Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
A TREDEGAR union rep has received recognition for her efforts on behalf of workers at the Trades Union Congress conference.
arbitrary constant (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
The Trades Union Congress is calling (subscription required) for voluntary sector organisations to be legally required to produce equality schemes. Appearing to work on the basis that "we have to do it, so why shouldn't everyone else?", the TUC clearly...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
More than one million workers will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage from Wednesday, the Trades Union Congress says.
Catholic Action UK (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Briefing: another signal of the silencing of Catholic voices on the Left. From Lifesitenews, via CFNews: The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for the total de-restriction of abortion in Britain. At its meeting in Brighton this week, the TUC announced its belief that abortion is a 'fundamental right.' Proposition 19 of the Congress documents says, 'Congress believes abortion should be legally...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The workers, disunited, will never be divided To the workers' soviet in Brighton, otherwise known as the Trades Union Congress. The bruvvers and sisters were in poisonous mood, David Cameron barely getting a mention. Venom was reserved for Gordon Brown, plus comrades in other unions. The exception was Unite - or DisUnited, as the country's biggest union should be renamed. The joint nigglers Derek...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The unions and the Liberal Democrats agree on one thing: new Labour is at the end of the road There is nothing quite like a Morning Star fringe meeting at the Trades Union Congress to remind you of how far British politics has been transformed in the past two decades. In fact, there is nothing quite like a Morning Star fringe meeting, full stop. Where else in 2008 could you hear three union leaders...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
John Harris: The Labour Party is on another planet to the Trades Union Congress
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Here's Robert again with more details of tonight's programme. Trades Union Congress Just before we go on air tonight the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown will be holding a private meeting with trade union bosses. With the unions now firmly holding Labour's purse strings what will Mr Brown's message be? Some unions are threatening strike action over pay - while delegates have voted for a "windfall tax"...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
From Pink News The Trades Union Congress has called for Joel Edwards to be removed as an Equality and Human Rights Commissioner. Mr Edwards was a controversial choice for the public body tasked with promoting a fair, equal and diverse society and tackling illegal discrimination. He is director of the Evangelical Alliance, one of the most strident voices [...]
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The Trades Union Congress has called for Joel Edwards to be removed as an Equality and Human Rights Commissioner.
David Llewellyn (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The proverbial visiting Martian, as well as all those born after about 1980, could be forgiven for wondering why the TUC meeting in Brighton gets such attention. The gathering has opened with the now traditional threat of an "[insert name of season here] of discontent", a threat wh...
lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
NEW Labour is being offered conflicted counsels on taxation by the Trades Union Congress and Lloyd's of London. That this should present a dilemma for the government is an interesting illustration of the evolution of British political life in recent decades. The TUC is meeting for its annual conference in Brighton this week, and leader Brendan Barber has been photographed on Brighton beach, standing...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The annual conference of the Trades Union Congress opens in Brighton today with a varied agenda but one that is bound to be overshadowed by continuing speculation about Gordon Brown's leadership. Although unions clearly do not wield anything like the same power within the Labour Party that they did 30 years ago, when they all but terrorised the governments of Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan, they...
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
It is an article of faith amongst the hard left that using one's god-given talents to earn as much income as possible is a sin. Sot I read that people taking home more than £100,000 a year should pay higher tax rates, the Trades Union Congress has suggested. General secretary Brendan Barber said extreme wealth was "socially divisive and morally objectionable". Oh really? The TUC says higher tax rates...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
People earning more than £100,000 a year should pay higher tax rates, the Trades Union Congress says.
