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It’s 2025. Why are Black women still fighting for respect?
Despite having a 38 year career as a public servant, Diane continues to be subjected to horrific levels of misogynoir which comes as threats of sexual assault, rape and murder. This is a stark reminder of the persistent disrespect and humiliation even the most accomplished of Black women face in the public arena.
89th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street
This weekend 4th October 2025, marks the 89th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when everyday people in London’s East End stood up to fascism, and said with unity and courage: “They shall not pass.”
The Conservatives’ plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers' rights
The Conservative Party’s latest flirtation with withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not just a reckless political stunt, it’s a direct threat to the rights and freedoms of working people across the country.
Rebuilding isn’t just about repairing what’s broken – it’s creating something new
We stand at a crossroads. The challenges ahead are real. The cost of living still bites. Public services are strained, and our communities still bear the scars of financial crashes that were created in expensive offices, not in the valleys and coasts of Wales.
Don't let tribunal fees undermine the government's Plan to Make Work Pay
The government’s Plan to Make Work Pay promises stronger protections for workers, but apparent proposals to reintroduce employment tribunal fees risk undermining that progress.
TUC Aid: almost 40 years of international solidarity in action
TUC Aid is the development co-operation charitable arm of the TUC.
Unite the Union signs the Dying to Work Charter
On Monday 22 September, Paul Nowak, TUC General Secretary, joined Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham as she signed the Dying to Work Charter.
The crisis facing young workers
Young people are facing big challenges at work – and the government now has a chance to act. The new report by the TUC highlights the most recent figures, which show almost a million young people aged 16 - 24 out of education, employment and training (NEET).
Building our collective strength: TUC Growth Hub
The Growth Hub is at the heart of our mission to build a stronger, more diverse, and more powerful trade union movement...find out more
Fighting division with solidarity - New TUC resources
At a time of growing division, solidarity is our strongest defence. The TUC has launched new resources to help reps, members, and activists stand united, challenge the far right, and build stronger unions.
Changing workplace culture to end sexual harassment
It’s nearly a year since the Worker Protection Act came into effect. Trade unions and a broad coalition across civil society campaigned hard to win the Act otherwise known as the ‘Preventative Duty’.
Securing futures for young people
A national jobs guarantee scheme could improve the life chances of up to 300,000 young people and bring in £8 billion in the long term for the Exchequer.
Employment Rights Bill – a lifeline for four million insecure workers
The need for the government to rapidly implement its employment rights overhaul is laid bare by new TUC analysis that shows that one in eight workers is in insecure work.
TUC Congress 2025 begins!
We're back in Brighton for our 157th TUC Congress. We come together at a pivotal time for working people, our movement and our country.
Dear Prime Minister, deliver the Employment Rights Bill in full!
Four brilliant union members, Finnola, Sam, Ruweida, and Bella, headed to Parliament as part of the TUC's Make Work Pay campaign.
TUC sets out plan for a pro-worker AI stategy
When working people think about AI, what is at the front of their mind is clear: how will it affect our work and how will it impact our standard of living?
Public support fairer taxes to build a better Britain
Today's TUC polling confirms that across the UK there is support for fairer taxes - both to properly fund vital public services and to build a fairer country.
Taxing the windfall profits of banks
A fairer approach to the tax treatment of banks in light of windfall profits from higher interest rates.
Results show that we are held back by inequality in the North East
North East A-level results show the region is still held back by inequality.
ILO adopts landmark convention on biological hazards
In June 2025, the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva made history by adopting the first-ever international labour standards to prevent and protect workers from biological hazards in the workplace.
Turning up the heat on workplace safety - lessons from the week of action
Through July and August, more than a thousand union health and safety reps across Britain signed up to take part in the TUC’s Inspections Week of Action on Workplace Temperatures — and they came armed with thermometers.
Visiting Japan with RENGO
TUC President, Mark Dickinson reflects on his August visit to Japan with RENGO, honouring Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s victims and hearing survivors’ powerful testimonies. The journey was a moving reminder that a nuclear-free world is possible.
Why RCM supports employees to use and learn Welsh
Midwives and women agree that using the Welsh language provides satisfaction, a sense of safety, and more personal connections to the birthing experience.
AI Inequalities: Ethnicity
TUC Cymru is concerned about the risks facing all workers from Artificial Intelligence (AI). We wanted to know more about the risks it poses for specific groups of workers. Therefore, we commissioned Prof Lina Dencik from the Data Justice Lab to produce a report on AI Inequalities at Work. Here she writes about AI’s impact on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic workers.
A historic win for good clean energy jobs in Teesside
Last month, workers at Teesside’s SeAH Wind offshore wind monopile manufacturing site secured a historic victory, in winning the right to union recognition with GMB.
Increasing the use of Welsh strengthens UCU Bangor
In 2018 UCU Bangor used very little Welsh. Now they're an inclusive branch where everyone feels welcome.
Every workplace needs a green rep: Futureproofing your workplace
Is your workplace futureproof? Are workers at the heart of future planning? Are your members’ jobs, terms, and conditions safe and guaranteed when your bosses start to think about big changes over the coming years? If there’s any doubt, you need a green rep.
Obstruction on the line: Employment Rights Bill delayed by peers’ amendments
Workers anticipating overdue improvements to their rights will have to wait longer after Tory and Lib Dem peers voted to water down key protections.
Durham Miners' Gala - "We are still here"
Last Saturday, the streets of Durham echoed once again with the sound of brass bands and marching feet as tens of thousands gathered for the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala.
