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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.

Report: Beyond furlough

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Coronavirus - Guidance for unions

This guide is for union reps - understanding coronavirus and workplace issues, employer negotiations and how best protect the workforce

Coronavirus - Guidance for unions

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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.

Economy, jobs and pay - Consultation response

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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.

Liam Perry - 10 Nov 2021

Economy, jobs and pay - Research and reports

Just transition for workers

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.

Economy, jobs and pay - Research and reports

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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.

Economy, jobs and pay - Research and reports

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Jobs and recovery monitor - Pay and recovery

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

Economy, jobs and pay - Research and reports

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.

Corporate Governance and responsibility - Research and reports

Workers

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.

Corporate Governance and responsibility - Research and reports

TUC calls for UK trade preferences to promote workers' rights

Economy, jobs and pay - Consultation response

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