Thursday, 21 November , 2024

TUC

One in five going into workplace unnecessarily amid UK Covid crisis

By Kevin Rawlinson and Alfie Packham 11 Feb 2021 Employers are putting workers at risk and increasing Covid infection rates in communities, unions have said, as...

Union membership is rising again – but will it last?

 by Daniel Tomlinson 31 May 2019 In 2018 the Trades Union Congress (TUC) celebrated its 150th birthday. Yesterday the government delivered a somewhat belated birthday...

I’m taking Friday off—permanently

It’s time to share evenly the benefits of automation. That’s why trade unions are calling for a four-day week. by Kate Bell March20, 2019 When in September...

Castro was ‘champion of social justice’ despite flaws, says Corbyn

On Saturday at the annual Latin America conference, which took place at the TUC’s Congress House, a minute’s silence was observed. The former Respect MP George Galloway spoke of Castro’s legacy after tweeting a picture of himself with the late Cuban leader and declaring: “You were the greatest man I ever met Comandante Fidel. You were the man of the century. Hasta la Victoria Siempre. Orden. RIP.”