Trades Union Congress
Trade union centre in England and Wales
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales. There are 48 affiliated unions with a total of about 5.5 million members. Paul Nowak is the TUC's current General Secretary, serving from January 2023.
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Winter fuel backlash and union heat shows Starmer's honeymoon is well and truly over If you want a sense of the "change" government, Sir Keir Starmer becoming the first prime minister in 15 years to address the Trade Union Congress is it.Sky News - Published | |
PM preparing for war with union leaders ahead of TUC conference Union leaders will this week go to war with Sir Keir Starmer on wages, winter fuel payments and workers' rights.Sky News - Published | |
One in two LGBT+ workers bullied or harassed, 'shocking' TUC survey finds One in two LGBT+ employees are facing "shockingly high levels" of bullying and harassment at work, a survey has found. Sky News - Published | |
Fire and rehire code of practice 'tinkering around the edges', TUC complainsA crackdown on so-called fire and rehire tactics by employers has been criticised as "tinkering around the edges" by the leader of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).Sky News - Published | |
Tories accused of having 'broken Britain' with public services 'in crisis'The Conservatives will be accused of having "broken Britain" in a keynote speech by the new leader of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) attacking the state of the economy and public services.Sky News - Published | |
Trade union to report government to UN over controversial strikes billThe Trades Union Congress (TUC) is reporting the government to the UN Workers' rights watchdog over its controversial strikes bill.Sky News - Published | |
TUC announces 'national right to strike day' as unions vow to fight 'draconian' laws The TUC has announced a national protest in response to new anti-strike legislation it says attacks a "fundamental British liberty" and is "almost certainly illegal".Sky News - Published | |
Union boss tells PM: Pay talks must start to stop strikes deadlock As industrial disputes continue to sweep across the UK, the new head of the TUC has called for an urgent meeting with the prime ,inister to try to break the deadlock.Sky News - Published | |
Government is 'sabotaging' efforts to resolve strike action, head of TUC says The government has been "sabotaging" efforts to resolve the wave of strikes continuing to sweep across the country, the new general secretary of the TUC has said.Sky News - Published | |
Unions will coordinate strike action if government doesn't discuss pay, head of TUC suggestsThere could be a "rolling wave" of industrial action next year with unions coordinating strikes on the same day, the new general secretary of the TUC has said.Sky News - Published | |
Is Britain's year of strikes headed for an uprising? | Adam Boulton At this year's Trade Union Congress (TUC), union leaders representing 5.5 million members called for "a special working group of willing unions which would organise coordinated action over pay and..Sky News - Published | |
TUC calls for raise of minimum wage to £15 an hour 'to put an end to low-pay Britain' The minimum wage should be raised to £15 an hour, the Trades Union Congress says, as it declares it is "time to put an end to low-pay Britain".Sky News - Published | |
UK workers facing 'worst Christmas wage squeeze in almost a decade' Working households are facing the worst Christmas wage squeeze in almost a decade, according to a report by the TUC.Sky News - Published | |
