All news on the topic: Trades Union Congress

Paul Routledge on the latest junior doctors' strike and how it seems that the Tories have already given up governing our broken country as they know 'the end is nigh'

The TUC union has previously called for a change in the law to introduce a maximum working temperature - but sadly, this hasn't happened yet. However, there are rules that can help you leave an office that's too hot

Research found as many as one in four employees has to wait three days before receiving statutory sick pay - and Labour have been setting out how they'd fix that

The TUC said its study found that the number of people in insecure work has reached a record high of 4.1 million

Congress House, which is the headquarters of TUC, was a familiar landmark but now it is up for sale and staff at the national trade union centre now face an uncertain future

The economy marked a slowdown from growth of 0.4% in March and was dragged down by weaker-than-usual retail sales over Easter and a fall in construction output

The TUC has highlighted that, although prices continue to rise and households face steeper food and energy bills compared to a few years ago, the situation is exacerbated by ’soaring’ mortgage repayments

Union leaders challenged Keir Starmer and his top team to stand by the 'New Deal for Working People', its radical shake-up of employment rights for ordinary workers

Britain’s richest leader in modern history is tone-deaf, as is his multi-millionaire Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. People count their pennies and know they’re squeezed under the Tories

Pete Hebblethwaite, who revealed he earned £508,000, including a bonus of £183,000 last year, repeatedly insisted P&O’s workers were not being exploited in a grilling before MPs

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak will accuse the Government of presiding over more than a decade of real terms pay cuts, leaving heads battling to retain teachers

Labour's 'New Deal for Working People' includes banning zero-hours contracts, ending fire and rehire and boosting sick pay - triggering concern among business leaders who fear it will mean higher costs

The TUC said the findings were a 'damning indictment' of the Conservatives' economic record, adding that millions of UK workers are enduring the longest pay squeeze in more than 200 years

The TUC is calling on the Government and employers to make workplace buildings safer by publishing a national risk register, with information about where hazardous building materials are located

Rishi Sunak has called for a shift in Britain's "sick note culture" as he warns against "over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life" - and we want to hear your thoughts

The TUC said employment law is failing to keep pace with the rapid speed of technological change, leaving many workers vulnerable to exploitation and discrimination

Keir Starmer has said the New Deal for Working People will come in the first 100 days of a Labour government, giving everyone employment rights from their first day in a job

The Work Foundation said only a minority of zero-hour workers have regular pay and access to rights

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warns that "zombie" Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has put forward a "deeply cynical" budget while public services are on their knees

Ahead of the Budget this week, unions representing millions of stretched frontline workers warn the Chancellor staff face 'intolerable pressure' and are quitting in their droves

TUC also warns of the risk of a disaster similar to the Post Office Horizon scandal if workers do not get a say in how machines are rolled out

48 groups join forces to protest against the fees including the TUC, Citizens Advice, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Fawcett Society, Maternity Action, Women's Budget Group and Liberty

The joint statement from almost 50 organisations comes after ministers kick-started a consultation last month to reintroduce fees at employment tribunals

A study by the TUC found that teachers topped a list of those putting in the most unpaid overtime at more than four hours a week, costing them an estimated £15,000 in lost earnings on average

The TUC said hundreds of thousands of workers are being trapped in low-pay and insecurity