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This report makes the case that the UK should put in place a permanent furlough scheme to deal with future periods of economic turbulence.

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Working in the UK - a guide to your rights

TUC guide on your rights at work with translations in 7 languages.

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Making flexible working the default

TUC responds to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy's consultation on making flexible working the default.

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Data: A New Direction

Whilst we support the “pro-growth” approach outlined in this consultation as this results in more and better jobs, we do not believe that this should be to the detriment of the fundamental rights of individuals in the workplace. Indeed, growth and productivity is dependent on there being a strong framework in place to protect the rights of workers and ensure good quality and rewarding work.

The Challenge to Democracy in Brazil

This important report describes how the social progress achieved by Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff has been thrown into reverse by the governments of Michel Temer and now Jair Bolsonaro, the so-called “Trump of the Tropics”.

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Negotiating the future of work: Net-zero

The nature of work is changing. We are currently undergoing a process of major economic transition and restructuring driven by the introduction of new technologies, and legislation requiring the whole economy to decarbonise in order to combat climate change. Unions need to act now to ensure that workers have a strong voice throughout the transition.

Just transition for workers

Jobs and recovery monitor - disabled workers

New findings on jobs and recovery for disabled workers facing both a disability pay gap and a disability employment gap.

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Statement of Solidarity with the General Labour Federation of Belgium (FGTB)

The UK Trades Union Congress is appalled to hear of the persecution of trade union leaders in Belgium.

Seven ways platform workers are fighting back

Globally the number of platforms has grown five-fold in a decade. It can seem that practices like casualisation, management by algorithm rather than human and a complete absence of trade unions are baked into the way that platform economy is run. There are fears that it is therefore only a matter of time before these spread to other jobs.

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TUC Briefing on the UK-Andean Trade Agreement

The TUC is concerned that the Colombian government is systematically violating commitments it made in the agreement to uphold human, labour, and trade union rights.

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Trade union statement on the decision to criminalise six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups

Jobs and recovery monitor - Pay and recovery

This report looks at the relationship between labour shortages and pay growth in the current economy.

Time for a new plan

This spending review is a chance for government to learn the lessons of the pandemic and to plan for the future. Our submission sets out what the government needs to do.

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Disabled Workers’ access to flexible working as a reasonable adjustment

An overwhelming majority of disabled workers who worked from home during the pandemic told the TUC that they want to continue doing so. Employers have a duty to put in place reasonable adjustments for disabled workers which can include enabling flexible and home working.

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Levelling up at work - fixing work to level up across the UK

This report argues that poor quality work is a key cause of broader inequality across the country. Unless we reduce the numbers of people in jobs that are in low-paid, insecure and offer no route to better quality work, little will change in the lived experience of a significant number and proportion of people across every part of the UK. We cannot level up the country without levelling up at work.

Denied and discriminated against

Time to change the law on flexible working: New TUC and Mother Pukka survey reveals half of mums don't have their requests accepted in full

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A new further education funding and accountability system

The TUC welcomes the opportunity to comment on the government’s proposals to develop a new further education funding and accountability system. However, the country is already facing a skills crisis and there is a need for urgent action on a much greater scale than the policy framework set out in this consultation and the preceding consultation on the National Skills Fund. The TUC has set out detailed critiques of the skills white paper in our regular skills policy bulletins and our response to the National Skills Fund consultation

National Skills Fund

The country is already facing a national skills crisis and there is a need for urgent action on a much greater scale than the policy framework set out in the skills white paper and this consultation. Government should bring employer bodies and trade unions together to agree strategies to tackle labour and skills shortages, including getting industries and sectors to prioritise delivering decent terms and conditions, direct employment and a proper pay rise.

Reforming the Framework for Better Regulation

The government's proposal to take a deregulatory approach to future legislation is extremely concerning. Instead of deregulating labour market regulation and threatening EU-derived employment protections, the government should focus on improving workers’ rights. This should include an employment bill that ends exploitative employment practices such as the use of zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire.

Fixing Leicester's garment trade - one year on

When the latest scandal surrounding Leicester’s garment industry hit the headlines again in 2020 the TUC in the Midlands knew it was time for us to step up to the plate. Scandal has dogged the industry for too long. And it’s working people who suffer as a result. But we don’t want anger. We don’t want grand standing. We want solutions.

TUC General Council members

The General Council of the Trades Union Congress is the body which governs the TUC between its annual Congresses.

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Safeguarding the UK’s manufacturing jobs with climate action: carbon leakage and job

TUC calls on the UK government and companies to work together to future-proof jobs at risk of offshoring

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TUC calls for UK trade preferences to promote workers' rights

TUC submission on UK-India trade talks

The TUC and Indian unions call on our governments to meaningfully involve trade unions, as well as relevant civil society groups, in the negotiation of any trade agreement to ensure trade talks between the UK and India support respect for workers' rights and address these concerns.

General Council Report 2021

This report contains details of the work undertaken by the General Council during the past year, 2020-2021.

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