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London's worst employment blackspots have had the biggest spending cuts
The worst employment blackspots in the capital are also experiencing the biggest cuts in government spending, the TUC has revealed today (Monday).

16 May 2011

565,000 workers in Eastern England are doing unpaid overtime
Nearly one in four workers (23.7 per cent) in the East of England are regularly doing unpaid overtime worth around £5,000 a year, according to a TUC analysis of official figures published today (Friday) to mark Work Your Proper Hour Day (WYPHD).

25 February 2011

900,000 workers across the South East are working unpaid overtime
One in four workers (25.3 per cent) across the South East are regularly doing unpaid overtime worth around £5,500 a year, according to a TUC analysis of official figures published today (Friday) to mark Work Your Proper Hour Day (WYPHD).

25 February 2011

Londoners are working more unpaid overtime than anyone else in the UK
Over one in four workers (27.8 per cent) in London regularly did unpaid overtime worth an average of £8,378 a year in 2010, according to a TUC analysis of official figures published today (Friday) to mark Work Your Proper Hour Day (WYPHD).

25 February 2011

TUC's International Conference insists that 'trade unionism remains the hope of the world'
<p>At SERTUC's &lsquo;International Conference' on Saturday, (14 June), trade unionists from London, the South East, the East of England and beyond will meet with trade unionists and international speakers from across the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing working people and their families in the world today. The conference, to be held at Congress House, in central London, will start at 10am and is free to attend. Key note speakers include: Ana Lucia Pinzon, General Secretary, Colombian Public Sector Workers Union Frances O'Grady, Deputy General Secretary, TUC Nestor Lopez, Venezuelan Embassy John Monks, General Secretary, ETUC Fabio Ghelfi, CGIL Charles Abani, Oxfam Glyn Ford MEP Richard Howitt MEP and Victoria Britten, journalist and former associate editor of the Guardian</p>

9 June 2008

Disease of long hours working leaps by 59,000 in the East of England in just one year
In 2008, 15.5 percent of all workers in the East of England worked more than 48 hours per week, increasing from 13.4 per cent in 2007. This means that the total number of employees in the East of England working excessively long hours leapt to 374,000. And the rate of increase of long hours working in the East of England was the sharpest increase in the UK.

6 June 2008

Disease of long hours working leaps by 77,000 in London in just one year
In 2008, 17.1 percent of all workers in London worked more than 48 hours per week, increasing from 15.1 per cent in 2007. This means that the total number of employees in London working excessively long hours leapt to 536,000. And the rate of increase of long hours working in London was almost the sharpest increase in the UK, only the East of England was worse

6 June 2008

TUC publishes an ‘equalities sat nav' for unions
The TUC has researched and published a comprehensive review of trade unions' equality structures and activities. The review is the eighth survey of equality in trade unions conducted by SERTUC, which is the TUC region responsible for London, the South East and the East of England. The book, entitled ‘Treading Water', will be launched at a reception to be held 14 May, in central London.

12 May 2008

Business leaders join with unions to call for new deal for the 170,000 vulnerable workers in London
The 170,000 vulnerable workers in London “trapped in a continual round of low-paid and insecure work where mistreatment is the norm” deserve a new deal, according to the report of TUC's Commission on Vulnerable Employment, published today (Wednesday), which reveals that across the country there are two million vulnerable workers.

7 May 2008

Business leaders join with unions to call for new deal for the more than a quarter million vulnerable workers in the south-east
The more than a quarter million vulnerable workers in the south-east “trapped in a continual round of low-paid and insecure work where mistreatment is the norm” deserve a new deal, according to the report of TUC's Commission on Vulnerable Employment, published today (Wednesday), which reveals that across the country there are two million vulnerable workers.

7 May 2008

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