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Beckie Hart has her say.

What CBI and TUC's new Health and Work taskforce hopes to achieve: Beckie Hart

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said: “The right to strike is a fundamental British liberty, but the Government is threatening to sack workers for exercising that basic right.”

Government threatens tax rises if it caves in to union demands

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

UK firefighters’ strike 2023: everything you need to know

Aslef is one of four unions striking on 1 February

TUC organise ‘Right to Strike Day’ on February 1

The Archbishop of York has joined forces with politicians, trade unions and countryside campaigners to call for better buses across North Yorkshire.

Archbishop joins campaign to bring North Yorkshire buses under local control

General Secretary of TUC Frances O'Grady

Unions have called for a £15 minimum wage ahead of mass strikes

helping out: So many families need grandparents to step into the breach.

Let’s not take for granted the vital role of our grandparents - Sarah Coles

Last week, the Bank of England raised interest rates to 1% as it warned the economy will go into reverse and inflation will peak at more than 10% as the Ukraine war compounds a crippling cost-of-living crisis.

Insecure, low-paid work could be costing the Government billions - Greg Wright

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak's economic record continues to come under scrutiny.

Don’t let this red-tape stifle levelling up; here’s why – John Longworth

What does the use of food banks say about Britain's economy?

Why key workers deserve the fairer wages they merit – Yorkshire Post Letters

Chancellor Rishi Sunak should 'get around the table' with unions over the end of the furlough scheme, claims Frances O'Grady.

Sunak 'not listening' to concerns over end of furlough, warns Frances O'Grady

Analysis from the York- based Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the TUC shows the majority of those who will be affected by the cut in Yorkshire and the Humber are working families.
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Yorkshire families on verge of poverty if benefits press ahead, Govt warned

Bus policy will be a major priority for West Yorkshire's new mayor, says the TUC.

How TUC and unions will judge West Yorkshire mayor – Bill Adams

At the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Yorkshire conference this weekend, members supported a statement by its regional council that a split based on the existing model of North Yorkshire and the City of York "causes the least disruption to services and staff and allows continuity of services for the vast majority". Pic: James Hardisty

TUC says splitting up North Yorkshire councils 'would lead to major disruption'

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This is when offices could reopen in England - according to government plans

60 per cent of applications to the self isolation payment scheme have been rejected in Yorkshire, new figures show. Pictured: Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Self-isolation payments not working for low-income workers in Yorkshire, say TUC

In his spending review last year, Chancellor and North Yorkshire MP Rishi Sunak imposed a "pause" in pay rises for at least 1.3 million public sector workers as he described the "tough choices" facing the UK in the face of the pandemic.

These Yorkshire areas could be worst hit by public sector pay rises being paused

Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary. Photo: JPI Media

Frances O'Grady: 'Women need a proper wage as much as any man'

The Government has been urged to act of social care funding. Picture: PA

Yorkshire council with biggest drop in adult social care spend urges Government ...

Bill Adams, the Yorkshire regional secretary of the TUC.
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Clarity needed on arts funding to avoid more job losses, unions say

Levels of bus patronage have been declining over the years and dropped dramatically during lockdown.

West Yorkshire leaders consider spending £150k to help bus franchising decision
Political leaders in West Yorkshire are being asked to spend up to £150,000 to help decide whether the county's struggling bus services could be taken under public control.

Bill Adams, the Yorkshire regional secretary of the TUC.
Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Government - not councils - should fund Welcome to Yorkshire, TUC claims

Rishi Sunak has announced a pay rise for those employed in the public sector (Getty Images)

Public sector pay rise: government’s wage increase for nurses, teachers and poli...

TUC Yorkshire regional secretary Bill Adams. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

The Yorkshire district where 41% of workers are on coronavirus support schemes

Yorkshire TUC regional secretary Bill Adams. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

'Running public services like a business left us totally unprepared for virus'

Most parents are still cautious about sending their child back to nursery. Pic: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Nurseries are at risk of collapse due to 'disgraceful' treatment from Government

The TUC said that without an urgent increase, unemployment support will be lower in real terms during the current outbreak than during the mass unemployment peaks of the 1980s and 1990s. Picture: Chris Young/PA Wire

Boost Universal Credit to stop families being 'plunged into poverty'

Many people have heeded warnings and are staying at home Picture: PA

The 'short, sharp shock’ is our best hope of halting the coronavirus pandemic - ...

Workers who earn below the real living wage in Leeds could get a pay rise

One in 10 Leeds workers might be about to get a pay rise. Is that you?

Councillors must take buses back into public control says union

Improving Yorkshire’s ‘dire’ buses ‘will help climate’

The recent Extinction Rebellion protest in Leeds raised awareness about climate change - while causing major disruption on the city's roads.

Why we must all stand up and be counted in Global Strike for Climate – Judith Ma...

The TUC is pledging to uphold the rights of young workers.

Sacrifices made for future generation in defeating Nazis, activists and bullies ...
From: Peter O’Hara, managing director, O’Hara & Co, Huddersfield Road, Birstall, Batley.

The TUC is launching a new campaign on behalf of young workers.

How the TUC will stand up for the rights of young workers in Yorkshire – Gareth ...

Bill Adams, Yorks & Hum TUC, at the Yorkshire shadow MPC meeting at Lee & Priestley, Wast Parade, Leeds. March 4, 2008.
Picture Bruce Rollinson

'˜Generational pay gap' rises by a third as young hit most

'For the sake of workers and jobs, we must stay in the EU single market' - TUC c...

Alarm mounts over heroin: The week that was September 5 to 11, 1995.

Bill Adams: No transport revolution without devolution

Prime Minister Theresa May

Backlash over Government plans to crack down on corporate excess

Do you support driver only trains?

YP Letters: Firm's new trains on order will be driver-only

Rail operator Northern has defended its industrial relations record.

YP Letters: Northern rail is investing in trains and staff

TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady

Review into gig economy attacked '¨as '˜feeble'

Rising numbers of children are seeking help due to exam stress, according to Childline. Picture: PA.

Leeds children missing school

Jonathan Oxley

Worrying rise in staff on zero-hour contracts

A new TUC report points to growth in "insecure" work in Yorkshire

Unions point to rise in 'insecure' work

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Millions of workers across UK '˜are donating unpaid overtime to companies'

BT. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Former TUC head appointed to BT's Openreach

Greg Clark

Labour claims new company rules will not stop a repeat of scandals like BHS coll...

Jeremy Corbyn is unfit to govern, says Bernard Ingham.

Bernard Ingham: Neither candidate is fit to lead Labour so who will step up?

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1 in 2 women face harassment in the workplace

Frances O'Grady

TUC claims Brexit will hit the NHS

TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady

Unions warn of Brexit protection loss

Debate about the EU referendum is intensifying.

YP Letters: Black hole of the EU's finances

CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn (Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)

Companies must publish gender pay gap

TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady.

Frances O'Grady: Unions vital to strong economy for all

TUC figures show the impact of planned tax credit cuts in Yorkshire

Yorkshire cost of tax credit cuts

The Campaign for Better Transport wants rising profits to be invested in better services

Use rising rail profits to invest in railways call

Today is National Stress Awareness Day

Drax power station

Carbon action needed to save jobs - report

A member of the picket inspecting the police outside the Orgreave Coking plant near Rotherham during the miners' dispute, as the miners' strike started in Yorkshire in early March 1984

Reform of strike laws ‘smacks of 1930s Germany’, unions

The Houses of Parliament.

More than half of all households receive more in benefits than they pay in tax