The announcement of devolved NHS funding to Greater Manchester authorities is surprising on many fronts not least because the shadow Labour health secretary lives in the patch, Labour council leaders…Read more…
Action to Save Care Now
Building on their petition for better enforcement of the minimum wage for care workers, care union UNISON have launched a new campaign. Save Care Now is pressing for change on the many problems in…Read more…
Earning below the living wage: bad for men – worse for women
We know that women and men don’t get equal wages for equal work. We also know that women are more likely to be trapped in zero-hour contracts. As Fair Pay Fortnight rolls on, we’re reminded once again of just what a raw deal working women get in Britain. Over one in five workers in the…Read more…
TUC-DGB statement on PEGIDA-UK March this Saturday
In the light of Saturday’s planned March in Newcastle-on-Tyne by the alleged British branch of the far right, anti-Islamic German organisation PEGIDA, I have agreed the following statement with…Read more…
Solidarity with Greece
The TUC General Council yesterday agreed a statement of solidarity with the Greek people and their unions in supporting the actions of the Syriza-led government elected last month. Our support for its programme and attempt to escape austerity adds to t…Read more…
London Regional Council AGM Election Result 2015
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Convenor: John Burgess – 61 Yvonne Green – 119
Deputy Convenor: April Ashley – 60 Conroy Lawrence – 111
Finance Convenor:John Gray – 117 Hugo Pierre – 57
Publicity Officer: Lynn Bentley – 115 Phoebe Watkins – 60
Equalities Convenor: Liz Baptiste – 124 Angela Boyle – 52
The cry…Read more…
Fantastic win for overseas domestic workers
As the coalition government staggers towards its last days, the House of Lords has inflicted one last defeat – by just seven votes, 183-176 – over the rights of overseas domestic workers. The TUC welcomes that move (we called for it this morning) because it restores freedom from slavery for…Read more…
11th Critical Labour Studies Symposium: Ruskin College, Oxford 28th Feb-1 Mar
Colleagues,
Ruskin College once again hosts the UK’s premiere opportunity to explore the intersection between frontline developments in the world of work and scholarly activity.
As with last year the line up features Ruskin staff and students of the …Read more…
Are you getting cheated on minimum pay?
Not all employers are playing by the rules when it comes to pay. Is yours one of them? This Fair Pay Fortnight (16 February to 1 March), the TUC is calling for the government to publicly name and…Read more…
Lords debate Modern Slavery Bill
Whilst we very much welcome the Modern Slavery Bill as an important tool in combating trafficking and forced labour, it could be improved.Read more…
The right to strike re-affirmed at ILO
25 February 2015
According to a press release from ITUC today (25 February 2015), a breakthrough has been made at the International Labour Organisation(ILO) following two years during which…Read more…
Valuing our care workforce: Fair pay and respect for the job
Two stories this month have told us everything we need to know about the terrible social imbalances in the UK. On the one hand we had the revelation that some of the wealthiest people in our society had been advised by HSBC about how to avoid paying tax. The consequences are a £34 billion tax ‘gap’…Read more…
Speech: CWU South West Region AGM
Thank you for the opportunity to address your AGM. Our regional committees are for the branches, to have a forum to discuss our general position in the wider labour movement. Now, we are in election…Read more…
Achieving fair pay – The importance of ethnicity and geography
New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that low pay is a problem across all ethnic groups in the UK, but is much worse for some than for others.Read more…
Next meeting: 24 March at the Eagle – Tim Ridgway from Latest TV
Latest TV’s News Editor Tim Ridgway has agreed to be guest speaker at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 24 March 2015.
http://thelatest.co.uk/brighton/category/watch-our-latest-shows/news/
Venue is once again the…Read more…
What has been happening to self-employment lately?
Self-employment has become a popular subject recently, with many commentators having various explanations for the rise in self-employment. In this post I am aiming to clarify what’s been happening to self-employment over the long term, since 2008, over the past year, and the important difference…Read more…
Guatemala’s Wages See-Saw: minimum pay rights under threat
As British unions campaign for decent wages during Fair Pay Fortnight, Guatemala faces a threat to one of the few protections it has for workers – the minimum wage. The attack is, bizarrely,…Read more…
Where are our unions in Scottish Labour’s policies?
WITH only 10 weeks until Britain’s general election the main parties are setting out the territory on which the campaign will be fought.
Inevitably, the economy (or more likely it’s fallacious…Read more…
Austerity job losses – bad for all but worse for some
In order to divert attention from the public sector jobs carnage caused by its austerity policies, the Conservative Party claims that ‘there are now two million more private sector jobs than there…Read more…
Fidelity uses profits from your pension to fund the Tories and put you out of a job?
Check out Tom P post “Fidelity, the Tory-friendly fund manager”
Just think about it. The multi millionaire owners of Fidelity uses profits from managing Council pension funds to promote the Tories – who want to sack and/or destroy the pay and co…Read more…