Matt Wrack elected TUC president and pledges ‘determined, mobilised trade union movement’
Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack was elected as president of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) this week. Wrack will serve in the role for a year and will…
TUC backs campaign of non-compliance with new anti-strike laws
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has agreed to adopt an approach of non-compliance with new anti-strike laws. This will see the trade union movement go head to head with the…
Anti-strike bill: Enough is Enough petition passes 150k signatures
Efforts to stop government plans to further restrict the right strike have stepped up a gear. Enough is Enough's petition calling for the proposals to be dropped has surpassed 150,000…
Shareholder pay-outs grew three times faster than wages since financial crash, TUC claims
Shareholder dividends have grown three times faster than wages since the 2008 financial crisis, analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found. The revelation comes in a new report…
Take big 5 energy firms into public ownership to ease cost of living, says TUC
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) today released a set of proposals for easing the cost of living crisis, triggered in part by the soaring costs of energy. According to the…
New UK Climate Strike Dates Announced
In the last years of the 2010's the UK climate strikes emerged as a significant environmental movement, led by the UK Student Climate Network. In September 2019 the group garnered…
An open letter to the labour movement: support the strike, don’t cross the climate picket line
On 15th March 2019, from Scotland to South Africa, an estimated million children and teenagers skipped school to participate in the global youth climate strikes. As the world’s youth gear…
Greens and Trades Unionists must work together
This is a guest post by Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, who is hosting an event today on 'Building our Green economic future', more details of which can be…
5 reasons Caroline should be speaking
Caroline Lucas hasn't been invited by the TUC to speak at the march on Saturday. If you think she should be, email 1) It's good for the message: Caroline Lucas…
False Economy reveals 50,000 NHS job losses and a diverse movement
Anti-cuts campaign website False Economy has launched officially today with woth research revealing 50,000+ job losses in the National Health Service. The words "I'll cut the deficit, not the NHS"…