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A future that works for working people
This report brings together the latest evidence with a new large-scale poll on how technology could affect the future of work, conducted for the TUC in the summer of 2018.
10 Sep 2018
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TUC's response to Taylor Review consultations
Our responses to the Taylor Review consultations on agency workers, the enforcement of employment rights, employment status and measures to improve transparency in the UK labour market.
27 Jun 2018
Insecure work
Consultation response
Pathways to Progression
This briefing paper provides background on pay and progression in the UK, reports thefindings of a new analysis of progression in retail, and reviews approaches that are being taken to improve progression rates at the firm, sector and economy-wide levels.
04 May 2018
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TUC and CBI call on Prime Minister to urgently change Brexit approach
Ahead of today’s (Thursday) European Summit TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady and CBI Director General Carolyn Fairbairn have written a joint-letter to the Prime Minister calling on her to urgently change approach on Brexit.
Frances O'Grady - 21 March 2019
Letter
Action to protect the economy and public services
TUC statement ahead of HM Treasury Spring Statement 2019. The Chancellor should use the Spring Statement to deliver increased spending of £25 billion.
- 08 March 2019
Policy proposal
Low pay in the hotel and accommodation sector
Hotels have failed to share the profits of their booming businesses with their workforce. Despite the industry’s rapid recovery after the recession, median earnings barely rose in real terms between 2008 and 2017. Pay in the industry is so low that over half of employees in the industry earn below the real Living Wage. This report is the first of two reports looking at the hotel sector.
- 27 February 2019
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Wage growth, but only for the few
Recent reports on wage growth disguise the fact that only high earners are benefitting.
Geoff Tily - 19 March 2019
Government’s zero tariffs plan would be hammer blow to manufacturing
A proposal for removing import tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit would do serious harm to British industry. It will put thousands of jobs at risk and threaten key industries, such as steel, ceramics, tyres and glass.
Rosa Crawford - 13 March 2019
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