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Half a million missing out on overtime cash
London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
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In summer 2008 just under 4.5 million people were working extra hours for cash...According to the figures, the situation's particularly bad for 20 to 24-year-olds. Aaron Moore, 24, works at a water purification company in Bristol and has always done well...
Tags: Aaron Moore, paid overtime, United Kingdom, London, Labour relations, Working time, TUC, Overtime, Employment compensation, Employment law, Labor history, Labor
Aggressive spending cuts would create 'zombie economy', warns TUC secretary
London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
Credibility Speaking at the TUC's Beyond Crisis conference in London, about how to kick-start the UK economy, Barber said tacking the public deficit prematurely could choke off recovery before it begins. "Yes, in the long-term, Britain's public debt is unsustainable...
Tags: zombie economy, TUC, spending cuts, Pat McFadden, Brendan Barber, United Kingdom, London, Sustainable development, Labour Party, Business Finance, Just Transition, Unemployment, Low-carbon economy
Cut tax relief for top earners and put £10bn into economy, TUC urges
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
Credibility The TUC said people who had fared best during the economic boom years should now pay a fairer share of tax. The union organisation pressed for a limit on the tax relief available to those earning more than £100,000 a year...The report said people earning...
Tags: tax relief, TUC, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Tax resistance, Tax avoidance and tax evasion, Social Issues, Business Finance
Union mulls post strike decision
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Union chiefs will meet on Wednesday afternoon to discuss any progress made during talks with Royal Mail. If no deal on working conditions and pay is reached, up to 120,000 CWU members will stage three 24-hour strikes from Thursday. Talks between the two...
Tags: TUC, Royal Mail, Communication Workers Union, post strike, Postal Strike Decision, postal union, general secretary, CWU, talks aimed
Fresh Hopes Ahead Of Postal Strike Talks
Brussels :: Belgium | about 1 month ago
Credibility Two 24-hour strikes last week have already led to a backlog of around 30 million items of mail. Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier said he hoped "common sense" would prevail when leaders of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) resume talks with...
Tags: Adam Crozier, Royal Mail, postal strike, Communication Workers Union, chief executive, TUC, Mr Blair
Postal workers begin clearing strike backlog
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Postal workers today began clearing a huge backlog of millions of items of mail as the latest wave of strikes ended, with little sign of any fresh moves to break a deadlocked ro over jobs, pay and modernisation. Two 24-hour walkouts on Thursday and Friday...
Tags: British Royal Mail, postal worker, TUC, Postal, postal strike, worker begin, London
Ban Vows Support For Palestinian Efforts
Jerusalem :: Israel | 2 months ago
Credibility I strongly support the Palestinian Authority’s plan to complete the building of the state apparatus for Palestine in two years, and pledge the UN’s full assistance,” Mr. Ban said in a message to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee that was delivered by B. Lynn...
Tags: Israel Iranian, Israeli, TUC, Israel, Jerusalem
The recession may be over, but the number without work won't stop rising
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility It may seem an economic paradox, but when economies resume growth, unemployment keeps on rising relentlessly, possibly for years. It is as though the war is over but austerity and rationing remain. Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, said...
Tags: TUC, United Kingdom, Liverpool
Britain’s unions commit to boycott of Israeli settler goods
Britain ’s trade union movement has voted overwhelmingly to support a boycott of goods made and grown in illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank. The motion passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool...
Tags: Palestine, Israel, settlements, boycott, TUC, trade unions
Spending cuts necessary, Brown to tell TUC
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility spending cuts are necessary As poll finds half of voters think 'literally anyone' from Labour ranks would make a better leader than Brown, PM will acknowledge need to reduce spending Gordon Brown will say he will have to reduce spending in some areas...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Mr Brown, TUC, New Labour, Admit Labour, prime minister, spending cut, United Kingdom, Liverpool
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