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"Working in hospitality can be really insecure. You can be especially vulnerable if you don’t know your rights. That’s why I joined a union - they’ve got your back."

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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

Ending the Undercutters' Charter

Too often agency workers get paid much less than directly employed staff for doing the exact same work.

05 Mar 2018
Rights at work
Insecure work
Policy proposal

Great Jobs with Guaranteed Hours

Our major poll found many zero-hours contract workers don’t benefit from important workplace rights, and they put up with insecure hours and pay.

Alex Collinson - 01 Dec 2017
Industrial strategy
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Insecure work
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New analysis by the TUC shows that at least 3.7 million workers in the UK, around one in nine of the workforce, are in insecure work. Insecure work is not restricted to any particular corner of the country. It is widespread.

Tim Sharp - 29 Jul 2019
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A Manifesto for the creative and cultural industries

A manifesto for the arts sector from the creative trade unions and TUC South West. The alliance of unions calls for increased funding and proper advocacy for the creative and cultural industries. Alongside the manifesto, the report explains how the arts bring huge benefits to people living in and visiting the South West, and details examples where proper investment and support has boosted the regional economy and labour market, as well as revived towns and cities.

- 27 Jun 2019
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TUC South West Annual Report 2019

The annual report from the Trades Union Congress in the South West highlights the ongoing work unions are doing to secure better pay, rights and a voice for working people in the region.

- 05 Apr 2019
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All working mums and dads should get the same parents’ rights from day one Tell Business Secretary Greg Clark to give working parents a boost.

All working mums and dads should get parents’ rights