New analysis published by the TUC this week has revealed just how much a decade of cuts has harmed millions of livesRead more…
No deal Brexit: what it means for your rights at work
Crashing out of the EU without a deal will give Boris Johnson free rein to strip away workers’ hard-won rights and protections.Read more…
Trade unionists led the fight for LGBT rights, but the struggle for an equal world continues
Learning to put hope and power into the hands of young workers
Last Saturday, 20 young workers from across the Yorkshire and Humberside region came together in Sheffield for the first time to learn how to organise. Here’s what we learned.Read more…
The Franchise system still isn’t working, regardless of who runs the west coast
Yesterday the government announced that Virgin Trains would not run the West Coast mainline for the first time since 1997. A consortium of FirstGroup and Trenitalia (the Italian state rail operator,…Read more…
The economy of the many is better than the economy of the few
200 years ago today (16 August), a public meeting on St. Peter’s Field in Manchester was savagely broken up by government forces. Shelly’s famous poem ‘The Mask of Anarchy’ commemorated those who…Read more…
Real pay cut for millions of people in working class jobs
While working class jobs may have changed with the shift to a service economy, the experience of poor pay, long hours, and class discrimination that the union movement has fought against remains all…Read more…
Almost half the self-employed are on poverty pay
Almost half of self-employed adults aged over 25 are earning less than the minimum wage, according to new analysis by the TUC, that punctures the myth of a growing army of wealthy entrepreneurs.Read more…
MINUS 0.2 PER CENT: The worst time to cut ourselves adrift
GDP fell by 0.2 per cent in 2019 Q2, confounding expectations of flat growth. The worst quarter since 2012 Q4 echoes economic fragilities across the globe. But in the UK it’s a particularly worrying…Read more…
Young people are a catalyst for change – Why young people can provide the change we all need
As a young person, with a job, growing up in a primarily working-class city with most young people around me in employment, I can safely say that young people do have drive to be active within a…Read more…
A four-day week with decent pay for all? It’s the future
Trade unions fought for an eight-hour day in the 19th century and a two-day weekend in the 20th. In the 21st, it’s time to take the next step and win a four-day week with fair pay for all.Read more…
The millions trapped in insecure work need a new deal from this Prime Minister
The millions trapped in insecure work need a new deal from this Prime Minister
Instead of preparing for a catastrophic no-deal Brexit, Boris Johnson should put tackling the scourge of insecure work at the top of his to-do list.Read more…
Organising for the future – how young trade unionists are leading the way
Last month, the first ever TUC Summer Patrol sent young trade unionists into workplaces across Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley. Here’s what we learned.Read more…
10 takeaways from the Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2019/2020
If the government is serious about tackling labour market exploitation it needs to heed the advice of a new report by the Director of Labour Market EnforcementRead more…
Good jobs vital to North East's transition to a green economy
Local industrial strategies must put creating good jobs at their heart within all sectors of the regional economy.Read more…
Cancelled shift compensation won't end the injustice of life on a zero-hours contract
Government plans to compensate zero-hours workers who lose out on work will do nothing to reform a jobs market that allows bosses to treat workers like disposable labour.Read more…
Rail reform – ruling out public ownership a missed opportunity for radical change
We don’t think the man tasked with sorting out Britain’s failed railways should take public ownership off the table.Read more…
The TUC Summer Patrol – inspiring a new generation of trade unionists
A new initiative by TUC Yorkshire and the Humber is helping to connect younger workers with the trade union movement.Read more…
With a proper strategy, industrial change can deliver better jobs for all
Managing a fair transition to a greener, regional UK economy won’t be easy, so we’ve looked at how other countries have done it well.Read more…