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A message to Congress from a Brazilian jail
Today Congress stands in solidarity with Brazilian trade unionists – and trade unionists around the world – in calling for the release of jailed former Brazilian President Lula
The TUC has backed the single market for 30 years - here's why
Ahead of today's Congress debate on Brexit, here's why we continue to support single market membership
Are unions winning the US Mid-West?
Missouri's vote to reject damaging right to work laws is a major victory for the trade union movement. If they can change things there, we can change things everywhere
European Parliament condemns attacks on Somali unions
The Somali government should be tackling terrorism, not attacking free and independent trade unions
The Withdrawal Bill is a chance for the prime minister to show she's serious about protecting workers’ rights
In today’s discussion of the EU Withdrawal Bill, the Commons will debate Lords Amendment No 4, on providing better protections for workers’ rights.
A jailed trade union leader is on hunger strike in Iran. Help us secure his release
The TUC is demanding the immediate release of Esmail Adbi, jailed by the Iranian regime for defending workers' rights.
Why Brazil’s trade unionists are on the streets when President Lula can’t be
This weekend, thousands of trade unionists gathered outside the metalworkers’ union building in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Brazil’s industrial capital of Sao Paolo.
With a year until Brexit, the Government needs to get a grip, say voters
With all the stories produced a year ahead of the Brexit date on 29 March, you might have missed the GMB union’s opinion poll assessing how ordinary people think the Government is handling the issue. Much of the media clearly did, so here’s the story.
So this is Brexit: passports contract taken off unionised British firm
This is exactly the sort of Brexit that some hard-right politicians have been after all along.
Under May's Brexit plans, workers would pay the price of Brexit twice over
Speaking about the future Brexit negotiations, May outlined how she felt our rights at work could be traded away, but acknowledged that there would be a price to pay. Unfortunately, her plan would mean working people would pay that price, as well as losing their rights.
7 reasons why a UK-only trade policy wouldn’t be as good as a customs union
Conservatives want the UK to be able to negotiate its own trade deals with the rest of the world. But would such deals necessarily be a good thing for British workers?
Working people want their rights protected after Brexit – so why won’t ministers give a guarantee?
New polling shows 73% support for the Working Time Directive
The Iranian regime is playing cat and mouse with trade unionists – take action
The struggle for trade union rights in Iran is being pursued not only by the workers of Iran themselves, but trade unionists around the world.
Workers’ rights and social justice in Brazil: the issues at stake in Lula’s trial
On Wednesday 24 January, Brazil’s former President Lula da Silva goes on trial for alleged corruption. In fact, the trial is simply the latest attempt by Brazil’s rich and powerful elites to prevent him winning the presidency again later this year.
It’s odd what Liam Fox thinks should and shouldn’t be ruled out…
Yesterday, on a trip to China, the UK’s trade minister, Liam Fox, was asked about he possibility of Britain joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
What's behind the protests in Iran and what can you do?
Over the New Year, a wave of protests has erupted in Iran, as people in towns all over the country took to the streets to air their grievances.
Is David Davis trying to bring a 'no deal' Brexit back from the dead?
The last minute late night deal done on Friday to keep negotiations over Brexit going was widely assumed to have put the final nail in the coffin of a 'no deal' Brexit, but is David Davis trying to bring it back?
Revealed: right-wing plans to scrap workers' rights after Brexit
We're indebted to former Conservative Chancellor Ken Clarke MP for blowing the gaff on his colleagues' plot.
Modern slavery: bringing a global crusade back home
The Prime Minister has made abolishing modern slavery one of her top objectives, and it's one area of government policy that the TUC welcomes, although we want more action on company supply chains.
The European social model still matters to the UK – let’s keep campaigning for a people’s Europe
European trade unions are demanding a new future for the rest of Europe
Act now to free jailed Iranian union leader Reza Shahabi
Reza's only crime has been to be a leader of a trade union, standing up for the rights of his colleagues at work
Theresa May’s Florence speech didn’t go far enough – here’s why
The only good thing we can say is that it leaves lots of room for improvement
What should Theresa May say in Florence?
Five points Theresa May should cover in her much-anticipated speech
Unions have set out their tests for Brexit – jobs, rights and living standards must be protected
Unions have adopted a statement that sets out the tests we will apply to the outcome of the Brexit negotiations currently underway.
Immigration – confusion and inaction from government
The Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday on post-Brexit immigration plans was barely out the door before the government’s all-encompassing confusion over Brexit enveloped it.
Top US trade unionist responds to Trump election
Richard Trumka, President of the TUC’s equivalent in the USA, the AFL-CIO, had this to say about the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election:
