The Latest Breaking News from Frances OGrady

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

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

Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2022

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 Independent UK · May 22, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Rail funding cuts will increase risk of serious crashes, warn unions

The TUC said it would be ‘impossible’ to make planned cuts without losing ‘safety-critical jobs’.

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022

Pay gap for people with disabilities in employment grows in last year

Workers with disabilities are earning £1.93 less every hour than their non-disabled counterparts.

Daily Record · Apr 26, 2022

Pay gap grew last year for workers with disabilities

People with disabilities were paid nearly 14% less than their colleagues, new data shows

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Working mothers forced to quit over flexible arrangements as bosses ‘reject requests too easily’

Exclusive: New polling shows vast majority want flexible working as union warns workers are pushed into cutting hours or taking unpaid leave instead

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Frances O’Grady to stand down as TUC leader at end of year

Federation’s general secretary, in post since 2013, is ‘proud of what we achieved during the pandemic’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022

Frances O’Grady quits the TUC after nine years

The general secretary of the congress will leave at the end of the year.

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

TUC’s first female leader to stand down after a decade at helm of union movement

Successor to Frances O’Grady to be elected in September ahead of her retirement at end of the year

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022