News Archive
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Government must end six-year wage squeeze for lowest paid workers with a bold rise in the minimum wage
6/11/2013
A bold rise in the national minimum wage (NMW) is needed next year to ease the living standards squeeze on the lowest paid workers, the TUC has warned today in its submission to the Low Pay Commission (LPC).
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New rules on bringing laden vehicles for driving tests start on Friday 15 November 2013
5/11/2013
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Still waiting for a recovery in pay
4/11/2013
At 2.5%, union-negotiated private sector pay rises in the year to July had a lower mid-point (median) value than they did in the same period a year earlier, according to the Labour Research Department (LRD).
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More large employers must commit to paying the living wage
4/11/2013
The TUC, which URTU is an affiliated member, has today welcomed the increase in the living wage rates but warned that too few large employers have committed to paying it despite an £83bn increase in their cash reserves over the last five years.
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Equal Pay Day is coming up next Thursday 7 November
31/10/2013
Next Thursday is Equal Pay Day - the day on which women effectively stop being paid for the year because of the gender pay gap.
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Older parents have childcare commitments too
30/10/2013
With two in five women over the age of 50 also the mothers of school-age children, the TUC is today urging employers to be more sympathetic to requests for flexible working and annual leave from older members of staff.
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Show Racism the Red Card and unionlearn sign joint-working agreement to combat racism through education
28/10/2013
Show Racism the Red Card and unionlearn - the TUC's learning and skills organisation - have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which commits both parties to working together to combat racism through education.
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Low-paid prudent savers will now have to raid their savings to take a bad boss to court
7/10/2013
Low paid workers who have been prudent savers will now have to raid their savings in order to take their employer to court, as a result of new restrictions in the employment tribunal fees remissions scheme coming into effect from today.
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ULR courses
2/10/2013
Your Union will be running two more ULR Training courses in November and December this year.
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National minimum wage increases
1/10/2013
The national minimum wage for adults has increased by 12p an hour to £6.31 from today.
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