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The Trades Union Congress
With member unions representing over six and a half million working people,
the TUC campaigns for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.
unionlearn
The
unionlearn website contains a wealth of information and advice to help union
learning reps be more effective in the workplace. The website is the place
to find up to the minute news, views and articles. The site makes available
key materials, resources and publications, many of which are free and an
online course directory lists a wide range of specialist training courses
for union reps and officers.
UNIONREPS
Being
a rep can be a lonely job, with 40 per cent of unionised workplaces having
just one person to cover the role. This online community brings together
thousands of reps from nearly all of the TUC's unions, who use the discussion
boards to swap ideas and get help and support on their daily work as a rep.
workSMART
workSMART
from the TUC is a one stop shop for everything to do with your job – from
legal briefings to careers guidance. It should be a first stop for
anyone with a question about their legal rights, health and pensions issues.
Union Ideas Network
Making
links between unions and the academic community, this new site is helping
to start a real dialogue on the future of trade unionism in the UK. Read
the latest research and share your own ideas.
Union Learning Fund
The
Union Learning Fund (ULF) provides funding to help trade unions use their
influence with employers, employees and others to encourage greater take-up
of learning at work, and boost their capacity as learning organisations.
Union History
The
Union Makes Us Strong: TUC History Online is a partnership initiative between
London Metropolitan University and the Trades Union Congress with digitised
photo and document resources from Trade Union history.
Cutting
the Cost of Child Poverty
According to TUC research, child poverty alone costs everyone in the UK £600
a year. Government can find the money to meet the £4 billion cost of meeting
its pledge to halve child poverty by 2010 by closing the tax loophole that allows
many of the super-rich to avoid tax by closing non-domiciliary status.
It's
About Time
The TUC's It's About Time campaign aims to put long hours and work/life balance
at the top of the workplace agenda.
NHS Together
NHS Together brings together all the health unions (including those who are not
affiliated to the TUC - the BMA, RCN and RCM) together with the TUC to defend
the NHS.
Pay Up For Pensions
There's
a growing pensions crisis. Too many employers are shutting good schemes, and
many people now have no access to any kind of company pension. Both major parties
want to reduce the state's role in providing for retirement. People are living
longer, while the stock market falls. Find out what's happening, and how
the TUC is campaigning to Pay Up For Pensions
One
in Five
Some
5.3million workers in Britain today – one in five – could be classed
as ‘vulnerable’. These are the workers that both unions and government
have to do more to support. It’s time to bring the problems faced by Britain’s ‘one
in five’ vulnerable workers out into the open, and most importantly,
begin to tackle them.
Speak Up For Public Services
Speak
up for Public Services brings together the TUC public services unions to call
for fair pay in the public sector.
Stronger Unions
The TUC’s Organising & Recruitment Team works to support union efforts
to meet the organising challenge and organise the next generation of union members
and activists. This blog records the work of the Organising & Recruitment
team and provides links to news and information related to union organising.
Touchstone
Pamphlets
TOUCHSTONE
PAMPHLETS are a series of research reports designed to provoke debate, develop
new ideas and influence longer-term policy thinking in government, parliament
and amongst affiliates. They are not statements of TUC policy but instead are
designed to inform and stimulate debate on the most pressing issues facing
British policymakers.
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