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Drivers are set to take action next month (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

LNER train drivers to strike for five days in pay dispute

BP's profit haul was more than half a billion pounds more than expected in the opening quarter of the year as the business continued to benefit from elevated energy prices.

Huge BP profit of $5bn in just three months sparks outrage and praise

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 Bank of England in London has the nickname of The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Interest rates: Bank of England's inflation obsession could prove painful

The TUC warns that energy bills will continue to soar

TUC: Energy bills 'will cost two months’ wages next year

Michael Matheson, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport at the Scottish Government, warned that cost of living crisis could result in "lives being lost".

Leader - Vulnerable may sink in ‘perfect storm’

Families will face rocketing bills.

Cost of living protest set for Glasgow as low-income families face higher bills

Parents are again set to face issues with working and home schooling their children as schools do not reopen after the Christmas break as scheduled.

Union calls for employers to offer furlough to parents while schools closed

TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said employers were putting women's lives and the health of their unborn babies at risk (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Coronavirus crisis no excuse for discrimination in workplace – leader comment

A pregnant businesswoman types out an email on a laptop

A quarter of pregnant women face discrimination during Covid-19 crisis

The Secret Garden nursery in Fife is among the outdoor nurseries in Scotland which are not yet opening, despute a relaxation in the lockdown.

Outdoor nurseries remain closed as managers seek clarification over government g...

Government must invest in further education, training and jobs schemes, says Richard Leonard (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Why Scotland must act to prevent a youth unemployment crisis – Richard Leonard

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Chancellor Rishi Sunak extends furlough scheme until end of October

Commuters return to work in Milan, Italy. Britain is facing a similar challenge to get employees back into work and to restart the UK economy. Picture: Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP

Unions sound alarm over leaked coronavirus plan to get UK back to work

Employers have been told to pay workers sick pay 'from day one' during coronavir...

In a speech today, Tom Watson will call from deputy leader Tom Watson for a second referendum before any general election.Picture: Getty Images

Labour deputy leader calls for second referendum before general election

Speaking ahead of the opening of the TUC Congress in Brighton, Ms OGrady urged MPs to call Boris Johnsons bluff

Trade union leader attacks ‘untrustworthy’ Boris Johnson

Richard Gardiner, partner at TC Debt Solutions, is calling on the Scottish Government to promote DAS more widely. Picture: Contributed

Dunfermline advisor urges government action as debt reaches record high

A four day working week has proved to be beneficial to productivity in places it has been introduced (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why you should be allowed to have Wednesdays off work

Theresa May arrives in Brussels on the first day of an EU summit focused on Brexit (Picture: Aris Oikonomou/AFP/Getty)

Brexit: The UK is in real danger so sign the petition! – leader comment

Demonstrators protest over working conditions and the use of zero-hour contracts at burger chain McDonald's. Picture: Getty

Nearly 2m people on zero-hours contracts

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MPs seek to '˜make it real' on single market

Employers believe it is acceptable to ask interviewees about their family plans.

Employers believe it is reasonable to ask women about pregnancy plans in job int...

The move will give new employment rights to millions of workers. Picture: TSPL

Law shake-up to give workers power in '˜gig economy'

The TUC says 2018 will be another tough year for living standards

Real wages will continue to fall in 2018, warns TUC

Sir Gavin Laird, centre, addresses a meeting at the Singer sewing machine factory in Clydebank in 1978.

Sir Gavin Laird CBE: Progressive voice in the trade union movement

Trade unions have warned about the impact of a no-deal Brexit. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images

Cabinet hears no-deal Brexit plan as TUC warns of '˜horror show'

Staff from McDonald's restaurants rally after voting in favour of industrial action amid concerns over zero-hour contracts. Picture: Philip Toscano/PA

Trade unions look to younger workers to boost declining membership

How many of these graduates will end up underemployed?

David Bone: Don't join the ranks of the underemployed

The billions spent on flowers dont say much about womens real status in the family. Picture: Getty/iStockphoto

Dani Garavelli: Mother's Day can't make up for the other 364

Loch 1 SA : Loch - Employment Law

Office Manager Loraine Pointer, Chris Phillips (Partner) and Managing Partner Pam Loch with the background of Edinburgh, from Calton Hill and Arthurs Seat

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When is a gig economy '˜gig' in fact a regular job?

By today, top bosses will have raked in more than the average worker earns all year, according to the High Pay Centre. Picture: John Devlin

'˜Fat Cat Wednesday' shines spotlight on executive pay

The Living Wage is to increase in 2017. Stock image

National Living Wage to increase to Â£7.50 by April 2017

Ronnie Coulter, right, was found guilty of murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar.

Man guilty of 1998 murder of waiter Surjit Singh Chhokar

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 07: Sports Direct International founder Mike Ashley arrives to attend a select committee hearing at Portcullis house on June 7, 2016 in London, England. Mike Ashley is to face the Business, Innovations and Skills Parliamentary Select Committee on working practices at his Sports Direct Shirebrook Warehouse in Derbyshire. In a letter to his staff he admitted that the centre needed 'improvements' after investigations found that staff had been paid less than the minimum wage and ambulances had been called to the complex 76 times in two years as staff were 'too scared' to call in sick. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Direct approach shifts zero hours debate

The Scottish unemployment rate is now 5.2%. Picture: Jane Barlow

Martin Flanagan: Too early to tell Brexit jobs impact

NHS staff will be among more than 900,000 working on Christmas Day. Picture: Getty Images

More than 900,000 set to work on Christmas Day in UK

If your child is too ill to go to school, then parents are entitled to take time off work. Picture: PA

The legal right parents are entitled to if your child is too ill for school

Most pay deals will remain at 2% next year, researchers said. Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Pay awards poised to remain at 2% next year

Pickets at the 2008 Grangemouth dispute. Under the proposed legislation, trade unions will have to give employers 14 days notice of industrial action. Picture: Ian Rutherford

What will changes to trade union legislation mean?

Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses the TUC Conference at The Brighton Centre. Picture: Getty

David Maddox: TUC’s part in Corbyn’s Labour Party
If ANYBODY was in any doubt about who hopes to call the tune in the “new politics” of the Labour Party then it was given a very classical answer by the Hampshir...

TUC general secretary Frances OGrady called for a "wages-led" recovery. Picture: John Devin

Soaring toll of families drowning in debt

The term baby boomers is increasingly being used in an abusive manner, say campaigners. Picture: Getty

Baby boomers ‘not to blame’ for woes of young

The TUC says it has become easier for bad employers to deny workers their full holiday pay since fees for taking cases to employment tribunals were introduced two years ago. Picture: PA

One in seven UK workers miss out on paid holidays

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Keep cool

Offices across the UK are being urged to drop the dress code in favour of casual clothes, with the upcoming high temperatures. Picture: TSPL

Calls for casual office dress code during heatwave

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Money matters

Carney told union leaders borrowing costs would have to rise prudently to keep inflation in check. Picture: Getty

Carney signals higher rates; return to wage growth

Martin Flanagan

Comment: Carney addresses unions | East Coast

CBI Scotland director Iain McMillan has always spoken out against any form of devolution or independence. Picture: Donald MacLeod

Brian Monteith: CBI had to choose the British side

Bob Crow. Picture: Getty Images

Obituary: Bob Crow, union leader

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Britain is in need of a pay rise

Glasgow residents stage a demonstration over bedroom tax outside the Liberal Democrat conference. Picture: PA

Bedroom tax: Tenants in Scotland among hardest hit

Protesters make their feelings known as they demonstrate outsiden the Lib Dem Party conference in Glasgow. Picture: PA

Bedroom tax: Tenants in Scotland among hardest hit

Labour leader Ed Miliband addresses delegates at the TUC Conference in Bournemouth. Picture: PA

Miliband urges unions to ‘have courage’ at TUC

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

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