Equality

The TUC campaigns against discrimination at work and in wider society. You can find out more about our work on equal rights for women and men and part-timers, equality for black workers, lesbian and gay rights, disability issues and age equality

The TUC also campaigns for a better work/life balance, see the working life section. The TUC changing times website gives employers and unions practical guidance to achieve a better work-life balance in the workplace.

Download the TUC guide to equality law which provides a practical and clear explanation of workplace rights.

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Same-Sex Parenting and the HFE Bill
The TUC is firmly opposed to any attempts to re-introduce the ‘the need for a father' when decisions regarding access to IVF are made and considers it to be discriminatory. The TUC welcomes the Government's suggested replacement of requiring evidence of “supportive parenting” within the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill which rightly places child welfare as the central consideration.
9 May 2008

A New Equality Bill: Equality Law fit for the 21st Century
A one day conference Monday 9 June 2008, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, TUC, Congress Hall, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London
29 April 2008

LGBT Equality Newsletter No. 9
The TUC LGBT Equality Newsletter No. 9 reports on IDAHO activities, European and UK news, the Equality & Human Rights Commission, IVF, and Pride.
29 April 2008

Report of the 2008 Black Workers Conference
Read the full report of the TUC Black Workers Conference which took place between 18th – 20th April.
28 April 2008

NO RECOURSE, NO SAFETY CAMPAIGN
On 23rd April 2008 a well supported lobby and Public meeting was held at the House of Commons. Pragnel Patel - Southall Black Sisters address to the meeting encapusulated the major issues at stake in this campaign
28 April 2008

NO RECOURSE, NO SAFETY
Every year, hundreds of black and migrant women face domestic violence from their husbands and families in the UK. For many, their insecure immigration status renders them extremely vulnerable to abusive partners who exploit their position by subjecting them to often-extreme forms of violence, imprisonment and domestic servitude, usually with impunity
28 April 2008

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