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Nicola Sturgeon announces grant to help just transition to net zero

Nicola Sturgeon is to announce a £100,000 annual trade union grant to help in Scotland’s just transition to net zero. The First Minister will tell the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) annual congress in Aberdeen on Monday the money will be used ...

25 Apr 2022 at 01:25

City

Frances O’Grady quits the TUC after nine years

The general secretary of the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) is to step down after nine years at the helm. Frances O’Grady said she will leave her post at the end of the year, with a replacement elected at the TUC’s annual meeting in September. The ...

12 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Unions say millions of frontline workers face ‘another year of wages gloom’

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned the staffing crisis in the care sector will worsen if the wages of health workers are not adjusted for rising inflation. According to the union federation’s calculations, nurses are currently £2,700 ...

26 Jan 2022 at 07:25

Government must change law to prevent ‘disgraceful’ racism at work – TUC

Hundreds of thousands of black and minority ethnic employees in the UK could be at risk of racist treatment and discrimination at work, trade unions have warned. A new report published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found that two in ...

31 Aug 2022 at 23:30

Top bosses ‘earn more by Thursday afternoon than average worker will make in year’

Some five days into the new year, the average chief executive of the UK’s biggest companies will have earned as much as the average worker in the country will make for the whole of 2023, new research suggests. Data from the High Pay ...

05 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Teachers to protest in London over pay and conditions

Teachers are planning to march through the capital on Saturday to demand better pay and conditions from the Government. Members of NASUWT, The Teachers’ Union, will march alongside thousands of key workers as part of the Trade ...

18 Jun 2022 at 08:01

Scotland

Fishermen raise concerns over 17 new offshore wind projects

A fishing industry group has called for “meaningful engagement” after the announcement of 17 new offshore wind projects along Scotland’s coastline. On Monday, Crown Estate Scotland announced the results of the ScotWind ...

17 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

Fishermen raise concerns over new offshore wind projects

17 Jan 2022 at 14:56

PM prepared to make decisions ‘people may not like’ on public sector pay awards

The Prime Minister has warned he will not shy away from making decisions “people may not like” to control inflation as he again refused to commit to accepting recommendations for public sector pay rises. ...

26 Jun 2023 at 12:48

Minister refuses to commit to accepting wage recommendations by pay bodies

A health minister has said the UK Government would need to “look at what we can afford” as she refused to commit to accepting salary bumps recommended by pay bodies. Social care minister Helen Whately ...

26 Jun 2023 at 09:35

Scotland

Industrial action helped workers secure extra £2bn in pay, figures show

Figures from the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) have revealed that workers in Scotland secured more than £2 billion in pay settlements during the past year through industrial disputes. The ...

17 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Hundreds of NHS buildings in Scotland still contain deadly asbestos: Research

Patients cannot afford to wait any longer for asbestos to be removed from hospitals, it has been warned, as hundreds of health service buildings were found to still contain the potentially ...

23 Jan 2023 at 00:01

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