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Aussie PM Ditches Anti-Union Laws

ACTU cautiously welcomes move to stop “the 20-year ritual of union-bashing”

Tony Burke - 28 May 2020

Corporate Governance and responsibility

We must pull together and fight for working people

As we face the challenges of the 2020s, all parts of the labour and trade union movement must pull together. We need to listen to the working-class communities we exist to serve. We need to show humility, reflect – and then pick ourselves up and prepare for the battles ahead.

Frances O'Grady - 01 Jan 2020

Corporate Governance and responsibility

Frances O'Grady

Payouts to shareholders have risen 6.4 times faster than wages

Our analysis reveals that companies protect and increase payments to shareholders, even when company finances are struggling.

Janet Williamson - 14 Nov 2019

Corporate Governance and responsibility

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A stronger voice for workers – how collective bargaining can deliver a better deal at work

Collective bargaining is a public good. It’s what working Britain deserves – and that’s why the TUC is committed to making it happen.

Janet Williamson - 05 Sep 2019

Corporate Governance and responsibility

Collective bargaining

Another Sports Direct general meeting – and another TUSO letter to shareholders

Despite holding their Annual General Meeting in September, the Sports Direct board have unexpectedly called another general meeting for shareholders taking place today.

Janet Williamson - 13 Dec 2017

Corporate Governance and responsibility

The new Corporate Governance Code is out – so how much has really changed?

The revised version of the Code is the latest step in the government’s corporate governance reforms that started in July 2016 with the Prime Minister saying that she was going to put workers on company boards.

Janet Williamson - 05 Dec 2017

Corporate Governance and responsibility

company board

A missed opportunity – the government’s corporate governance proposals

Janet Williamson - 31 Aug 2017

Corporate Governance and responsibility

BEIS Committee of MPs says workers on boards should become “the norm”

The BEIS Parliamentary Committee reports today on its corporate governance inquiry launched last autumn.

Janet Williamson - 05 Apr 2017

Corporate Governance and responsibility

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