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'Backfiring' UK response to strikes must change, union chief urges

Britain's heavy-handed approach to industrial relations has backfired as employees reject its "nonsense" demands for pay restraint and increasingly join unions, the head of the country's biggest trade union umbrella group said.

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Grant Shapps 'misled public' over claim he has no role in train strike

TUC Boss Frances O’Grady said he was pulling the strings of the 15 train operators because contracts mean they are unable to negotiate pay, conditions and pensions of 40,000 striking RMT workers without his approval

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson is waging culture war against trade unions, warns TUC chief

Frances O’Grady says UK government doesn’t want to avert strikes, it wants to pick fights and sow division

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Plan to use agency workers as strike breakers comes under fire

Law change will worsen disputes and ‘poison’ industrial relations, warns TUC

The Independent UK

From pandemic solidarity to bitter enemies: how Tories turned on workers

Spirit of consensus has gone as ministers seek a scapegoat for the stagflation affecting the economy

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson warned against ‘race to bottom on pay’ as rail strikes hit millions of travellers

Prime minister says UK must ‘stay the course’ to prevent wage hikes fuelling inflation

The Independent UK

Rail strike dates and National Rail lines affected on eve of biggest walkout in 30 years

More than 50,000 rail and Tube workers will walk off the job on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in a row over pay, jobs and conditions - here's everything you need to know to prepare

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Government accused of ‘inflaming tensions’ over rail dispute

Train and Tube services will be crippled by strikes this week in bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.

The Independent UK

Thousands march in London to demand action over cost of living crisis

‘Don’t you dare shift the blame for inflation on to working people,’ TUC chief warns Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Cost of living protesters march on Parliament Square

The TUC says its research suggests that workers have lost almost £20,000

Wales Online

Thousands to march in London demanding ‘better deal’ for workers in cost of living crisis

Thousands are expected to join protests on Saturday demanding a ‘better deal’ for workers

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands to join protest march against cost of living crisis

The march will call on the Government to do more to help those struggling across the UK

Wales Online

Thousands march in London over cost of living crisis

Demonstration organised by TUC calls on government to make ‘better deal’ for people struggling to cope with soaring inflation

The Guardian - UK

Tens of thousands to protest demanding government does more in cost-of-living crisis

Trade Union leaders say workers are suffering the “longest and harshest” squeeze on their earnings in modern history and are pressing for more government support

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The Independent UK

Thousands expected at protest to call for help with cost-of-living crisis

Trade union leaders, frontline workers and community organisations will be among those at the demonstration in London.

Daily Mirror

Strikes 'not easy to organise' and need 'burning sense of injustice', says union boss

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady spoke at a rally ahead of Saturday’s cost of living demo in London. She said Boris Johnson is 'not a stupid man' but 'is playing all the old tunes'

The Guardian - UK

UK childcare costs soar by more than £2,000 in a decade, TUC says

Analysis shows average nursery fees for children under two have risen by £185 month since Tories took office

The Independent UK

Huge increase in cost of childcare over past decade – TUC

A report said mothers are caught in a ‘Catch 22’, with childcare costs rising and statutory maternity pay falling.

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The Independent UK

Nurses will suffer wage ‘hit’ without decent pay rise – TUC

NHS workers are on the brink, after a ‘brutal decade’ of pay cuts which left them thousands of pounds worse off, unions warn.

The Independent UK

City bonuses increasing six times faster than wages, says TUC

Union body calls for maximum pay ratio to limit bonuses to 10 per cent of salaries

The Guardian - UK

Bumper City bonuses of pre-financial crisis are back, TUC finds

Calls for measures to rein in payouts as analysis shows record bonuses rising six times faster than average wages

The Independent UK

Bonuses in the City ‘at record high’

The TUC said its analysis of official data shows bonuses in the financial and insurance sector increased by 27.9% over the last year.

Evening Standard

Give workers at least four more bank holidays, say union chiefs

The TUC is calling for a minimum of four additional annual bank holidays

The Independent UK

Unions hit out at Grant Shapps’ plans to block industrial action

The Transport Secretary said ministers want to ban strikes unless a certain number of staff continue to work.

The Guardian - UK

TUC chief calls for directors of P&O Ferries to be disqualified

Francis O’Grady writes to Insolvency Service, which is investigating the sacking of almost 800 crew

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