TUC LGBT+ conference, 2022
Delegates backed an NUJ motion in support of the BBC and Channel 4, and the conference’s main theme was trans rights.
Disabled workers face “living standards emergency”
Latest Office of National Statistics figures show disabled workers now earn on average £1.93 per hour less than non-disabled employees.
It’s Women’s Pay Day
The average woman effectively works for free for nearly two months of the year compared to the average man, according to analysis published by the TUC.
TUC report finds seven in 10 disabled women say they have been sexually harassed at work
A survey found 68 per cent had been harassed, with one in eight leaving their jobs because of this.
TUC calls for long Covid to be recognised as a disability
The condition needs to recognised as an occupational disease, to give workers access to legal protections and compensation.
Trade union leaders tell PM to reject ‘insulting’ report and act on race equality at work
The NUJ has signed an open letter to Boris Johnson rejecting the report from the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities.
TUC: institutional racism exists in the UK labour market and society
Commenting on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report, Frances O’Grady, TUC general secretary said:
Six in 10 Covid-19 deaths have been disabled people
Disabled workers have found themselves on the pandemic’s brutal frontline, Frances O’Grady, TUC general secretary, told the Disabled Workers’ Conference.
Media industry must publish its gender pay gap data this spring
The NUJ has called for the media, publishing and communications industries to prove their commitment to equality by publishing their gender pay gaps this spring, and not the new deadline of October.
Job not yet done on support needed by self-employed, says TUC
Unions continue to lobby the Treasury over unfair deal for freelances.
