Trades Union Congress (The TUC)

NEW 🚨 | We've handed in our petition to Amazon HQ - on behalf of over 30,000 people! We're calling on the company to: ▪️ Stop union busting ▪️ Recognise @GMB_union ▪️ Treat workers with respect Solidarity to Amazon workers in Coventry who are voting to unionise this week!

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We URGENTLY need an AI Employment Bill to keep pace with rapid change and to protect workers. We’re losing the race against time. We’ve today published a ready-to-go legal blueprint for regulating AI in the workplace, that includes a legal duty to: ✔ Consult trade unions on the use of high risk and intrusive AI in the workplace  ✔ Transparency when employers use AI ✔ Give job seekers and workers a human review of decisions made by AI so they can challenge unfair and discriminatory decisions ✔ Prohibit emotion recognition tech Our polling shows: 🗳 69% think employers should consult staff before implementing AI 🗳 71% of workers oppose AI making management decisions 🗳 77% oppose AI making hiring decisions 🗳 86% oppose AI making firing decisions The UK is losing the race against time to regulate AI in the workplace and becoming an international outlier on AI regulation. We urgently need protect workers from exploitation and discrimination. This should be an urgent national priority.

NHS England staff who miscarry will now receive paid leave. Workers who miscarry before 24 weeks can take 10 days paid leave, and workers who miscarry after 6 months will still be offered paid maternity leave. The policy is being rolled out nationally.

Rail fares have gone up by 4.9%. Reminder: in Germany you can use most buses, trams and trains with a €49 monthly pass.

The UK has experienced the third-largest decline in household spending among OECD countries since the onset of the pandemic. Households are spending £20BILLION less than before Covid. If UK spending had kept pace with the OECD average, the economy would be at least £84BILLION larger annually. The government has FAILED to stimulate post pandemic growth - as well as inflicting 14 years of economic STAGNATION. We are the only G7 country in recession. Time for an economic reset.

Today, women finally stop working for free. The gender pay gap of 14.3% means women work the first two months of the year unpaid. At this rate it’ll take 20 years to close the gap. Labour’s New Deal for Working People would be a huge boost for working women by: ✅ Introducing fair pay agreements in social care ✅ Banning zero-hours contracts ✅ Giving all workers a day one right to flexible work It’s clear just publishing gender pay gaps isn’t working. We need action.

Mobilise for this Sunday's Stand Up To Racism conference: Fighting for Anti Racist Workplaces. 📅 Sunday 11 Feb 📌 NEU Headquarters, Hamilton House, WC1H 9BD & online. Register: bit.ly/TUconf-2024

"The important thing is we march together." #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

Research has found that BME teachers are: • less likely to be accepted in initial teacher training • ⁠less likely to be promoted • ⁠have a lower teacher retention rate …than their white counterparts. It’s time to end the discrimination and persistent barriers that holds BME people back at work.