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White working class have been neglected by government, admits minister...blind to these issues, or thought their only remit was to address minority issues, must re-assess the way they work.' Addressing the Trades Union Congress today, Mr Denham pointed to similarities between black and white working class... In this article: John Denham and Trades Union Congress |
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Arizona Daily Star | 1 day ago
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In this article: TUC, Arizona Wildcats, and Tucson
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FT.com - World | 2 days ago
Postal workers could strike again within weeks
...The Daily Telegraph quoted Mr Hayes' letter as saying. Earlier this month Brendan Barber, the head of union umbrella group the Trade Union Congress and a mediator in talks between the two sides, said strike action had been suspended...
In this article: Trade Union Congress, Communication Workers Union, The Daily Telegraph, and London
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Times Online | 2 days ago
Postal union warns of pre-Christmas strikes
A series of walkouts by postal workers in October left an estimated backlog of 60 million letters and parcels. Union organisation TUC was brought in to mediate talks and an interim agreement was reached on November 6, halting planned...
In this article: Royal Mail, TUC, The Sunday Times, Communication Workers Union, Britain, and Iraq
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Telegraph.co.uk - Top news | 2 days ago
Christmas postal deliveries threatened by new strike threat
...union leaders promising that millions of present and card deliveries would be unaffected. Last month Brendan Barber, the TUC general-secretary, said that the interim agreement "provides for a period of calm, free of industrial action".
In this article: TUC and Communication Workers Union
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Guardian | November 18, 2009
ABC at the TUC Stephen Beer
ABC at the TUC | Stephen Beer In his speech to the TUC, Rowan Williams called for 'self-critical awareness and concern for balanced universal welfare' guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 November 2009 16.00 GMT "Without a stable economy, the...
In this article: Rowan Williams, TUC, God, Individualism, Recession, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Christian Socialist Movement
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Wales Online | November 16, 2009
TUC chief warns of a 'zombie' economy
...economy" with a jobless recovery from the recession if public spending is cut to tackle the huge deficit, a union leader warned yesterday. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said taking the axe to public spending would have a "devastating"...
In this article: TUC, Britain, Recession, Tax, Unemployment, and Wales
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Guardian | November 16, 2009
Aggressive spending cuts would create 'zombie economy', warns TUC secretary
...public finances back to health "Slash and burn" spending cuts could sentence the UK to a decade as a Japanese-style "zombie economy," TUC general secretary Brendan Barber warned today. Speaking at the TUC's Beyond Crisis conference in...
In this article: TUC, Labour, UK, Carbon, Climate change, Alistair Darling, and Japan
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | November 15, 2009
TUC urges Government to cap tax relief for high earners
The Government should cap the amount of tax relief given to high earners, the TUC has said, claiming the move could raise GBP10bn a year. Published: 6:50AM GMT 16 Nov 2009 TUC general secretary Brendan Barber says to close the deficit...
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FT.com - Your money | November 15, 2009
TUC to propose tax relief cap for top earners
...can be claimed by those earning more than GBP100,000 a year at GBP5,000, the Trades Union Congress will propose on Monday. Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, will say that the UK economy is still far too fragile to start reducing the...
In this article: Tax, UK, and Brendan Barber
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scotsman.com - Politics | November 15, 2009
Cut tax relief for top earners and put GBP10bn into economy, TUC urges
...has been urged to cap the amount of tax relief given to high earners, with claims that the move could raise AGBP10 billion a year. The TUC said people who had fared best during the economic boom years should now pay a fairer share of...
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions. There are fifty-eight affiliated unions with a total of about 6.5 million members, around half of whom are represented by Unite or UNISON.
The TUC's decision-making body is the Annual Congress, which takes place in September. Between congresses decisions are made by the General Council, which meets every two months. An Executive Committee is elected by the Council from its members. The senior paid official of the TUC is the General Secretary, currently Brendan Barber.
- Name:
- Trades Union Congress
- Headquarters:
- Congress House, London
- Location Country:
- United Kingdom
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1868
- Key People:
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- Brendan Barber, (General Secretary);
- Dave Prentis, President
- Adam Lent, head of Economic and Social Affairs
- Sheila Bearcroft, President-elect (September 2009 onwards);
- Associated With:
- ITUC
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