Wales TUC General Secretary Shavanah Taj responds to the publication of the Future of Devolution and Work in Wales report.
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Dyfodol Datganoli a Gwaith yng Nghymru
Shavanah Taj yn ymateb i’r Adroddiad Dyfodol Datganoli a Gwaith.
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40 years after GCHQ: uniting against attacks on workers’ rights
Forty years ago, 14 civil servants working in Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) lost their jobs for being members of a trade union.
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What’s the faith and belief network?
Trade unions tackle a range of issues. We campaign to change policy and improve life for working people across the country. We represent our members; fight for dignity and respect at work; and we fight against in-work poverty and deprivation. And we p…Read more…
Climate change and its impacts on working women
Climate change and its impacts on working women
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Cold at work? Staying safe this winter
When the temperature falls, the risks rise. Hospitals are warning of worrying levels of winter viruses, and some sectors are stretched from under-staffing caused by sickness levels. Meanwhile, outdoor workers brace the icy cold and snowfall with risks …Read more…
We won’t stop defending the right to strike.
After 13 long years of Conservative government, nothing works in this country anymore. But instead of getting on with fixing the mess they created, the government is focussed on attacking the right to strike.Read more…
Wales TUC Black Activist Development Programme is a leadership programme like no other
Wales TUC’s Black Activist Development Programme was launched in March 2023. Tansaim Hussain-Gul is one of 9 participants on the programme and she’s been telling me all about her experiences so far and how this programme is different from other leaders…Read more…
On the move: fixing miserable commuting in Wales
On the move: fixing miserable commuting in Wales
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The OBR’s evidence is clear: the Autumn Statement has done nothing to end the living standards and growth crises
As a result of the autumn statement, our real pay crisis is intensified and now expected to last 20 years. Politically charged National Insurance cut makes the smallest dent in the worse squeeze on household incomes since the 1950s, and while the Chanc…Read more…
The government’s latest pensions gimmick is a dangerous distraction
The headline pension announcement in today’s Autumn Statement – that the government is exploring a ‘lifetime provider model’ to allow workers to choose their pension scheme instead of their employer – is a gimmick.
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Transgender day of remembrance 2023
On Trans Day of Remembrance 2023, remember that we’re only human. Your friends, your siblings. Your children, your partners or your parents.Read more…
How to adapt trade unions for young workers
As we mark Young Workers Month, Pablo John, member of the TUC Young Workers Forum shares their reflections on the challenges of organising young workers, but more importantly how we can adapt to face those challenges.
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How AI is using creatives’ work, voices and images
How AI is using creatives’ work, voices and images
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How to build a fire: my journey to the trade union movement
Unlike many of the people involved in the trade union movement, I got involved before I had technically begun my working life.
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BME women far more likely to be on zero-hours contracts
Our new analysis shows Black and minority ethnic (BME) women are nearly three times as likely to be on zero-hours contracts than white men.
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There is no tomorrow, only now
The trade union movement must respond and see that the young workers are our movement and have more to offer then to just being a tick box recruitment exercise. Young workers experience many of the inequalities that affect all our members.
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Poor workplace democracy can hinder innovation and health and safety, union reps say
Poor workplace democracy can hinder innovation and health and safety, union reps say
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