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TUC: Zero hours contracts are the tip of the iceberg
30 April 2015
Zero hours contracts are only one aspect of the employment crisis.
Conservative Manifesto: A British Bill of Rights?
24 April 2015
A manifesto pledge attracting much attention this election is the “British Bill of Rights” proposed by the Conservatives.
European Commission starts consultation on ‘consolidation of three directives’
24 April 2015
The three Directives concerned are on consultation; collective redundancies, transfers of undertakings and a general framework for information and consultation of workers.
241 shop workers assaulted every day
24 April 2015
Usdaw surveyed 5,000 shop workers as part of its Freedom From Fear campaign.
ZHC worker wins tribunal case
24 April 2015
A zero hours contract worker has been awarded £19,500 in a sexual harassment case.
First case to apply ‘public interest’ to whistleblowing
24 April 2015
The first case applying the new legislation on whistleblowing contained in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has been heard.
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.
17,000 to be balloted over Tata Steel pension scheme
23 April 2015
Unions GMB, Community, Ucatt and Unite have released a joint statement saying that they will start balloting around 17,000 members over strike action.
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?
