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The TUC's Northern region staff represent the TUC by supporting TUC campaigns and objectives and seeking the views of trade unions in the region. Here you can find out more about us, our work and our campaigns.    

Bite Size Briefings May to June 2013

The latest round of Bite Size Briefings takes place between May to June 2013.  Briefings covered in this round are:

• The Equality Act and Diversity Awareness at Work: Tuesday 21st May, St Mary's Centre, Middlesbrough 1pm-4pm
• Defending the Right to Organise and Represent Members: Wednesday 5th June, TUC Newcastle, 10am-1pm
• Workplace Inspections: Thursday 20th June, TUC Newcastle, 1pm-3pm
• Drugs and Alcohol at Work: Thursday 20th June, St Mary's Centre, Middlesbrough, 12.30-4.30pm
• Welfare Reform 2013 and Benefit Changes: Monday 24th June, St Mary's Centre, Middlesbrough, 1pm-4pm

Full details and how to apply in the Bite Size Briefing Programme.  

Bite Size Prospectus 2013.  Unionlearn and the Northern TUC work together to provide a programme of short, informative courses and briefings covering a range of topics relevant to workers, workplace and communities in the region.  To find out what's on offer, see the Bite Size Prospectus 2013 for details.

Hundreds March through Middlesbrough

Over 500 people joined the Middlesbrough March for the Alternative on Saturday 27th April to protest against the government's failed economic austerity measures and the disproportionate impact on Teesside and the North East.  Organised by the Tees Valley Public Services Alliance, the well-supported event drew attention to the 43,000 public sector jobs lost in the region since the election, and to the worst levels of unemployment and child poverty in the UK.  Residents applauded marchers from trade unions, bedroom tax campaigners and community groups on the parade through the centre of town, which was followed by a rally in Centre Square.   

Speakers at the rally, including Labour MP for Middlesbrough Andy McDonald, argued for a clear alternative to government cuts, based on investment, jobs and growth.   

Colombia and Palestine come to the North East

This year's International Women's Day event in the region benefited from the involvement of some inspiring international guests.  Alfamir Castillo, President of the Sugar Cane Workers Women's Committee, Colombia, currently on a national tour addressed the conference along with Palestinian performance poet, Rafeef Ziadah.  There was standing room only as over 150 women and men turned up to support and participate in the event which was co-organised with War on Want. 

Alfamir gave a moving account of the struggle of the Sugar Cane Cutters fight against poverty and their efforts to lead their families out of poverty. Full report available here.  To see a video of Alfamir's visit go to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJjpaOH07c

What Price Cheap Clothing?

The collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh provided an horrific, unpleasant reminder of the significant differences in labour and other standards in areas of the world in desperate need for economic development. The 1990s and early 2000s saw a huge exporting of employment in the clothing and textile sector to low paying parts of the world. In the north east alone over 10,000 jobs disappeared, contributing to the shockingly high rate of unemployment of women aged over 50, large numbers of which were employed in the factories right across the region supplying the likes of Marks and Spencer and Next, among others. Read more...

21 May 2013

Mesothelioma Bill welcomed but still room for improvement, says Northern TUC Asbestos Group

The introduction of new compensation arrangements for mesothelioma victims was announced in the Queen's Speech earlier this month. The current proposal will mean a payment of between £100,000 and £200,000 being made to 300 people every year – who previously would have received nothing.

16 May 2013

Picking the right target

The government's focus on showing how tough they are on migrant workers and people in rece...

13 May 2013

Warning Signs

The warning signs have been there for some time. Last month one poll showed that the gener...

7 May 2013

Bite Size Prospectus 2013

Unionlearn and the Northern TUC work together to provide a programme of short, informative...

3 May 2013

Hundreds march through Middlesbrough

Over 500 people joined the Middlesbrough March for the Alternative on Saturday 27 April, t...

30 April 2013

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