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TUC response to CBI employment measures report
Responding to the CBI report on employment measures published today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
3 July 2009

TUC urges Gambian Government to stop journalists' trial
Today (Friday) seven journalists and leaders of the journalists' union in the Republic of the Gambia are due to go on trial charged with sedition, and Amnesty International UK, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the TUC are calling on the country's President to release them immediately.
3 July 2009

Firefighters blaze a trail of glory at the 2009 Trade Union Communications Awards
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) monthly magazine Firefighter beat off stiff competition to win the coveted best journal or magazine award at the TUC's annual Union Communications Awards last night (Wednesday).
2 July 2009

TUC welcomes new regulation of ‘no-win, no-fee' tribunal cases
The TUC has welcomed the publication of a Government consultation document from Justice Secretary Jack Straw MP which will see the introduction of new regulations covering ‘no-win, no-fee' solicitors who work on employment tribunal cases.
2 July 2009

TUC warns spread of far right across Europe could increase gay hate crimes
In a speech to the 12th annual TUC LGBT conference later today (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will celebrate recent advances in lesbian and gay equality but warn there's still a long way to go before social attitudes catch up with changes in the law.
2 July 2009

Employers urged to cool down their offices and their staff
With a heatwave warning in place this week for parts of the UK, and temperatures predicted to soar as high as 32oC, the TUC is today (Wednesday) calling on employers to relax office dress codes and cool down their overheating offices and their wilting employees.
1 July 2009

TUC boss urges trustees to fight employers' slash and burn approach to pensions
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber today (Tuesday) urged pension scheme trustees and trade unionists to guard against employers using the recession as an excuse to take a slash and burn approach to occupational pensions.
30 June 2009

TUC welcomes new guidance on buy-outs by the Pensions Regulator
The TUC has welcomed new guidance and a code of practice on pensions buy-outs issued by the Pensions Regulator today (Monday). TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “Pension scheme members need to know their pensions are absolutely safe if their employer passes the responsibility of paying them elsewhere. While this can be better for members' long term interests, it is important that pension scheme buy-outs are properly regulated.
29 June 2009

TUC response to Building Britain's Future
Responding to the Building Britain's Future document, published today (Monday) by the Prime Minister, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “There is much to welcome in this document. Keeping people in jobs and getting the unemployed back to work must be the number one priority
29 June 2009

Vast majority of institutional investors backed bank remuneration reports in run up to crash
The vast majority of institutional investors did not challenge the remuneration reports of leading banks or the takeover of ABN Amro by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the run up to the 2008 financial crash, the TUC reveals today (Monday) in its annual fund manager voting survey.
29 June 2009