TUC blogs

blogsThis page brings together the latest posts from across a number of TUC blogs and blogs to which the TUC contributes. It includes:
Brendan Barber at CommentIsFree, ToUChstone blog, Stronger Unions, workSMART blog, Going To Work blog, PlayFair 2012 blog, Community Day blog and TUC posts at Amnesty blogs and Left Foot Forward.

RSS feed  You can also follow an aggregated RSS feed of all these blogs.

Some good news on jobs, but what does it mean?

I have a post at Left Foot Forward, [...]

ToUChstone: on 08 Feb 2012 by Richard Exell
Growth in jobs probably not enough to bring down unemployment

There appears to be an uptick in jobs but its enough to keep up with increasing demand

TUC @ Left Foot Forward: on 08 Feb 2012 by Richard Exell
Freeze the auto-enrolment thresholds to keep women in pensions

The coalition government’s review of pensions auto-enrolment made [...]

ToUChstone: on 08 Feb 2012 by Nigel Stanley
The magnificent (European) nine backing Robin Hood

French newspaper Le Monde reported yesterday that nine [...]

ToUChstone: on 08 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
Web links for 7th February 2012

The Unemployed are getting (called) lazy again: A [...]

ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by ToUChstoneblog
TUC/ NUS campaign for fair internships launch -13 Feb

TUC/NUS Campaign for Fair Internships Launch Date Mon, 13 Feb 2012 Time to from 11:00 to 13:30 Location TUC, Congress House, London Cost – The event is free to attend...

Rights for Interns: on 07 Feb 2012 by Paul
Communities must share in the growing benefits of onshore wind

2011 was a record breaking year for wind [...]

ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by Adam Bell
Cameron plans to let Europe take £21bn a year from the City … and we get nothing!

Big Four accountancy giant Ernst & Young say [...]

ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
EU Robin Hood Tax would boost growth, say experts

A new report, launched in Brussels on Monday [...]

ToUChstone: on 07 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
Now Tory MPs attack wind industry jobs

Recession looms, unemployment touches a 17-year high. But 101 [...]

ToUChstone: on 06 Feb 2012 by Philip Pearson
So there is no shortage of jobs?

So, according to DWP minister Maria Miller, there [...]

ToUChstone: on 06 Feb 2012 by Anjum Klair
Rally to Save Our NHS

7 March, 18.00-19.30. Central Hall, Westminster and streamed [...]

Going To Work: on 06 Feb 2012 by Going To Work
Free trade unionists in Iran not so free any more

I have blogged at Amnesty International UK about [...]

Stronger unions: on 05 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
UN Secretary General condemns austerity, calls for action against inequality

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has issued a [...]

ToUChstone: on 05 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
Giving future Olympic Games an ethical dimension

The row about the decision by the organisers [...]

ToUChstone: on 05 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
What’s going on globally? Two-day workshop

The Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU) at Greenwich University [...]

Stronger unions: on 04 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
Web links for 3rd February 2012

NIESR UK and world economy forecast NIESR expects [...]

ToUChstone: on 03 Feb 2012 by ToUChstoneblog
US unemployment falls again: jobless rate now better than Britain’s

The US January jobless figures came out today, and showed [...]

ToUChstone: on 03 Feb 2012 by Owen Tudor
UK’s unemployment record looking less impressive

Before the recession, this country could take some [...]

ToUChstone: on 03 Feb 2012 by Richard Exell
Web links for 2nd February 2012

Thoughts on a benefits cap At the IFS [...]

ToUChstone: on 02 Feb 2012 by ToUChstoneblog
FINNOV study provides food-for-thought on innovation policy

I spent yesterday afternoon and evening, and this [...]

ToUChstone: on 02 Feb 2012 by Tim Page
Stripping Fred Goodwin of his peerage is no substitute for tackling excessive executive pay and reforming the financial sector

Yesterday’s papers were full of the news that Fred [...]

ToUChstone: on 02 Feb 2012 by Janet Williamson
IFS says better green taxes would boost growth

The  “unnecessary complexity” of the UK carbon tax [...]

ToUChstone: on 02 Feb 2012 by Philip Pearson
Let the public sector lead a green and local recovery

Wrexham Council is installing solar power units on [...]

ToUChstone: on 02 Feb 2012 by Mike Jeram
Without information parents won’t take up their childcare places

Through our work with parents over 25 years, [...]

ToUChstone: on 01 Feb 2012 by Kate Groucutt
Workers’ rights to compensation under threat from all sides

Workers are facing an onslaught by the government [...]

Stronger unions: on 01 Feb 2012 by Hugh Robertson

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