trades union congress articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

Union hits out over employee surveillance

...and productivity through use of technology to monitor staff. On Thursday the Trades Union Congress (TUC) attacked the use of 'Big Brother' tactics by UK... Read more

11 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Trades Unions against ID Cards

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has backed up airport workers protesting against ID cards... Read more

22 July, 2008

Unpaid overtime on the rise in Britain

...working extra hours for nothing is close to five million, says the Trades Union Congress (TUC). An extra 103,000 employees worked unpaid overtime in... Read more

7 January, 2008 by Natasha Lomas
NTUC Takes a First Step Towards Utility Computing Future With VMware Virtual Infrastructure, Saves Millions While Enhancing Service

NTUC Takes a First Step Towards Utility Computing Future With VMware Virtual Infrastructure, Saves Millions While Enhancing Service

The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is Singapore's largest a federation of trade unions... Read more

20 October, 2009

NSFW!

...As Get Safe Online Week draws to a close tomorrow, the TUC (Trades Union Congress) has launched a toolkit to help improve workers’ Internet security... Read more

20 November, 2008

Tomorrow is National Working from Home Day

...majority of members -- Transport for London, the Confederation of British Industry, the Trades Union Congress, the British Chambers of Commerce, the Equality and Human Rights... Read more

14 May, 2008

Unpaid overtime still common for IT pros

...per cent of IT service delivery employees worked unpaid overtime. According to Trades Union Congress (TUC) research, ICT workers work an extra six hours and... Read more

26 February, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

Government launches flexible working drive

...flexibility whilst still meeting the needs of our businesses and customers." The Trades Union Congress (TUC) welcomed the scheme, saying that the UK's long... Read more

4 May, 2006 by Tom Espiner

IT staff's overtime levels exposed

The UK Trades Union Congress has once more hit out at employers who abuse their... Read more

22 February, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Singapore government deploys OpenOffice.org on 5,000 PCs

...although other government agencies including the National Library Board and the National Trades Union Congress have used Linux. He said MINDEF's decision to deploy... Read more

2 November, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Web site offers pension contribution advice

...retirement income following today's launch of an online pension calculator. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has added the calculator to its workSMART Web site... Read more

20 January, 2003 by Graham Hayday

Unions: Publish snooping code of practice

...in December, and this week laid out his plans for 2003. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) believes that publishing the final document governing 'snooping' in... Read more

9 January, 2003 by Graham Hayday

Temp workers could get equal rights

...flexibility in the labour market. Meanwhile, John Monks, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) said: "'Temporary workers in the UK face not only... Read more

21 February, 2002 by Kimberley Rothwell

Motorola defies Tony Blair and shuts Scottish factory

...profitable plant in Scotland," said Bill Speers, general-secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, speaking to the Associated Press. "Is it because they can... Read more

24 April, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Government okays snooping on staff

...expected to introduce rules requiring employees to agree to such monitoring. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has condemned the government's decision to allow the... Read more

5 October, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe and Will Knight

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

29 minutes ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

3 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

9 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

10 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

11 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

15 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

15 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

16 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

18 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

19 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

19 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

22 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads