The Treasury is right to consider revising the Government's economic rules says TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber today (Friday) and the priority must be to minimise the effects of the downturn. In a statement he said:
Welcoming the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision today (Thursday) that a UK mother, Sharon Coleman, was discriminated against by her employer because of her disabled child, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Responding to the draft Apprenticeships Bill, announced today (Wednesday) by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Responding to the latest employment figures released today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Welcoming the announcement made by the Chancellor today (Wednesday) that the 2p rise in fuel duty is to be postponed, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
As hundreds of thousands of local government workers prepare to go on a two-day strike today (Wednesday) over pay, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has sent the council employees a message of support, saying:
Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:"With prices soaring in supermarkets and petrol stations across the country, families are increasingly concerned at how they are going to make ends meet. Wages, particularly
Responding to comments made today (Monday) by the Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Nicola Brewer on new rights to transferrable maternity leave and extending the right to request flexible working to the parents of older children,
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to the Rt Hon Peter Robinson MP MLA, First Minister, Deputy First Minister and Secretary of State, and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) to complain about homophobic remarks made by Iris
Commenting on the decision today (Thursday) of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hold interest rates at 5% TUC Head of Economic and Social Affairs Adam Lent said: "This was the wrong decision. The knock-on effects of
Reacting to the Public Services Industry Review published today (Thursday) and conducted by Dr DeAnne Julius, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:"This report misses the point of public services. Much of what the public services do needs to be motivated
Commenting on the 20th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster on Saturday 5 July, the world's worst offshore disaster in which 167 people were killed, the TUC today (Friday) welcomed the Government's announcement to ask the HSE to review progress
Commenting on the latest pay report published today (Thursday) by Incomes Data Services showing the continued gap between pay increases in the public and private sectors, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will today (Thursday) call on the Government to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) equality education in the school curriculum, as the only way to address homophobic bullying in schools.
People in every region and age group of the UK, including even the wealthiest households, overwhelmingly say that the tax system is unfair, and that it is too easy for big companies and the rich to get out of paying
