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Social Partnership interactive guide for union officers and reps

We are pleased to launch a brand new online interactive guide on Social Partnership Essentials. The guide will tell you everything you need to know about the Social Partnership Act and how you can make most of it for your members.

Union reps in social partnership training

New learning opportunities website

If you want to learn something new or improve your career prospects, take a look at unionlearning.wales.

New learning opportunities website

Wales TUC: Time for Black and Ethnic Minority Workers in Wales to be heard

Union leaders and politicians met at the Senedd (Friday 26th January) to mark the end of the Wales TUC’s first Black Activist Development programme (BADP).

Wales TUC: Time for Black and Ethnic Minority Workers in Wales to be heard

Wales TUC: Time for Leadership on Devolution

The Wales TUC has responded to the publication of the final report from the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales.

Devolution Report Cover

Wales TUC welcomes Welsh Government’s strong support for trade union facility time

In an unprecedented letter to the chief executives of devolved public bodies, Hannah Blythyn, the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership emphasises the value of trade union facility time.

Shavanah Taj and Hannah Blythyn at the Social Partnership Act sealing event

Wales TUC: Protect the right to strike

Protect the right to Strike. The UK government’s draconian Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act was forced through Westminster parliament. But the campaign to protect the right to strike continues. Join our march and rally in Cheltenham on 27 January.

Protect the right to Strike

Future of Work and Devolution in Wales Report: Workers need change

An independent report on the Future of Work and Devolution in Wales by Professor Jean Jenkins of Cardiff Business School has been published today by the Wales TUC.

Devolution Report Cover

Black Activist Development Programme

The Wales TUC Black Activist Development Programme (BADP) targets union members who self-identify as coming from a Black Asian and minority ethnic background.

Black Activist Development Programme

Wales TUC – Cutting inheritance tax will benefit just 2% of people in Wales

Wales TUC – Cutting inheritance tax will benefit just 2% of people in Wales • Union body says reducing inheritance tax would be a “huge giveaway to the wealthiest” and would “starve public services of vital funds” • Married couples can already hand down £1 million tax free to their children • TUC poll show most voters are against cutting inheritance tax

New report shows investment in transport can transform working life in Wales

Far too many workers in Wales have no options when it comes to getting to and from work. As a result, the car totally dominates. We want to see that change and we want to maximise choice for workers.

Wales Metro

Wales TUC calls on Welsh Government to back ceasefire

Wales TUC calls on Welsh Government to back ceasefire

Women trade unionists unite to demand better for carers

Women trade unionists unite to demand better for carers

Women trade unionists unite to demand better for carers

New Welsh Polling: Support for trade unions strengthens as over 200,000 workers say they’re likely to lose their jobs in the next 12 months

New Welsh Polling: Support for trade unions strengthens as over 200,000 workers say they’re likely to lose their jobs in the next 12 months

Wales TUC welcome Welsh Government intervention on Strike Bill

Welsh Government has made a welcome intervention on the UK Government's Strike (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.

Protect the Right to Strike rally

Economy Minister Vaughan Gething and Wales TUC welcome new learning centre at Tesco

• Workers from Bookers and Tesco at the Tesco Distribution Centre in Magor, Monmouthshire are set to benefit from a new working space providing opportunities for learning and development • Economy Minister Vaughan Gething MS visited the site today, 16 August 2023, to meet workers who are using the centre

Economy Minister Vaughan Gething and Wales TUC welcome new learning centre at Tesco

Pru Orridge: How WULF training supports BAME workers into senior roles in the civil service

Pru Orridge: How WULF training supports BAME workers into senior roles in the civil service

Pru Orridge

Wales TUC launches action on LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace

Union body launches new workplace guidance on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

learning

Protect the right to strike!

Our right to strike is under attack. Write to your MP to tell them that you object to the proposed new laws to attack working people’s fundamental right to strike.

Protect the right to strike

Wales TUC launches action on sexual harassment in the workplace

Today (22 March) Wales TUC is launching a new toolkit on tackling sexual harassment in the workplace. The resource, co-authored by Welsh Women’s Aid, will give workers in Wales the information they need to tackle this problem in the workplace.

Wales TUC launches action on sexual harassment in the workplace

Stagecoach bus drivers in South Wales win £1 per hour pay rise

For decades bus drivers across Wales have faced deteriorating working conditions. The privatisation of public transport means that today there are 86 bus companies operating across Wales. Each bus depot has different terms and conditions for bus drivers.

Stagecoach bus drivers in South Wales win £1 per hour pay rise

Wales TUC rally will call UK government to end its “cynical” ‘sack key workers bill’ and to protect the right to strike

Wales TUC rally will call UK government to end its “cynical” ‘sack key workers bill’ and to protect the right to strike A ‘Right to Strike’ rally will take place at 11.30 on 1 February outside the UK Government Offices (by the Betty Campbell statue), Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1EP

Right to Strike

Rail Dispute: Open Letter from Welsh Government and the Wales TUC

The Welsh Government and the Wales TUC have today published a joint letter calling on the UK Government to learn from the approach taken in Wales and to allow the rail companies to negotiate a deal that is fair and acceptable to workers.

Train at Newport Station

Teachers and School Leaders Demand Better

At this critical moment, now is the time to stand together and send a clear and unequivocal message that the teaching profession demands and deserves better.

Collective action

Wales TUC: 4 in 5 Disabled workers in Wales earn less than £15 an hour

• New Wales TUC analysis reveals more than three million Disabled workers earn less than £15 an hour • Disabled workers also more likely to be on precarious zero-hours contracts or unemployed than non-disabled workers • Union body says ministers have done “bare minimum” on minimum wage and calls for increase to £15 an hour

Wales TUC: 4 in 5 Disabled workers in Wales earn less than £15 an hour

Qatar World Cup – Wales TUC statement on migrant workers and LGBTQ+ people

Wales TUC shares widespread concerns about conditions for migrant workers in Qatar. When the World Cup was awarded to Qatar in 2010 the global trade union movement, led by the ITUC, voiced concerns about the choice.

Support the Strikes! Download our free graphics

Support organising drives and strike activity with our free bilingual graphics

1 in 6 skipping meals and going without food in Wales – Wales TUC mega poll reveals

1 in 6 skipping meals and going without food in Wales – Wales TUC mega poll reveals The MRP poll of 10,000 people across the UK, reveals how the cost of living emergency is hitting family budgets in every single parliamentary constituency – and that more government action is needed to raise wages and cut bills.

1 in 6 skipping meals and going without food in Wales

Transgender Awareness Programme helps Dan and his Pembrokeshire school colleagues

When learning support assistant Dan Phillips told his Pembrokeshire school he wanted to come out as trans, UNISON’s Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) team helped organise trans awareness training for all 220 staff.

Dan Phillips

Unite WULF project supports British Airways engineer to progress in her career

Joanne West is an engineer at British Airways (BA) Maintenance next to Cardiff airport. When she decided she wanted to study for a new license she contacted the Unite WULF project to ask for financial support.

Engineer

Suemarie: championing menopause awareness among both women and men

Suemarie Jones shares her experiences of talking about the menopause at Denbighshire County Council.

Suemarie: championing menopause awareness among both women and men

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