The TUC welcomes the Labour Government’s 10-year Child Poverty Strategy and its efforts to address high child poverty levels. Measures such as ending the two-child limit, expanding free school meals ...

The Employment Rights Act 2025 repeals major parts of the Trade Union Act 2016. These changes take effect from 18 February 2026. Strong collective bargaining rights and unions are key to tackling ...

For generations, trade unions have fought for a better balance between work and life. It’s time for the next step: a four-day working week with no loss of pay for all.

Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) is a national, month-long campaign held every November. Its mission is to celebrate the positive contributions of Muslims in the UK and to raise awareness of ...

New analysis published by the TUC shows that earnings gulf between disabled and non-disabled workers remains significant at £2.24 an hour. That means disabled employees working 35 hours a week have to ...

Despite having a 38 year career as a public servant, Diane continues to be subjected to horrific levels of misogynoir which comes as threats of sexual assault, rape and murder. This is a stark ...

The Conservative Party’s latest flirtation with withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not just a reckless political stunt, it’s a direct threat to the rights and freedoms ...

The UK faces a growing crisis in young people’s labour market participation with rising numbers out of education, employment and training and for those in employment, too many are trapped in low paid, ...

Between 2011 and 2024, the BME employment rate increased by 10 percentage points from 58.9 percent to 68.8 percent, and the employment gap with white workers reduced from 13 percentage points to 7.8 ...

Is it getting too hot to work? In the week of 14 – 20 July, the TUC is inviting union health and safety reps to inspect their workplace temperatures. Let’s take a collective temperature check, and use ...

- About the TUC: The Trades Union Congress (TUC) exists to make the working world a better place for everyone. We bring together the 5.5 million working people who make up our 48 member unions. We ...

The Worker Protection Act will come into effect on 26 October 2024. Employers will need to take a proactive and preventative approach to protecting their employees from workplace sexual harassment.