8 days ago

Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says ⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 06 (Mon) @ 04:57 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income households

Up to 9.6 million UK workers are to benefit from the changes to sick pay rules, according to unions. …

37 days ago

New Employment Rights Act ‘a huge boost for women in the workplace’ ⊕

found 2026 › Mar › 08 (Sun) @ 00:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Government says new rights for parental leave and sick pay will increase equality and economic growth

Women will disproportionately benefit from new workers’ rights measures rolled out from next month…

57 days ago

Bank of England should cut rates to boost consumer spending, says TUC ⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 16 (Mon) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Union analysis finds consumers lag behind international peers as some rate-setters remain anxious about inflation

The Trades Union Congress is urging the Bank of England to cut interest rates and reki…

58 days ago

UK’s gender pay gap forecast to persist for another 30 years ⊕

found 2026 › Feb › 15 (Sun) @ 12:00 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Trades Union Congress says women have effectively been working for free this year and legislation is needed

Women in the UK will not be paid the same as men until 2056 at the current rate of progress,…

3 months ago

Paul Nowak calls on Labour to forge closer relationship with Europe ⊕

found 2025 › Dec › 27 (Sat) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

In an exclusive interview, the head of the TUC says a customs union with the EU could boost the UK’s economy

Keir Starmer should seek out a far closer relationship with Europe, including a possible cu…

Don't rule out EU customs union, TUC boss tells Starmer ○

found 2025 › Dec › 27 (Sat) @ 02:25 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Trade unionist Paul Nowak says he wants to see the "closest possible" economic relationship with the EU.

4 months ago

What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty ⊕⊕

found 2025 › Nov › 20 (Thu) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes

By this time next week you will be digesting the budget,…

6 months ago

The Guardian view on AI and jobs: the tech revolution should be for the many not the few | Editorial ○

found 2025 › Sep › 28 (Sun) @ 17:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Britain risks devolving its digital destiny to Silicon Valley. As a TUC manifesto argues, those affected must have a greater say in shaping the workplace of the future

In The Making of the English Wor…

7 months ago

If Keir Starmer’s Labour can’t satisfy the unions, another party will | Andy Beckett ○

found 2025 › Sep › 12 (Fri) @ 07:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

At this year’s TUC conference, I found cautious optimism about the employment rights bill – and a resurgent left looking to capture hearts and minds

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The militant rail union baron behind London's Tube strike misery: Hard-left socialist posed with pro-Putin separatists in Ukraine and defended living in council house despite £100K salary ○

found 2025 › Sep › 08 (Mon) @ 15:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

As London commuters toiled to get to work today, Eddie Dempsey, 43, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union ( RMT ), is by the sea in Brighton speaking to the TUC.