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The need to protect writers due to the growth of artificial intelligence

Manon Eames from the Writers’ Guild tells us about her concerns about the growth of artificial intelligence and its impact on workers and culture.

Manon Eames - 11 Sep 2024

Corporate Governance and responsibility

The need to protect writers due to the growth of artificial intelligence

Why do we keep working for free?

Today is Work Your Proper Hours Day – a day the TUC created two decades ago to draw attention to the huge problem of unpaid overtime.

Nisreen Mansour - 23 Feb 2024

Corporate Governance and responsibility

Why do we keep working for free?

Age should not be a barrier to higher level learning

The Lifelong learning bill has just completed its second reading in parliament. The TUC and unions have long campaigned for strengthened rights and support for lifelong learning to improve the working lives of our members. However, the bill raises significant concerns.

Julia Jones - 17 Mar 2023

Trade unions are changing the way we think about menopause in the workplace

In the past few years trade unions in Wales have helped make some big, and small, improvements in the workplace for women going through the menopause.

Women workers

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.

Liam Perry - 17 Mar 2021

Protecting older workers

Government survey shows sharp rise in employers not offering any training

New statistics reveal a large increase in the proportion of employers not providing any training to workers. The government should give everyone a ‘right to retrain’, to ensure workers can avoid being trapped in unemployment.

Iain Murray - 19 Oct 2020

Female carpenter worker in carpentry factory

The Equality Act - more needs to be done

The Equality Act can protect people's livelihoods and their health. We must work to ensure it is properly implemented, improved and enforced.

Sue Coe - 01 Oct 2020

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A better recovery – learning the lessons of coronavirus to create a stronger, fairer economy

After a decade of failed austerity, working people can’t pay the price for recovery again. This time we need to build back better.

Janet Williamson - 20 May 2020

Economy, jobs and pay

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