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TUC chief Paul Nowak was speaking at the Durham Miners Gala.

Working class unity is more important than ever says trade union chief

Guests prepare to lay wreaths at last year's Workers' Memorial Day at Hartlepool College of Further Education.

Town preparing to remember workers

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

Virus support cash figures

Over 800 claimed virus isolation support cash

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This is when offices could reopen in England - according to government plans

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Latest Hartlepool furlough figures revealed

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

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

Last year's Workers' Memorial Day service

Union leaders among speakers at Hartlepool Workers' Remembrance Day service

TUC Secretary for the Northern region Beth Farhat

North East workers call for a ban on zero-hour contracts as figures show workers...

School psychologists are calling for smacking to be banned outright because it harms children's mental health.

Smacking children should be banned completely, say experts

Unions are warning that one in seven children of public sector workers will be living in poverty by the end of next month.

Thousands of children of public sector workers are now living in poverty, resear...

Are you working on a Christmas Day?

Wages of many Christmas Day workers 'worth less than a decade ago'

Don't forget to leave extra time to defrost the car this morning

Warning to commuters after coldest night of the year

Government scraps 1% pay cap for public sector workers
The Government is scrapping the public sector pay cap which has limited rises to a maximum of 1% for the past seven years.
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Is it worth joining a trade union?

Union boss Beth Farhat is concerned by the findings.

'North East workers clock up nearly Â£730m of free overtime per year'

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