next month.

Last week, the TUC published The Compensation Myth, a paper setting out its responses to commonly held beliefs about trigger-happy claims merchants. Chris Ball reports

The UK is not in the grips of a US-style compensation culture, according a TUC report. It found that nine out of every 10 workers injured or made ill by their jobs never receive a penny in compensation.