Trades Union Congress (Tuc)

Happy International Youth Day!
Young trade unionist Jake O'Malley has recruited hundreds of members for GMB Union and led several campaigns for fair pay and better terms. Read his story here. #YouthDay #SafeSpaces4Youth #IYD2018 #TUC150 https://bit.ly/2vxO1Aj

Happy International Youth Day! Read how young trade unionist and professional footballer Kirsty Mcgee is helping encourage younger girls to build careers away from the pitch. ⚽ #YouthDay #SafeSpaces4Youth #IYD2018 #TUC150 https://bit.ly/2M8OJ1m

Are your rights at work safe in her hands?

Happy Pride to all those celebrating at events around the country this weekend! Unions are powerful - they make sure LGBT+ people are treated fairly and with respect at work. Join one today: https://www.tuc.org.uk/find-union-you ❤️💙💚💛🧡💜 #TUCPride

We should not accept weak growth as the new normal. Today’s feeble GDP figures are the result of bad economic management - ministers must wake up and take urgent action to invest and support the economy.

"I’m the only person in my family ever to go to university. I started off believing I couldn’t write a 200-word essay and now I know there’s nothing I can’t do."
Steve Croke left school with no qualifications. Today, he’s a lead union learning rep for CWU – with a degree in Trade Union and Labour Studies. Read his inspirational story here: https://bit.ly/2KFMHzZ #TUC150

The clock is ticking...⏰

“I hate injustice and inequality because we’re all the same and I firmly believe that if something is wrong then challenge it.” Pauline Cawood has been a train driver for 20 years and was one of the first members of Aslef's Women’s Committee. #TUC150 https://bit.ly/2OTVaDg

Are you under 35? Ever been harassed at work by a customer, client, patient or contractor? We want to know what your boss did – or didn’t do – to help. Share your story anonymously: https://bit.ly/2Kh9kul

How hot is your office? We're calling for a maximum workplace temperature of 30°C (or 27°C for strenuous work), with employers forced to introduce cooling measures when the temperature hits 24°C.

The Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates to 0.75% is bad for working people. With wage growth stalling we need action to boost the economy, not rein it in:

10 things you need to know about formidable trade union leader Jack Jones - once regarded as the most powerful man in Britain. https://bit.ly/2LInzOr #TUC150

Japan’s ambassador to the UK, April 2018: “If...you need to invest more and build more cars in the UK today there will be questions, and those are questions that are very difficult to answer today with certainty and therefore decisions are put off.” Time to end the Brexit uncertainty:

Tomorrow the Bank of England will annouce its latest decision on interest rates. With wage growth stalling, we think a rate rise would hit workers hard:

Liam Fox is in Tokyo today trying to sell a post-Brexit trade vision that even his own party can't agree on. What workers in Japan and the UK really want is an end to the Brexit uncertainty and a deal that will protect jobs and rights:

People are withdrawing record amounts from their pensions. Here's why that doesn't bode well for the future:

"We believe the best way forward is for the UK to remain a member of the single market and a customs union"

If you get a poor deal for your pensions annuity, it could impact the rest of your life. That's why reviving flawed plans for a secondary annuity market is a bad idea: