The Confederation of British Industry (CBI [1]) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC [2]) both issued their own ‘budget submissions’ that sought to influence government policy ahead of the April 2009 budget statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling. [1] http://www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs
A steady stream of major job loss announcements continued to be made in the UK between 1 March and 12 April 2009, including the following high profile cases:
From 12 January to 11 February 2009, the UK was again hit by very high levels of announced job losses. In this period, the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM [1]) recorded 25,244 announced job losses in the UK, making it the EU Member State most affected by job losses during this period. In the
The UK commerce sector has recently been struck by several large-scale cases of job loss. Since 1 December 2008, the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM [1]) has recorded 34,582 announced job losses altogether within the sector (see ERM factsheets [2] for details). Over 90% of these job cuts are
A report entitled Talent not tokenism (1.2Mb PDF) [1] was published in June 2008 by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI [2]) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC [3]), in conjunction with the UK independent statutory body the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC [4]). The report aims to
On 25 September 2008, the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC [1]) and two Polish trade union confederations signed a protocol in London, strengthening the ties between the organisations and committing them to work more closely with one another. The two Polish unions are the Independent and Self-Governing
In June 2008, the Trades Union Congress (TUC [1]) published a report, entitled The return of the long hours culture (2.2Mb PDF) [2], highlighting the increasing incidence of long working hours among UK workers. The report is based on the TUC’s analysis of UK government data. Data were collected and
Over three days from 26 July to 28 July 2008, the ruling UK Labour Party’s national policy forum met at the University of Warwick to discuss the content of the party manifesto for the next general election. The forum enables party leaders to consult local party members and representatives of
On 4 June 2008, about 600 fuel tanker drivers at the two haulage companies Hoyer UK Ltd and Suckling Transport Ltd, the sole suppliers of petrol to the UK forecourts of the multinational oil group Shell, voted for a four-day strike after their demand for a 13% wage increase was rejected by their
On 16 and 17 July 2008, workers in the public sector at local government level held a two-day strike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland over the local government employers’ offer of a 2.45% pay rise. The proposed pay increase was in line with the government’s target for below-inflation public