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Former Trade Union Congress boss joins Labour benches in House of Lords

FORMER Trades Union Congress boss Frances O’Grady has taken her seat on the red benches in the House of Lords.

The National (Scotland)

End UK’s non-dom tax status, new TUC boss tells Rishi Sunak

Exclusive: Paul Nowak condemns tax rules and hails Labour’s ‘credible programme for government’

The Independent UK

Struggling workers suffer worst wage growth in 50 years as Tories refuse pay deals

And as industrial action grows across the country, No10 was accused of deliberately scuppering pay deals to pick a fight with those trying to improve poor wages

Daily Mirror

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Strike summit blasts government 'picking fight with unions' to hide economic failures

The Mirror this evening hosted a summit of Union bosses in our headquarters to answer questions from readers as thousands of workers prepare to walk out in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror

Wages suffer biggest hit in almost half a century as prices spiral

Figures from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) show that once the rising cost of living is taken into account, wages have fallen by 3% in 2022 - the biggest drop since 1977

Daily Mirror

TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal

Sacking of nearly 800 crew in favour of low-paid agency workers in March led to calls for loopholes to be closed in seafarers’ wages bill

The Guardian - UK

Minister backs curbing right to strike of more public sector workers in UK

Education secretary Gillian Keegan suggests NHS staff could be put on same footing as police officers and military

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Unions tell ministers to stop ‘hiding behind’ pay review bodies in strike talks

TUC and Unison say government is not negotiating in good faith, while PM accuses union leaders of being ‘unreasonable’

The Guardian - UK

Union leader urges troops not to ‘strike break’ ahead of airports walkout

Call comes as TUC boss demands ‘meaningful’ talks on pay with chancellor Jeremy Hunt

The Independent UK

UK staff to have right to ask for flexible working from day one in job

Legislation brought forward but unions say government could go further to make it ‘the norm’

The Guardian - UK

‘Enough is enough’: wave of strikes led by ‘fantastic’ women, says Frances O’Grady

As she steps down, outgoing TUC general secretary says female workers’ jobs are undervalued

The Guardian - UK

Frances O’Grady's deep personal pain serves as a reminder of trade union movement roots

Family obligations continue to fuel Frances O’Grady, the passionate General Secretary of the TUC, who is coping with the loss of her beloved sister Kathleen

Daily Mirror

UK Government must ‘pull its weight’ to protect Qatar workers – TUC

Qatari employers are ‘out of control’, the Trade Union Congress has warned on the eve of the World Cup.

The Independent UK

Huge scale of workers' 'forced labour' abuse in Qatar uncovered on the eve of World Cup

The UK's Trade Union Congress (TUC) says it has found evidence of widespread wage theft and workers forced to pay extortionate recruitment fees in order to help the Gulf State prepare for the tournament

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The Independent UK

Pound falls as Jeremy Hunt announces tax rising Autumn Budget

The pound fell 0.9 per cent as the chancellor delivered the long-awaited Autumn Statement

The Independent UK

NHS workers facing real terms pay cut, TUC warns

Unions react to reports of a 2% limit on pay rises in the public sector next year.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak told public services need £43bn a year to ‘stand still’

Frontline services ‘short-staffed and overwhelmed’, say TUC

Daily Mirror

'Disabled workers earn £3,700 less each year - the government must close the wage gap'

Rachel Charlton-Dailey writes that the pay gap varies from industry to industry, but is worst in the finance sector where disabled people earn on average £5.90 an hour less than non-disabled employees

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The Guardian - UK

Pay of FTSE 100 chief executives rose an average of 23% in 2022

Campaigners and TUC say rise to almost £4m is unjustifiable during cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

NHS staff, teachers and shop workers say public ‘need a voice’ with general election now

‘I believe we are the absolute laughing stock of the world at the moment,’ NHS caterer says

The Independent UK

Unions call for general election now as number of key workers’ children growing up in poverty revealed

TUC research reveals ‘rampant’ need among frontline staff as 28 per cent of children with care worker parents grow up in poverty

The Guardian - UK

One in four children of UK care workers living in poverty, TUC finds

Figure represents 220,000 children, with union adding many families of nurses and public transport workers also in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 2m public sector workers close to quitting over pay, says TUC

Frances O’Grady says YouGov survey shows key workers who got UK through Covid face more ‘pay misery’

Evening Standard

Unions issue child labour warning over India trade deal

More jobs could be outsourced “leading to a race to the bottom”, the TUC said

The Independent UK

India trade deal ‘would open UK to goods produced by child labour and modern slavery’

Britain’s TUC and Indian unions alike have raised concerns about deteriorating work conditions for workers, low pay and exploitation

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