Action for pay.(NEWS)

Community Practitioner;  October 1, 2008 ;     231 words ...Unite showed its support for the TUC campaign against the government's public...Unite will play its part in the TUC campaign, and will build support for its...Unite held a number of regional activist meetings last month to consult on the type...take.' For details of last month's ...

Health and safety blitz to prevent tragedies.

The Birmingham Post (England);  April 28, 2000 ;     255 words ......industry. Players from soccer club West Ham United backed the TUC campaign, which was launched to mark International Workers Memorial...is to play safe at work, which is why we are backing the TUC campaign.' Young workers can find out about their rights via a TUC...

Managers back call on hours.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  February 19, 2008 ;     47 words ...MANAGERS are supporting a TUC campaign against the UK's long-hours culture after research today showed that senior staff put in around 40 extra days a year to cope with...

Stand up and be counted: in an open letter, Unite urges members to carry...

Community Practitioner;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......for renegotiations to open now. Activist meetings This month, we are organising activist meetings in each Unite region. We shall be...three-year pay deal. These regional activist meetings will be held jointly with colleagues...

TUC's rights campaign.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  February 23, 2000 ;     68 words ...Workers have been urged to learn about their legal rights as part of a TUC campaign to publicise the growing number of employment-related entitlements. A new leaflet was published yesterday, detailing rights ranging...

Know your rights plea to workers

Evening Mail;  February 23, 2000 ;     98 words ...WORKERS were today urged to learn about their legal rights as part of a TUC campaign to publicise the growing number of employment- related entitlements. A new leaflet was published, detailing rights ranging from...

Know your rights plea to workers.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  February 23, 2000 ;     97 words ...WORKERS were today urged to learn about their legal rights as part of a TUC campaign to publicise the growing number of employment-related entitlements. A new leaflet was published, detailing rights ranging from...

Stand up and be counted

Community Practitioner;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......for renegotiations to open now. Activist meetings This month, we are organising activist meetings in each Unite region. We shall be...three-year pay deal. These regional activist meetings will be held jointly with colleagues...

Social Scene Dirty business;JUST THE JOB

Evening Standard - London;  February 5, 2001 ;     266 words ...THE UK's dirtiest workplaces will come under the scrutiny of a new TUC campaign tackling the issue of dangerous chemicals, dust and fumes at work. The campaign will use the Control of Substances Hazardous to...

TUC watch call centres.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 18, 2001 ;     61 words ......centre staff who feel their workplaces are Britain's 21st century sweatshops will soon be able to name and shame bad bosses. A TUC campaign intends to highlight bosses offering poor working conditions and low wages by setting up a telephone hotline. The huge growth...

Staff 'work 40 extra days a year'

The Independent - London;  February 19, 2008 ;     86 words ......questioned in the Chartered Management Institute's study regularly work over their contracted hours. The study coincides with a TUC campaign urging workers to stick to their hours, after it calculated that if staff worked all their unpaid overtime from the start...

Public service pension protest.(Business)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 16, 2005 ;     94 words ......workers across Wales will protest against the Government's proposed cuts to public service pensions on Friday as part of a TUC campaign day across the UK. Culminating in rallies across Wales, public service workers, including paramedics, nurses, cleaners and...

Agency workers seek help; BUSINESS.(Business)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 24, 1999 ;     76 words ......workers. Three-quarters of the callers were non-union members complaining about working conditions and being refused basic working rights. The TUC campaign coincided with the launch of the government consultation on new rights for agency workers.

Feeling the benefit of flexible working There are many advantages to being...

Evening Standard - London;  May 25, 1999 ;     700+ words ......flexibility that temporary workers can offer. Indeed, the TUC campaign was born as a result of some agencies and employers not following...effect has been less dramatic than initially thought." The TUC campaign is an important contribution to help agency workers understand...

Ready for action: at meetings up and down the country, members have been...

Community Practitioner;  October 1, 2008 ;     700 words ......number of public sector Unite members attending regional activist meetings have been sharing their outrage over the 'derisory' pay...reject the pay deal earlier in the summer.' Members speak up Activist meetings were on-going as this issue went to press, but feedback...