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Spending cuts will kill jobs and growth prospects

Commenting on the latest estimate of 2010 second quarter GDP growth today (Friday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
27 August 2010

GCSE successes must not be thwarted by education cuts

Commenting on GCSE results announced today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
24 August 2010

A-level results underline barriers to social mobility
Commenting on today's (Thursday) A-level results, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber sai...
19 August 2010
Major changes to NEST could break fragile consensus on workplace pensions
Major changes to plans to auto enrol workers into new low-cost occupational pensions in 20...
12 August 2010
Youth unemployment has almost doubled in Darlington in a year
The number of long-term young unemployed people has almost doubled in ten local authoritie...
11 August 2010

TUC calls for key role for Global Jobs Pact and Robin Hood Tax at UN summit

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who will be leading the UK delegation to the UN Summit to review progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in September, calling for a clear plan to reach the MDGs by 2015, for the endorsement of the ILO's Global Jobs Pact as an essential element of the campaign to end global poverty, and the use of Financial Transaction Taxes to raise the money needed.

Delivering Equal Treatment for Agency Workers Briefing

Tuesday 12th October 2010, 10.00-1.00. College Green Centre, City of Bristol College, Bristol. A half day regional briefing organised by the TUC on the new Agency Worker regulations and how unions can win equal treatment and permanent employment for agency workers. Contact Andy to register, tel: 0117 947 0521, email: amoss@tuc.org.uk

Risks 471 - 28 August 2010
Health and safety newsletter 28 August 2010
International Development Matters - Issue 90 August 2010
International Development Matters - Monthly newsletter reporting international development...
A last chance to keep our promises
A Joint statement by UK civil society organisations ahead of the 2010 UN Millennium Develo...
Congress 2010 General Council Report
Report to the 142nd annual Trades Union Congress. 13-16 September 2010, Manchester

Web links for 3rd September 2010

RealClearPolitics – Video – Pelosi: Transaction Tax Has "Great Deal Of Merit" Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democrats in the US House of Representatives, indicates support for a financial transactions tax. by ToUChstoneblog on 04/09/2010

ToUChstone: on 04 Sep 2010 by ToUChstoneblog

BBC Cuts Coverage

Concern is growing over Mark Thompson’s visit to Number 10 to discuss the BBC’s coverage of government cuts on Thursday. The BBC’s Director General was pictured in Downing Street with a memo from Helen Boaden, his Head of News, detailing what would be covered in a forthcoming series on the cuts, called “Making it Clear”.  [...]

ToUChstone: on 04 Sep 2010 by Richard Exell

Web links for 3rd September 2010
ToUChstone: on 03 Sep 2010 by ToUChstoneblog
Introducing the TUC Lay Leadership Development programme
Stronger Unions: on 02 Sep 2010 by Carl
Swords of Justice AND Civic Pillars
Stronger Unions: on 31 Aug 2010 by Carl

Cuts Briefing: Tim Horton on the impact of the budget

Tim Horton of the Fabian Society discusses the distributed impact of the 2010 budget at the TUC Cuts Briefing event "Did the Budget Pass the Fairness Test?" on 21 July 2010

Is Deregulation Dead?

Brendan Barber's contribution to the TUC/BCC debate on the future of employment regulation.

The Interns

Comedy animation about the perils of badly organised internships. Part of Rights For Interns, a TUC campaign to improve internships.

The Banker

Bill Nighy stars in this short video to promote the Robin Hood Tax campaign for a new financial transaction tax.

The Fabian Society's Tim Horton assesses the budget for fairness


TUG General Secretary Brendan Barber


Comedy animation about the perils of bad internships


A banker discusses the Robin Hood Tax


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