Over the New Year, a wave of protests has erupted in Iran, as people in towns all over the country took to the streets to air their grievances.Read more…
In 2018, we can heal the divides in our country by making sure everyone has a great job
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady looks forward to the new year, and the TUC’s 150th anniversaryRead more…
Working people must be at the heart of technological process
Automation advances must reach the everyday economyRead more…
Working in a winter wonderland?
Christmas workers are poorer today than they were a decade ago.Read more…
In 2016, London growth was nearly double the UK average
The story of London moving further away from the rest of the UK continues.Read more…
Pension reform cliff-edge will hit low earners in retirement
The government’s mixed bag of pension reforms risks leaving some low-paid workers hundreds of pounds worse off than their colleagues.Read more…
What is the Working Time Directive that Boris and Gove are plotting to scrap?
We need to reflect on whether we are working to live, or as the cabinet minority seem to want, merely living to work.Read more…
Why are people dropping out of the workforce?
Employment has fallen and real wages are down for the eighth month in a row.Read more…
On International Migrants Day, let’s fight for the rights of undocumented workers
All too often, undocumented workers suffer exploitative working conditions, because the law doesn’t protect their rights at work.Read more…
Boris & Gove's plan to scrap holiday rights for millions
The Sunday Times and Sun have today reported plans by ministers – including Michael Gove and Boris Johnson – to scrap the Working Time Directive. Read more…
To make the most of digitalisation, Britain needs to increase research and innovation funding
There’s no doubt that digital technologies are driving significant change in the world of work. Read more…
Another Sports Direct general meeting – and another TUSO letter to shareholders
Despite holding their Annual General Meeting in September, the Sports Direct board have unexpectedly called another general meeting for shareholders taking place today.Read more…
Union members are already working with robots – let's help them to reap the benefits
Trying to hold back the fourth revolution of cyber systems including robotics will be like trying to ‘un-invent electricity’.Read more…
Is David Davis trying to bring a 'no deal' Brexit back from the dead?
The last minute late night deal done on Friday to keep negotiations over Brexit going was widely assumed to have put the final nail in the coffin of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, but is David Davis…Read more…
#McStrike shows us that collective bargaining is a fundamental human right
War on Want is determined to support McDonald’s workers as they defend their rights. All of those who believe in freedom should do the same.Read more…