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Air pollution - a workplace issue
Air pollution is blighting communities. It is affecting the health of workers on their journeys to and from work. It also harms workers while they are at work (both those working indoors and out). It’s why tackling air pollution is a key priority for unions.
Labour internationalism begins at home
The global financial crisis, recession and subsequent austerity policies amount not only to a disastrous failure of policy but also of economic thinking.
A safe return to work
The success of the vaccine roll-out must not be used as an excuse to slack on safety in the workplace: it is still possible to catch and carry the virus.
To recovery properly from this crisis, the government must ensure people have enough to live on
Even before this pandemic, the most vulnerable children and families were already struggling.
Government must urgently rethink sending shielders back to work
Workers told to shield should not have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
Young workers are being hit hardest, and some more than others
Youth unemployment figures reveal the uneven impact, with BME young people twice as likely to be unemployed
Cut to Green Homes Grant has taken a wrecking ball to green jobs in the North East
The withdrawal of hundreds of millions of pounds from the Green Homes Grant scheme will likely cost the best part of 6000 jobs in the region.
A year on from furlough
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the furlough scheme being introduced.
The fight for dignity and security for older workers
Increasing numbers of people are working into later life but too many are being forced out of work due to ill health and consigned to poverty. We cannot allow this to continue and change needs to happen now to protect older workers from an uncertain future.
Uber rights U-turn is just the latest stage of the journey to decent work
A screeching U-turn by Uber on wages, pensions and holiday pay is the just the latest stage in the journey to ensure that all work - including in the gig economy - is decent work.
The trade union movement is growing - and gaining big wins for our members.
An article in the Financial Times this week attracted a fair amount of attention from within the trade union movement.
How can we make the remote working revolution less middle class?
What can be done to make sure that the Welsh Government's commitment to supporting more remote working doesn't end up re-enforcing inequalities in the labour market.
International Women’s Day 2021: A woman’s place is in her union
On International Women's Day, Wales TUC General Secretary Shavanah Taj argues that women deserve a feminist, intersectional recovery. But it will only be achieved if women workers are at the heart of recovery plans and at the decision-making tables.
Immense hardship makes consumer led recovery the biggest risk of all
This week’s budget sent a clear message – the government think households don’t need support to start spending again. This is a big risk, and it completely ignores the millions struggling due to the pandemic.
Workers lose as the Chancellor gambles on recovery
The Chancellor made a dangerous bet on the economy bouncing back on its own, when he should have acted to create jobs.
