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General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress, Paul Nowak joins Steph and Robert to discuss whether the new Employment Rights Bill, the reforms to ‘Get Britain Working' and the changes to National Insurance are good for workers but bad for business. Sign up to our newsletter to get more stories from the world of business and finance. Email: restismoney@gmail.com X: @TheRestIsMoney Instagram: @TheRestIsMoney TikTok: @RestIsMoney goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Ross Buchanan Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The evidential hearings for Module 3 of the UK Covid Inquiry began last week, on September 9th. Nicola Brook was joined by Lorelei King to discuss everything that happened during the opening week, including opening statements and evidence from the bereaved. Together, they welcomed Nathan Oswin from the Trade Union Congress who gave their own perspective on the first week of hearings. If you've lost a loved one to Covid-19, it isn't too late to be part of the Covid Inquiry. For more information on how to instruct legal representation, visit our website here: https://www.jacksonlees.co.uk/BroudieJacksonCanter/services/covid-inquiry

The Nigerian Labor Congress has called for the immediate and unconditional release of its leader -- Joe Ajaero – before 12 midnight Monday. Ajaero was arrested and detained Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while en route to the United Kingdom to attend and address the Trade Union Congress of Britain. The Labor Congress and the Nigerian government have been at loggerheads recently over labor's demand for a higher minimum wage and reduction in the high cost of living. Benson Upah, Head of Information and Public Affairs at the Nigeria Labor Congress, tells VOA's James Butty, Ajaero's detention is an attack not just on the labor leadership but also the rights of all Nigerian workers and citizens to organize, protest, and express themselves freely

133. Trade Union Congress 2024 If the trade unions were to take the first steps towards building a political alternative it could rapidly build into a mass force to challenge Labour, the populist and far right, and to fight for the socialist change we need. So far, the union leaders have stubbornly resisted such an initiative. But in this changed political landscape, more and more workers will inevitably come into direct conflict with Starmer's pro-capitalist government as it is compelled to attack them under the impact of economic crisis. Even those union leaders who are today buying into and sowing the illusions of Labour being the workers' friend will find it difficult to resist the impact of the stormy events to come. In this Episode of the podcast, Rob Williams, the socialist party's industrial organiser, discusses the upcoming Trade Union Congress which is taking place on the 8th-11th September in Brighton and what industrial and political strategy the Socialist Party is putting forward within the workers movement. To contact the Socialist Party about this podcast or to find out about becoming a member visit: www.socialistparty.org.uk Check out the Committee for a workers International, for analysis of world events, and for those listening in other parts of the world, get in touch to join the fight for socialism in your country, that's www.socialistworld.net Further reading Trade unions must fight New Labour austerity As things stand, Reeves is planning a ‘blood and tears' budget on 30 October. No extra money for local councils facing ‘bankruptcy' – sacking more workers and decimating more libraries, children's centres and other services. Nothing to resolve the crisis in the universities. Forcing more children into poverty by refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The horror list goes on. But the message that union leaders should be taking from the first few weeks of this Labour government is that when working-class people organise and fight back through strike action they can win. If given a determined lead, workers in the public sector will be confident that they can fight to win increases that go much further towards restoring what they lost under austerity, while defending public services for everyone. https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/129342/28-08-2024/trade-unions-must-fight-new-labour-austerity/ The first lightning flashes – and what to do The summer riots have brought a new immediacy to the task facing the workers' movement of building a new, mass vehicle for its political representation, and the debate on the way to achieve this must be urgently stepped up. But to put things in proportion, just weeks into the new situation of a Starmer premiership, they are but the first lightning flashes of the wild and stormy weather to come which will further enormously develop the conditions needed to realise the goal. https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/129342/28-08-2024/trade-unions-must-fight-new-labour-austerity/

How were you affected by the strike action commenced today by the NLC and TUC?Ponsah Fanap and Gilbert Joseph would be talking to Comr. Kenneth Shammah, Chairman of the Trade Union Congress in Plateau State and Prof. Joseph Jurbe, ASUU Chairman, University of Jos. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jay-fm-podcast/message

Nigeria at Sunset: How were you affected by the strike action commenced today by the NLC and TUC?Do you think the parties involved are being sincere enough in the negotiations for a new minimum wage? Ponsah Fanap and Gilbert Joseph would be talking to Comr. Kenneth Shammah, Chairman of the Trade Union Congress in Plateau State and Prof. Joseph Jurbe, ASUU Chairman, University of Jos. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jay-fm-podcast/message

The Nigerian Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress say their indefinite nationwide strike scheduled for Monday will take place. This, despite the fact that the government said the strike is unconstitutional. The government says the strike would not be in the interest of the country, especially while negotiations are continuing. The workers want a new national minimum wage and for the government to reverse the hike in the electricity tariff. Benson Upah, Head of Information and Public Affairs at the Nigeria Labor Congress, tells VOA's James Butty, the federal government did not take the workers' May 31st ultimatum seriously.

MINIMUM WAGE: Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has said it will not accept the N48,000 minimum wage offer proposed by the Federal Government.The last session, held on April 29, was deadlocked after organised labour insisted on N615,000 minimum wage but the Federal Government disagreed with labour's demand, stating that it was unreasonable.With the recent economic reality, can these offers from the government match the present situation and what should be the next step for the organized labour? Emile Alibeku and Richard Badung will be critically analyzing the said topic above withGuest: Sylvanus Malau(Aspirant, Member Plateau State House of Assembly, Bokkos constituency, 2019) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jay-fm-podcast/message

In this edition of the Mic on Podcast, the anchor, Seun Okinbaloye and his guests discussed the issues of Hunger Protest and if president Tinubu can tame the rising agitations. Nigeria has been rocked by a wave of hunger, inflation and untold hardship. In some parts of the country, citizens have taken to the streets to protest demanding government take action and address the rising poverty and food insecurity in the country. Festus Osifo shared his perspectives and the decision of the Trade Union Congress on the Planned Labor Protests. He spoke about the Agreements between the congress and the Federal Government. Human Rights Activist Deji Adeyanju spoke about the capacity of the Tinubu-led administration to be able to tame the rising hunger and hardship rocking the nation. The Podcast also engaged listeners on X formerly known as Twitter, giving the audience a chance to air their views and suggestions on the way forward. Guest: Festus Osifo (President Trade Union Congress) Deji Adeyanju (Human Rights Activist)

The Vice Chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Ken Koduah, has urged the government to prove its financial capability to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through other means beyond the imposition of VAT on electricity consumption.

On Daybreak Africa: Amnesty International says Eritrean Defense Forces committed war crimes in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Plus, Zimbabwe authorities arrest two human rights lawyers. Guinea's junta celebrates second year in power amid opposition calls for protests. The Ugandan police say they have recovered six improvised bombs in Kampala in two days. Nigeria's government says it and the Trade Union Congress have agreed there should be no strike action for the next two weeks. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended their nationwide strike over the government's decision to end the fuel subsidy. Plus, Malawi revokes the citizenship of refugees wanted abroad. An immigrant from Nigeria has been sworn in as the new mayor of the US city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. World Food Safety Day warns consumers of food-borne illnesses that affect more than one million people per day. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

A woman who was stalked by her husband and then placed into witness protection with a new identity to escape him, says she feels like she's the one being punished. She's complained to the police about the way her case was handled after being told she failed an assessment and was no longer being supported by them in her new life. She spoke to our reporter Melanie Abbott, and says she felt completely cut adrift. We hear her story of how she had to uproot her two children and start a new life with a new job in a new town, while her husband is free to live wherever he likes. Academic Rachael Wheatley from the university of Derby tells Anita how she is training police to be better at dealing with stalkers and how victims need better support. A new report by the Trade Union Congress has highlighted a gender pension gap between what men and women are living on in retirement. The estimate it's currently running at 40.5%, which is more than double the current gender pay gap. Nuala talks to Nikki Pound from the TUC and financial expert Sarah Pennells Consumer finance specialist at Royal London - pensions insurance provider about the issues facing women and possible solutions. You can't read a tabloid newspaper without some form of cheating scandal filling the headlines. But what makes someone lie to the person they love? Nuala asks Natalie Lue, a boundaries and relationships coach about the big and little lies we tell in relationships. Writer and Podcaster Jackie Adedeji speaks to Nuala about her new Channel 4 documentary UNTOLD: My Big Boobs, a look into the impacts of having big boobs and the rise in breast reduction surgery. Sarah Ditum also joins to discuss the cultural trends of breasts through the years. Dr Edna Adan Ismail is known as the ‘Woman of Firsts'. She's Somaliland's first trained midwife, first female Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former First Lady. And now she has added another first to her title. She is this year's winner of the Templeton Prize - making her the first black African woman to receive the honour. She has been awarded the £1.1 million prize for her contribution to women's health. In 2002 she sold everything she owned to build The Edna Adan Hospital and University which has played a crucial role in cutting maternal mortality rates in Somaliland. She still lives and works within the hospital. Edna Adan Ismail explains what life is like for women in Somaliland, and what will she spend the prize money on. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Hanna Ward

As BT announce they're expecting to cut up to 10,000 jobs in the next decade due to advances in Artificial Intelligence, concerns remain over the country's readiness to deal with the new and surprisingly rapid evolution of AI. So how worried should we really be that AI could be coming for all our jobs? And what are our rights when it comes to AI in the office. On the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto is joined by Sky's business correspondent Paul Kelso who has been speaking to firms already integrating AI into their workforce, and Mary Towers, employment rights expert from the Trade Union Congress, talks about what rights we have already, and what more needs to be done. Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott Editor: Philly Beaumont

  A survey of more than 600 workers with disabilities in Nigeria's formal and informal sectors, conducted by the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) Women Commission and the Solidarity Center in collaboration with Nigerian unions and disability rights organizations, finds that most workers with disabilities cannot access decent work as defined by the UN […]

In this edition of #TheConversation, Oluwakayode hosted two consecutive guests, Comrade Ayo Olorunfemi, Chairman of the Trade Union Congress Political Commission and, Deputy National Chairman of Labour Party, and Prof. Supo Owoeye, Professor of Law, Lead City University, Ibadan, Law Academic at Central Queensland University, Australia. He started off with Comrade Ayo in discussing the plans of the organized labour of the Nigerian Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, and other affiliates, all coming together to make a stand on what they represent and how they want things done. He later had Prof. Supo on to discuss the Ike Ekweremadu case happening in the UK and, Modern day slavery.

The Trade Union Congress says it will embark on a solidarity strike with the Academic Staff Union of Universities if the Federal Government does not resolve the lingering issues with the academics within two weeks. ASUU is currently on a one-month warning strike as it negotiates with the government. TUC President, Comrade Quadri Olaleye says the Government must engage ASUU in constructive negotiations to find lasting solutions to their complaints without further delay. The TUC also condemned the behaviour of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during a meeting with the National Association of Nigerian Students on Monday.

Nigerian Labour union representatives on Sunday staged a walk-out from a meeting with the federal government, barely five minutes after it started.The president of the Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, said on the meeting’s top agenda were the issues surrounding the hike in the price of fuel and electricity tariffs, not issues of palliatives.Olaleye accused the federal government of dishonesty, playing to the gallery and painting the organised labour in a bad light before civil servants and the public.

Welcome to our second episode where we do a deep-dive into sexual harassment in the workplace. We discuss our own experiences with workplace harassment (sexual and otherwise), how it has affected us and explore the current statistics for sexual harassment across different groups, including BIPOC / BAMER, LGBTQ+ and disabled women. We also give suggestions for reporting harassment and how companies can safeguard their employees. - Base sexual harassment statistics taken from Trade Union Congress' 2016 report "Still Just A Bit of Banter" AND the Equality and Human Rights Commission 2018 report "Sexual Harassment and Harassment at Work" - LGBTQ+ sexual harassment statistics taken from Trade Union Congress' 2019 report "Sexual Harassment of LGBT People in the Workplace" - Statistics relating to sexual harassment increasing when the unemployment rate goes up AND Black women in the US reporting sexual harassment 4 times more in 2016 than in 1996 taken from The Independent's article "Black Women More Likely to Experience Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Study Finds" from 09 July 2019 - Statistics relating to men's perception of, and reaction to, sexual harassment are taken from the October 2013 article entitled "Perceptions and Attitudes to Sexual Harassment: An Examination of Sex Differences and the Sex Composition of the Harasser–Target Dyad" published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology by Mally Shecory Bitton and Danit Ben Shaul

Deposit Money Banks on August 1 commenced the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Global Standing Instruction which allows them to recover outstanding debts of debtors from other banks.Experts said the implementation would help to differentiate real wealthy businessmen from debtor businessmen.A former President, Trade Union Congress, Peter Esele, said the guideline was long overdue but added that it was better late than never.He said the financial system has been abused and it is baffling that one man would be owing six banks in the same country, it can’t happen anywhere else.He added that what the CBN is doing now is that it is sanitising the industry and we now actually know who are the real businessmen and the real big men.He said the CBN and the banks should start giving credit score.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lady Phyll is the co-founder and executive director of UK Black Pride. She is the executive director of Kaleidoscope, the UK’s leading LGBT rights charity, and is a patron for charity akt. She writes a column for DIVA magazine, and is the co-editor of SistaAnthology. Lady Phyll also sits on the Trade Union Congress’s race relations committee.  Her word of the day is Solidarity.  CONNECT WITH LADY PHYLL:  I: @ladyphyll T: @MsLadyPhyll   #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQI+ contributors. It was created, executive produced and sound designed by Hana Walker-Brown with producer Bea Duncan. The artwork is by Mars West. 

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has cautioned Nigeria against taking loans from China. The union stated this in a recent Sallah message jointly signed by the President, TUC, Quadri Olaleye, and the Secretary General, Musa-Lawal Ozigi. The message said they wish that show that they are against getting loans from China. Some African countries have rejected their loan offers because of the conditions attached. The TUC further called on the federal and other tiers of government to rise up to the task of rebuilding the economy especially after the damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Afrolit Podcast: Hosted by Ekua PM, Afrolit shares the stories of multi-faceted Africans one episode at a time. https://open.spotify.com/show/2nJxiiYRyfMQlDEXXpzlZS?si=mmgODX3NQ-yfQvR0JRH-WA Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support

How can workers look after their interests in the pandemic? Schools in Britain are part-closing, workers in almost every sector are being sent home with or without pay, and there are shortages of equipment for safe and hygienic working everywhere. The day after we recorded this podcast on 19 March 2020, the government was due to announce plans to support workers. But whatever is promised, the track record so far is that workers everywhere are pulling out all the stops to fight the pandemic - while big businesses and their politicians only seem interested in their bottom lines. What should workers demand to solve these problems? Was the Trade Union Congress right to declare for ‘national unity’ with the employers and the government? And how can workers make sure their interests are looked after in this period, whether or not they’re in a union? This episode of Socialism looks at the Covid-19 pandemic: workers’ rights during coronavirus. The coronavirus pandemic is a rapidly escalating global crisis affecting every part of the capitalist system. As well as following this weekly podcast, you should check the Socialist Party’s website, socialistparty.org.uk, and our Facebook page, for regular statements on working-class demands, socialist analysis, and reports from the frontline. Further reading National Shop Stewards Network coronavirus workers' support Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/814163955758626 Latest issue of the Socialist including more coverage on coronavirus: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1078 Socialist Party Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CWISocialistParty Coronavirus latest on the Socialist Party website: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/Health_and_welfare/Coronavirus,filter

The Trade Union Congress has called on the Federal Government to grant tax holidays to business owners in the country to enable them cushion the economic effects associated with the outbreak of coronavirus. TUC President, Quadri Olaleye, made the call in Abuja during an interactive parley with journalists. Olaleye said it is a global practice to grant tax holidays during economic crisis, adding that the coronavirus outbreak has impacted negatively on the Nigerian economy. He was particular about rescuing business in the entertainment and transport sector. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the Church Commissioners have defended their multi-million-pound stake in Amazon after the online company was heavily criticised by the Archbishop of Canterbury in his speech to the Trade Union Congress this week for “paying almost nothing in tax”. Madeleine Davies tells us how she broke the story. Plus, we look at our new month-long feature series on the religious life: from centuries-old monasteries to dispersed communities and new monastics. Read these, and all our stories on the Church Times website. If you are not yet a subscriber to the Church Times, you can try your first ten issues for just £10. Visit churchtimes.co.uk/subscribe You can also subscribe to this podcast on iTunes.

In September 1988, a speech by Jacques Delors, the President of the European Commission, helped convince British trade unionists to support the European Community. For years, many on the left had been sceptical of the EC, regarding it as a 'rich man's club'. The Labour party and the unions had even called for withdrawal from the European Community, but as Europe geared up for the opening of the single market in 1992, Jacques Delors began to talk about something new. It was called the social dimension, and one TUC official, David Lea, wanted to know more, so he invited him to Britain's Trade Union Congress. Claire Bowes spoke to Lord Lea along with John Edmonds, formerly of the GMB union.Photo: Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, addressing the Trade Union Congress in Bournemouth in 1988 (Credit: Press Association)

In September 1988, a speech by Jacques Delors, the President of the European Commission, helped convince British trade unionists to support the European Community. For years, many on the left had been sceptical of the EC, regarding it as a 'rich man's club'. The Labour party and the unions had even called for withdrawal from the European Community, but as Europe geared up for the opening of the single market in 1992, Jacques Delors began to talk about something new. It was called the social dimension, and one TUC official, David Lea, wanted to know more, so he invited him to Britain's Trade Union Congress. Claire Bowes spoke to Lord Lea along with John Edmonds, formerly of the GMB union. Photo: Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, addressing the Trade Union Congress in Bournemouth in 1988 (Credit: Press Association)

Not since Margaret Thatcher vowed to break the power of organised labour has Britain's trade union movement faced a bigger threat. The new government wants to make it harder to take industrial action. Hardtalk speaks to Frances O'Grady, whose organisation - the TUC - is the collective voice of the unions. Across Europe, in most countries, the number of workers joining unions is in decline. For many of those most in need of support in the work place - have the unions become irrelevant?(Photo: Frances O'Grady, the General Secretary of the TUC, delivers a speech at the Policy Network Conference 2014. Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Frances O’Grady took up her post as the General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress last month, the first woman to hold that post in its 145 year history. Last week the panel for the Woman’s Hour Power List ranked her 11th on their list. Frances talks to Samira about her life, career and influences.

Institute of Commonwealth Studies Polly Jones, International Officer, UNISON (Chair) Vincent Dlamini, National Organising Secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland and Secretary General of Swaziland’s National Public Services Union. Thob...

Institute of Commonwealth Studies Polly Jones, International Officer, UNISON (Chair) Vincent Dlamini, National Organising Secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland and Secretary General of Swaziland’s National Public Services Union. Thob...