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Colombia and Palestine come to the North East to make it a truly International Women's Day

This Friday March 8th is International Women's Day throughout the world. To mark the event in our region, the Northern TUC's Women's Group, UNISON Northern and War on Want are holding a joint event 'Women, Human Rights and the Globalisation of Resis...

7 March 2013

Same sex marriage: TUC submission to Commons Bill Committee

The TUC submission to the House of Commons public bill committe considering the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill supports the bill but calls for amendments on pensions and extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couple; and challenges the furthe...

6 March 2013

Gender pay gap twice as large for women in their 50s

Women in their 50s earn nearly a fifth less than men of the same age - the widest gender pay gap of any age group - according to a TUC analysis published ahead of the latest unemployment figures due out today (Wednesday).

20 February 2013

Unpaid carers need more support from government and employers, says TUC

Responding to new official statistics published today (Friday) which show that the number of unpaid carers has increased by 600,000 since 2001, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

15 February 2013

One Billion Rising in Northern region

On Thursday 14th February three of the major cities in the north east (Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham) are set to become part of the global One Billion Rising movement. Events will be happening throughout the day across the whole of the region, co...

12 February 2013

The coalition government's review of the equality duty – briefing paper

The coalition government is currently undertaking a review of the public sector equality duty, a vital part of the Equality Act 2010 which requires public authorities to consider equality in all that they do. The review was announced as part of i...