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I’ve seen how firms cheat the law to exploit workers and here’s a warning: those days are ending

For all the controversy about Labour’s policy on ‘workers’ rights’, it looks set to be a gamechanger, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Overweight people more likely to take sick leave, European study finds

Economic impact laid bare by findings has implications for UK where about two-thirds of people are overweight or obese

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Elphicke’s anti-strike stance ‘incompatible’ with Labour, says TUC president

Exclusive: Matt Wrack describes ex-Tory’s views as ‘disgraceful’ after she blamed deaths on striking firefighters

The Guardian - UK

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Scaling back Labour’s workers’ rights plan would be disastrous, warns TUC president

Reports say Sir Keir Starmer may risk union support and bow to pressure from business to amend new deal

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s ‘new deal for workers’ will not fully ban zero-hours contracts

Exclusive: Revised proposals will allow employees to choose a zero-hour option, prompting fears of undue pressure from employers

The Guardian - UK

Real terms average pay lower in most UK local authorities than in 2008, TUC finds

Union body says austerity is to blame for longest squeeze on wages since Napoleonic era with most ‘wage black spots’ in London

The Guardian - UK

BME women ‘twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men’

Research suggests BME workers are ‘significantly overrepresented’ on zero-hours contracts compared with white workers.

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GMB accused of ‘bullyboy tactics’ in alleged attempt to take over TSSA

Maryam Eslamdoust claims GMB is using in-house agreement to block staff recruitment

The Guardian - UK

The doomsters were wrong about the minimum wage. They’re wrong about Labour’s new deal for workers, too

This is a policy that could make a radical difference – as long as it’s not watered down like the green prosperity plan, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

As a black woman you are held to higher standards and criticised more harshly

The racism Diane Abbott is experiencing is not isolated

Marie Claire

International Women's Day: How is the gender pay gap in 2024?

Employers with 250 or more workers must submit to the Government information on the gender pay gap within their companies annually

Evening Standard

Cuts to public services in England will ‘reverse’ gender equality, unions warn

Women’s groups urge chancellor to ignore calls for tax cuts in next week’s spring budget

The Guardian - UK

TUC boss and retail chief call for action on wealthy tax dodgers

Paul Nowak and Julian Richer say taxes of up to £36bn a year are owed by companies and individuals

The Guardian - UK

Government urged not to resurrect fees for UK employment tribunals

Unions and workers’ groups say return of fees, scrapped in 2017, will send wrong message to employers

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‘Daylight robbery’: two in five UK teachers work 26 hours for free each week

TUC survey finds teaching staff perform the most unpaid overtime of any profession, losing out on £15,000 a year each

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Unions warn against watering down Labour reforms of workers’ rights and ban on zero-hours contracts

TUC call follows admission by CBI president that it is pushing party to soften its plans

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s sad’: is the UK real living wage under threat as Capita and BrewDog pull out?

Unions and some employers push back against claims that the pay standard is unaffordable after two years of 10% rises

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Brexit’s pint-sized ‘benefits’ are a measure of its failure

Wine in imperial measures, we are told, is ‘what leaving was all about’, while the UK struggles outside the single market

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Call to end ‘cruel’ winter rises as energy bills go up by £100 a year

Campaign groups call on regulator to abolish January bill increase, saying households are facing an ‘assault from all sides’

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Unions must resist the Tories’ new anti-strike laws – even if that means breaking the law ourselves

As the TUC meets to plan its response, my message is clear – don’t back down, says Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite

The Guardian - UK

UK anti-strike law is ‘galvanising moment’ for unions, says TUC boss

Paul Nowak calls new law ‘spiteful’ and says TUC will defend any worker who exercises their right to strike

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘trying to rewrite history’ before Covid inquiry appearance

Briefings of favourable stories to press have contained ‘usual lies and bluster’, bereaved families say

The Guardian - UK

UK union leader’s mass defiance warning over ‘attempt to ban strikes’

Fire Brigades Union chief speaks as TUC meets to discuss new minimum service laws

The Independent UK

Union backing for Labour’s New Deal for Working People

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak will call on employers to ’embrace Labour’s economic reset’ and work with unions to boost productivity and skills.

The Independent UK

Public purse losing £29m a week as a result of tax breaks for banks – TUC

The Treasury will lose at least £1.5 billion a year over the next four years, report claims.

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