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Cyber security tips for journalists
“Journalists face an increasing challenge to secure their communications in a digital world,” the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) warns. It has produced a list of Tips &…Read more…
Author’s rights fees for Belgian freelances
10/03/2015. 100% of publishers’ fees to freelances in Belgium can be treated as payment for “author’s rights”, Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt has confirmed. This can…Read more…
Time to take a closer look at your pension
There are some big changes in pensions next month and they are not all good news.
Today I am in Orkney on the latest stage of a pensions tour that has included training up our excellent new…Read more…
Songs of power
I left home aged 18 to go to polytechnic in London and never moved back to live at home with my parents yet every general election time my mum would always call me and remind me to vote and rightly castigate me if I ever tried to say it’s not worth it. I grew […]
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We need to tackle asbestos in schools
More than 75% of schools in the UK contain asbestos – but the government is still dragging its feet over a report on the scale of the problem due last springRead more…
Public Contracts Regulations: Government getting it badly wrong on public procurement
With around £230bn spent by the government on goods and services and with outsourcing increasing across the public sector, getting the commissioning and procurement framework right is of vital importance in shaping the future of our public services. So it is concerning to see the way the government…Read more…
WIN! NHS privatisation plan scrapped after union pressure
UNISON welcome news NHS Kernow is to scrap outsourcing plansRead more…
RMT urges 17,000 members to refuse 0% pay rise
Union also rejects new London Underground offerRead more…
RMT demands enquiry after angry passengers spit at station staff
Union voices concern at assault and abuse of staff at London Bridge stationRead more…
UCATT publishes pocket-size anti-blacklist guide
Union wants blacklisting companies to be barred from bidding for public contractsRead more…
Essex fire control staff begin eight-day strike
FBU members angry at forced changes to their shift patternsRead more…
“We told you so!” UNISON response to Care Quality Commission (CQC) poor ratings
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Unions launch anti-austerity Vision
South West TUC sets out hopeful, optimistic view of the futureRead more…
Cuba in the top 10 world rankings for number of women parliamentarians
Cuba has the second highest number of women MPs in the Americas and the fourth highest in the world, according to a new report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The current percentage of women…Read more…
Today’s pensions committee report and the need for speed
The wide-ranging report being published today by the Work and Pensions Commission provides both a pretty comprehensive to-do list for the next Pensions Minister and an important warning that urgency is required on many of these tasks. Among its proposa…Read more…
Struggling to survive
The so-called “record numbers” in which women are in work obscures an inconvenient truth – that women are hurting now more than ever. A new TUC report published today (March 9) has found that women have been overwhelmingly funnelled into part-time, low-paid jobs over the past year, with less than half of women’s net […]
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Overseas development funding pledge: Law at last!
We’ve just heard the good news that the private member’s bill on the UK contribution to Official Development Assistance (ODA) has successfully navigated both Houses of Parliament and is awaiting Royal Assent to become law. The TUC takes this opportunity to thank all affiliates, their members,…Read more…
No to austerity
Northern Ireland, where public sector spending represents almost three-quarters of the region’s GDP, faces the worst cuts in 80 years. The 2015-2016 budget, which follows four straight years of austerity, entails slashing £1.3bn in funding in the next four years – a budget which public sector workers have unequivocally rejected. Unite members working […]
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‘Sorry, I’m not political’
Crossing the border to Wales late on Friday night with an air of excitement for what we all knew was going to be a big day, the bus crew were laying out voter registration forms, with pens on clipboards, so we’d be ready bright and early the next day. Reflecting now, we’re glad […]
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