Your questions answered. (Hint: as an employee you’ll still have employment protections, but if you work through an agency, are on a zero-hours or are categorised as self-employed you might lose out…Read more…
Redistribution, social insurance and fairness
Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, wishes politicians would stop talking about ‘fairness’.Read more…
Why investment in public services, skills and working conditions can restore public trust in immigration system
The Home Affairs select committee has released a report today with some good proposals for building a national consensus on immigration.Read more…
UK manufacturing output and global demand
Figures issued earlier this week showed the best manufacturing performance for some time. But will it last?Read more…
Hidden from history: how trade unions championed LGBT+ equality
Unions stood against injustice even when it was unpopular.Read more…
To boost productivity and living standards, Britain needs more automation – not less
From Babbage and Lovelace to Berners-Lee, the UK has pioneered the development of digital technology.Read more…
Real wages are still falling – so why is disposable income (just about) rising?
New ONS figures, released yesterday, show that working households’ disposable incomes have inched above the peak 2006/07 levels for the first time. But the meagre rate of increase – just 0.2 per cent…Read more…
The Customs Bill threatens UK industry and jobs
Leaving the Customs Union would mean businesses faced VAT and other tariffs on imported components and goods, and customs checks that will add to their costs and risk job losses.Read more…
Why the NUJ is backing Carrie Gracie and other women at the BBC
Equal pay in the BBC should not be just an aspiration, it’s something that the NUJ is determined to help our members secure.Read more…
Good work is good for you
In 2017 TUC Northern trained a huge 555 Health Advocates, creating a total network of well over 2000 in the northern region.Read more…
Rebalancing the Economy
As we move into 2018, rebalancing the economy and reducing regional inequality must be the number one priority for all in the region, business leaders, politicians and trade unionists.Read more…
It’s odd what Liam Fox thinks should and shouldn’t be ruled out…
Yesterday, on a trip to China, the UK’s trade minister, Liam Fox, was asked about he possibility of Britain joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).Read more…
A new economic way is possible in 2018 – but we need policy change
In effect, policymakers have given up on the idea of repairing the economy.Read more…
What's behind the protests in Iran and what can you do?
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…
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…
Working in a winter wonderland?
Christmas workers are poorer today than they were a decade ago.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…
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…