Latest News
National Gallery workers on week-long strike
23 April 2015
The PCS members are striking over privatisation. They will walk out this week, having already taken 17 days of industrial action. Another strike is scheduled for May 1.
ITUC: If you expose us, we’ll expose you
23 April 2015
28 April is Workers Memorial Day. We must remember the dead and fight for the living.
Personal Tax Allowance does not help low earners
17 April 2015
Personal Tax Allowance is a hot topic at the moment with the Libdems pledging to increase it to £12,500. While on the surface it is a progressive move, the TUC has published an analysis, the latest in a long line, that shows increasing personal tax allowance actually widens inequality, rather than tackles it.
TUC: Deflation threat is the mark of a failed economic plan
15 April 2015
CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation is at zero percent for the second month in a row. But what does it mean?
The Conservative manifesto: Strike ballots
15 April 2015
It has been said many a time that the UK’s legislation on industrial disputes is already one of the most regressive of any developed economy. If the Tories are reelected, it’s set to get even worse.
Strike action at Windsor Castle
15 April 2015
Members of the Royal household have backed industrial action for the first time.
TUC supports Global Unions’ position on worker’s rights
9 April 2015
A letter from Frances O’Grady outlining the TUC’s support for Global Unions’ recommendations, including collective bargaining, is reproduced here.
Careers advice service is in crisis
10 April 2015
As part of their education manifesto, Labour have planned to provide face-to-face advice from trained careers advisers to all college and secondary school pupils.
Tories plan to close Sure Start centres
4 April 2015
More than 1000 Sure Start centres are at risk of closure under the Conservatives’ plans to further slash public spending.
GP workload is damaging care
9 April 2015
If it wasn’t already painfully clear that cuts and privatisation has left the NHS in crisis, a British Medical Association (BMA) poll shows that GPs are buckling under pressure.
Miliband pledges to crack down on ZHCs
1 April 2015
Miliband promises that labour will end the ‘epidemic’ of zero hours contracts.
