Strike action brews over plan to close BBC News channel Exclusive: TUC tells director general merging UK-focused channel with BBC World News would damage democracy The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022
TUC's new chief says 'my life has been to grow unions, we fight every day for workers' Former call centre operator Paul Nowak is set to be confirmed as the next General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress where he will represent 5.5million working people Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022
What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase? TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’ The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022
'Whoever takes over as PM next week will inherit a country in its sick bed' Preventing the disaster about to descend on Britain requires radical and bold action - that must include using the state to support those in the greatest need Daily Mirror · Aug 31, 2022
Britain demands bills freeze as 82% want energy prices block with 12million in despair An EXCLUSIVE Daily Mirror poll reveals more than eight out of 10 people back immediate action to prevent families on the brink plunging further into the mire Daily Mirror · Aug 30, 2022
Trade union leaders back co-ordinated action over pay as cost of living crisis escalates Move would stop short of general strike The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022
What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase? TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’ The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022
Union chiefs call for four more UK bank holidays to reward 'nation of grafters' UK workers should get four more bank holidays to reward a "nation of grafters" and bring them in line with their European counterparts as it emerges they put in some of longest hours on the continent Daily Mirror · Aug 28, 2022
What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase? TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’ The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2022
‘People are much angrier now’: why Britain is going on strike New wave of union leaders, such as RMT’s Mick Lynch and Unite’s Sharon Graham, have galvanised workers The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022
What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase? TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’ The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022
Trades Union Congress calls for minimum wage to be raised to £15 an hour for all workers Trade union bosses have called on the Government to draw up plans to give families 'long-term financial security' Chronicle Live · Aug 24, 2022
What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase? TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’ The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
22 experts and leaders can see what the Tories can't - that we need energy bills help Leaders including Labour Party Keir Starmer and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown are calling for the Government to help Brits as energy bills continue to go up - and are expected to rise even more Daily Mirror · Aug 24, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 Average pay for FTSE 100 chiefs jumps by 39% to £3.4m Study shows median CEO package has surpassed pre-pandemic levels with rate 109 times that of average UK worker
The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2022 Union heads respond angrily to Liz Truss’s claim UK workers lack ‘graft’ TUC’s Frances O’Grady says employees need a pay rise not ‘a lecture on working harder’
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022 Biggest UK fall in real wages for 100 years looms, warns TUC Study shows pay rises could fall behind inflation by 8% later this year, an unprecedented drop in living standards
The Guardian - US · Jul 29, 2022 Oil company profits boom as Americans reel from high fuel prices ExxonMobil posts second-quarter profits of $17.85bn – four times last year’s figure – with Chevron making $11.62bn
Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022 Train strikes: Union chief Mick Lynch says 'we MUST fight Tory war on workers' RMT chief Mick Lynch accused Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss of being extremists who want to crush unions. He hit back at claims striking staff are holding the country to ransom
Birmingham Post · Jul 21, 2022 Earnings are up across the East Midlands - but failing to keep up with the level of inflation TUC calls cost of living crisis 'the worst pay squeeze in modern history'
The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022 Nurses, teachers and police get pay rises of 4-5%, as unions prepare for strike action Unions say below-inflation increases ‘kick in the teeth’ for Britain’s key workers
Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022 Real wages suffer worse plummet on record as cost of living crisis hammers UK UK workers are suffering 'the worst pay squeeze in modern history' after regular wages plunged 2.8% compared to inflation - outstripping the last financial crash
The National (Scotland) · Jul 15, 2022 UK workers set for worst pay rise of all G7 countries, report says UK workers are set to receive the worst pay rises out of all the G7 countries, a new report has warned.
The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022 Real wages forecast to ‘shrink’ over the next two years TUC says families left ‘brutally exposed’ to Britain’s cost-of-living crisis after years of wage stagnation.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022 TUC names ex-call centre worker Paul Nowak next general secretary New leader will take over from Frances O’Grady when she retires after 10 years