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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.
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.
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.
Strike action at Windsor Castle
15 April 2015
Members of the Royal household have backed industrial action for the first time.
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.
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.
