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HISTORICAL FACTS: 19 - The Untold Story

Trade unions vow to oppose anti-strike laws for NHS and ‘critical infrastructure’

Cabinet minister Gillian Keegan suggested extending ban on police and military taking industrial action to other sectors

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Union leader urges troops not to ‘strike break’ ahead of airports walkout

Call comes as TUC boss demands ‘meaningful’ talks on pay with chancellor Jeremy Hunt

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

How much extra YOU will pay for Christmas dinner this year revealed

Turkey, pigs in blankets, carrots and roast potatoes have risen in price by 18% on average over the past year, while cranberry sauce and bread sauce costs are up 33%

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

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Exactly how much more expensive your Christmas dinner will be this year

The cost has risen three times as fast as wages

Wales Online · Dec 5, 2022

Cost of traditional Christmas dinner food ‘rises three times faster than wages’

TUC data shows 18% increase on staples over year, while category including cranberry sauce is up 33%

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

UK staff to have right to ask for flexible working from day one in job

Legislation brought forward but unions say government could go further to make it ‘the norm’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

10 things that changed my life with STUC general secretary Roz Foyer

I WAS a late child. My mum and dad, quite unusually for the 70s really, didn’t have me until my dad was 40 and my mum was 37. And I’m an only…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 4, 2022

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‘Enough is enough’: wave of strikes led by ‘fantastic’ women, says Frances O’Grady

As she steps down, outgoing TUC general secretary says female workers’ jobs are undervalued

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022

Frances O’Grady's deep personal pain serves as a reminder of trade union movement roots

Family obligations continue to fuel Frances O’Grady, the passionate General Secretary of the TUC, who is coping with the loss of her beloved sister Kathleen

Daily Mirror · Dec 2, 2022

New calls for £15 National Minimum Wage to help workers of all ages during cost of living crisis

The TUC wants to see an end to 'low-pay Britain for good’.

Daily Record · Dec 2, 2022

Could Britain be facing a general strike this winter?

Workers from the health, transport, education and postal sectors have voted for industrial action, but coordination is legally restricted

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022

Around 900,000 under-21s 'hugely out of pocket' due to lower rate of minimum wage

According to the Trade Union Congress the the "pay penalty" facing young people as a result of lower rates of minimum wage stands at around £2.5billion

Daily Mirror · Dec 2, 2022

‘We will demand justice’: the vigil for those who died in the Channel tragedy

One year ago 31 people attempting to reach the UK from France died in the Channel’s worst disaster for 30 years

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022

UK Government must ‘pull its weight’ to protect Qatar workers – TUC

Qatari employers are ‘out of control’, the Trade Union Congress has warned on the eve of the World Cup.

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Nov 19, 2022

Huge scale of workers' 'forced labour' abuse in Qatar uncovered on the eve of World Cup

The UK's Trade Union Congress (TUC) says it has found evidence of widespread wage theft and workers forced to pay extortionate recruitment fees in order to help the Gulf State prepare for the tournament

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022

NHS workers facing real terms pay cut, TUC warns

Unions react to reports of a 2% limit on pay rises in the public sector next year.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022

Reverse poverty crisis by boosting child benefit and scrapping cap – report

The Government has a choice between inflicting a winter of ‘deepening hardship’ on families or offering a ‘lifeline to millions’, three groups say.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Minority ethnic Britons’ educational success not reflected in pay, study finds

‘Clear evidence’ of discrimination in terms of salary and careers despite academic progress, IFS study finds

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Daily Mirror · Nov 12, 2022

Campaigners demand better sick pay for workers as two million get nothing at all

The Safe Sick Pay Campaign is calling for a lift in statutory payments as it's revealed eight in 10 workers carry on grafting while ill because they can't afford to take time off

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Tory tensions over autumn statement erupt as UK heads for recession

Chancellor warns of ‘eye-watering’ decisions to come

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Rishi Sunak told public services need £43bn a year to ‘stand still’

Frontline services ‘short-staffed and overwhelmed’, say TUC

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Sunak warned UK public services will need £43bn a year to ‘stand still’

TUC says vital services had been left short-staffed and overwhelmed after over a decade of austerity

Daily Mirror · Nov 7, 2022

'Disabled workers earn £3,700 less each year - the government must close the wage gap'

Rachel Charlton-Dailey writes that the pay gap varies from industry to industry, but is worst in the finance sector where disabled people earn on average £5.90 an hour less than non-disabled employees

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022

Pay of FTSE 100 chief executives rose an average of 23% in 2022

Campaigners and TUC say rise to almost £4m is unjustifiable during cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror · Nov 7, 2022

Disabled workers earn £3,700 less per year than their peers as pay gap rises

New research by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) found the disability pay gap has increased to 17.2%, amounting to £2.05 per hour for someone working a 35 hour week

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