Tag: Trades Union Congress

• Thursday, June 7th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  On TUC's 150th anniversary, UK trade union membership dropped by a quarter among the under-30

  

  Trade union membership in the United Kingdom has dropped by a quarter among under-30s since the turn of the century, according to figures from the Trades Union Congress. As the TUC marks its 150th anniversary, the union body has revealed the number of people under 30 who are members of a trade union has fallen from just over 20% in 2001 to 15% in 2017.

• Sunday, October 21st 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  Massive protest in central London against public spending cuts and higher taxes

  

  Thousands of British protesters marched through central London on Saturday against public spending cuts and tax rises enacted by a government fighting accusations it is run by an upper-class elite that ignores the plight of recession-hit voters.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:43 UTC

  Massive march in London to protest planned measures to cut budget deficit

  

  In possibly the biggest protests since those against the Iraq war in February 2003, organizers say up to 250,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their frustration with planned austerity measures designed to cut a record budget deficit.