The last decade has seen an assault on workers’ rights. This election is a chance to turn that around.Read more…
We should end winter commuting misery
Home working, flexible hours and better transport infrastructure could all help to ease our commuting woes.Read more…
Our economy isn’t delivering for working families
Working families across the North East are struggling to survive and child poverty is continuing to increase. But there is plenty the next government can do to fix this.Read more…
Outsourcing – Five ways to fix it for working families
We need to end this highly exploitative model of public service delivery.Read more…
Manifesto for the North – a pathway to great jobs in every part of the country
The bold vision launched by business and political leaders today can unlock the economic potential of the whole of the North.Read more…
A typical union member?
A recent study reveals some uprising – and some less uprising – insights into union membership in Wales.Read more…
Working class families have had enough – at this election, we want better
At this general election, the TUC urges working people to use our votes to fix Britain and make politicians put working class families first.Read more…
Can we afford a shorter working week? Microsoft think so
Can we afford a four-day week? Microsoft certainly think so. This week, the tech giant announced that a four-day week trial in their Japanese office had boosted productivity by 40 per cent.Read more…
Soaring insolvency rates the latest symptom of Britain’s broken economy
Individual insolvencies have drastically risen over the past year as the UK’s household debt crisis continues to grow.Read more…
A tsunami of work-related stress threatens to engulf working people
Today is National Stress Awareness Day. It’s an opportunity to think about the issue of work-related stress and its underlying causes, how we can help individual workers and businesses deal with it,…Read more…
UK economy has fallen into relegation zone of OECD countries since 2017 election
The government cannot hide from the dismal performance of the economy on its watch – and that’s against the very low bar of the austerity decade.Read more…
After a decade of austerity, higher public spending is long overdue
Glib narratives about 1970s levels of public spending are a distraction – more government investment is the best way to deliver for working class families.Read more…
Mental health awareness days won’t fix bad bosses and insecure work
The causes of poor mental health at work must be tackled by employers, not made the responsibility of workers.
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11 years after the crash, the wage crisis continues for working people
Pay for working people still hasn’t recovered from the recession. We need real change now.Read more…
‘Sorry we missed you’ – a must-see for anyone who doubts the need to ban zero-hours contracts
Released across the country this Friday, Ken Loach’s new film ‘Sorry we missed you’ is a timely reminder of why we shouldn’t be sorry to call time on zero-hours contracts.
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Millions of night workers won’t get a lie-in when the clocks go back
We depend on Britain’s growing night workforce, so let’s ensure they have good rights and protections at workRead more…
Unbroken austerity economics cuts in half OECD wage growth for a decade
A new TUC report calls for urgent changes to undo the disasters of the past decade and for a new approach to the challenging times ahead.Read more…
Branko Milanovic, Global Capitalism and the Role of Trade Unions
Time to rebuild collective bargaining in Europe
Collective bargaining is under attack by employers and some governments in Europe. The European trade union federation IndustriAll Europe has launched a campaign to show the power of collective…Read more…
The value of trade unions in Wales
A new study looks at the health and impact of the trade union movement in Wales.Read more…