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Ministers have presided over a “litany of failures” on workers’ rights, say TUC
Five years on from the Taylor Review, the Government is going “backwards” on workers’ rights, TUC warns.
Westminster attacks Welsh devolution law preventing the use of agency labour to break strikes
Unions urge government to abandon plan to allow agency staff to replace striking workers.
Fifteen years of income stagnation have left families brutally exposed to the current cost-of-living crisis
Report finds that typical wages are no higher today than they were before the financial crisis.
Low paid third sector workers at risk of being “swept away by the cost-of-living crisis” warns Living Wage Foundation
A new poll finds 14% of third sector workers are paid below the real Living Wage.
1 in 5 workplaces do not have any policies to support LGBT staff
A TUC poll found that LGBT workers are effectively paid £6,703 less per year.
The TUC issues warning over post-Brexit trade deals
"A government that readily deals with countries that abuse rights abroad won't stick up for rights at home either."
IER Fringe at Unison conference: ‘Mass dismissals: Combatting P&O-style fire and replace tactics’
"A flagrant abuse of employer power, and a sign of how unbalanced workplace power."
Lifting the ban on agency workers during strikes will “endanger public safety” and “poison industrial relations”
The TUC hits out at new Government proposals to use agency workers to fill gaps left by striking workers.
UK inflation reaches its highest level in 40 years, while average UK wages fall
The figures come as workers and unions advocate for wage increases to help cope with rising prices.
Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival: CTUF / IER at Tolpuddle
Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and Institute of Employment Rights organise Tolpuddle rally for the 15th July
Durham Miners’ Gala: Eve of Gala Rally
Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and Institute of Employment Rights organise Durham rally for the 8th July
