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    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      UK unions fear tough pay battles ahead of next general election

      Prospect of Labour win tempered by ongoing strikes testing public support, unemployment on rise and policy disputes

      Protesters and strikes montage
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Angela Rayner pledges higher sick pay under a Labour government

      Deputy leader tells TUC the party would improve worker rights and build more council houses

      Angela Rayner addresses the Trades Union Congress in Liverpool
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK trade unions vote for ‘non-compliance’ with anti-strike laws

      TUC steps up resistance to rollout of minimum service level legislation

    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK unions to challenge anti-strike laws at UN watchdog

      TUC says legislation requiring some employees to work during industrial action falls short of international standards

      NHS strikers
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      UK tax
      Unions boss calls for wealth tax to tackle UK’s ‘rampant’ inequality

      TUC’s Paul Nowak wants ‘national conversation’ on tax in challenge to Labour party

      Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress
    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      UK employment
      UK workers exposed to risks of AI revolution, warns TUC

      Unions say government must protect employees as adoption of generative tech spreads

      People wearing phone headsets in an office
    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

      Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

      Teachers during a rally
    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      UK politics
      Anti-strikes legislation is ‘unworkable’, say trade unions

      Ministers are poorly placed to stipulate minimum service levels, claims TUC

      Striking ambulance workers outside Waterloo station
    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK plans ‘minimum service levels’ for eight sectors under anti-strike law

      Unions vow to fight Rishi Sunak’s plan to ensure public services operate during industrial action

      Demonstrators form a picket line near Crewe railway station, as train drivers represented by the Aslef union take part in strike action, in Crewe, UK
    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      InterviewUK labour disputes
      TUC threatens legal action over UK anti-strike laws

      Incoming union head vows to fight ‘tough’ legislation promised by PM as industrial unrest escalates

      Paul Nowak
    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      UK unions’ ability to strike on transport network faces curbs

      RMT criticises new legislation mandating ‘minimum service levels’ during industrial action

      Commuters make their way to a train on Brighton station
    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      UK economy
      Cost of Truss’s energy bills plan must be shared, says TUC chief

      Frances O’Grady urges against ‘another blizzard of austerity’ as new PM prepares support package

      Frances O’Grady
    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      UK rail strike set to begin after failure of last-ditch talks

      TUC leader Frances O’Grady says workers nationwide are supporting industrial action

    • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
      Unions
      Frances O’Grady to retire as general secretary of UK’s Trades Union Congress

      First woman to lead the movement reversed long-term decline in membership during her decade-long tenure

      Frances O’Grady
    • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
      UK employment
      UK risks going ‘backwards’ on workplace rights, unions warn

      TUC urges ministers to guarantee worker protections in reviews of post-Brexit law as ‘cost of living storm’ looms

      Frozen food production line workers
    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      UK employment
      Gig economy workforce hits 4.5m in England and Wales

      New research found number of adults using online platforms to find work trebled in five years

    • Sunday, 12 September, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Unison chief lambasts mandatory Covid jabs plan for NHS workers in England

      Christina McAnea says government’s ‘heavy-handed’ approach poses threat to health sector

      Christina McAnea, leader of the Unison union
    • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
      Unions
      TUC warns on Covid ‘chasm’ between low paid and higher earners

      Frances O’Grady calls for extension of income support schemes and more security for workers

      Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC
    • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
      UK Inequality
      UK ethnic pay gap needs mandatory reporting, say business and unions

      Compulsory disclosure is ‘obvious first step’ towards greater racial equality at work

    • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
      Artificial intelligence
      UK trade unions call for legal curbs on AI in workplace

      Protections needed to prevent hiring and firing by algorithm as automation accelerates

    • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
      UK employment
      Black and minority ethnic workers hit harder by Covid job losses

      TUC analysis show big disparities in the worst-affected sectors of the UK economy

    • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
      Coronavirus
      More infectious Covid variant forces review of UK workplace guidance

      B.1.1.7 virus is estimated to be between 60 and 70 per cent more transmissible

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      Robert Shrimsley
      Rishi Sunak leads the Tories back to tough love

      UK chancellor’s return to economic orthodoxy makes him a darling of lockdown sceptics

    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
      UK employment
      UK employers urged to ‘exhaust all alternatives’ before cutting jobs

      CBI, TUC and Acas issue joint warning as chancellor weighs new rescue package

    • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
      UK employment
      UK needs successor to jobs scheme, says union leader

      Frances O’Grady warns of possible mass unemployment without further government support

      Frances O’Grady, Trades Union Congress general secretary
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