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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
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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 Response to the Ethnicity Pay Reporting Consultation
For any new duty to report ethnicity pay information to have real impact it needs to be supported by mandatory action plans. Government needs to take action to implement this change without delay.
- 11 January 2019
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Breaking point: the crisis in mental health funding
This report shows how years of real-terms spending cuts have left services unable to cope with growing demand. Beds, doctors and nurse numbers are falling while the number of patients accessing services continues to escalate. And this is exacerbated by cuts to local authority and school budgets that are decimating counselling and public health services that are crucial to addressing mental health and well-being in our communities, particularly for our children. 
- 19 October 2018
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TUC Autumn budget statement 2018
The evidence that the economy is failing growing numbers of working people is overwhelming. Ten years after the financial crisis it’s time to move away from the politics of austerity that have made UK works poorer, weakened our public finances, and undermined our public services. It’s time for the government to act.
- 01 October 2018
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Zero-hours contracts are still rife – it's time to give all workers the rights they deserve
Anjum Klair - 19 February 2019
Collective bargaining: how trade unions can ensure better jobs for workers
We're campaigning against zero-hours contracts. But collective bargaining is also essential to getting a better deal for workers.
Kate Bell - 12 February 2019
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