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Councils 'blind to white needs'...arrivals on jobs and public services. Unless councils act, these could lead to tensions and resentment, he said in a speech to the TUC. He said: "Many local agencies have a clear and good commitment to tackling racism and race inequality... In this article: John Denham, Labour, Ideology, Uncapping, TUC, Chris Grayling, and Gordon Brown |
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Daily Mail | 4 hours ago
White working class have been neglected by government, admits minister
...by Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier this month in which he said it was 'not racist' to talk about immigration. Addressing the Trades Union Congress today, Mr Denham pointed to similarities between black and white working class groups.
In this article: John Denham, Gordon Brown, Ideology, British National Party, and Labour
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Arizona Daily Star | 21 hours ago
German tourist arrested in Disney fake bomb threat
...Tucson Traffic Incidents E 5 ST/N IRVING CI ,TUC ACCIDENT NO INJURY 10:16 E BROADWAY BL/N SWAN RD ,TUC ACCIDENT NO INJURY 10:07 3702 E NEBRASKA SV ,TUC HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT NEG INJ 09:32 Hourly Update German tourist arrested in...
In this article: Disney, TUC, Dog, Leipzig, Germany, Walt Disney World, Tucson, Florida, and Nebraska
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Arizona Daily Star | 1 day ago
Arizona Wildcats volleyball: Cats to play Texas A&M in NCAA tourney
Most Recent Tucson Traffic Incidents E AJO WY/S KINO PW ,TUC TRAFFIC HAZARD 14:24 E GOLF LINKS RD/S KOLB RD ,TUC ACCIDENT UNKNOWN INJURIES 14:19 N COUNTRY CLUB RD/E GLENN ST ,TUC HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT NEG INJ 13:18
In this article: TUC, Arizona Wildcats, and Tucson
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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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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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