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Disabled workers ‘have had to choose between lives and livelihoods during pandemic’

By John Pring on 18th March 2021 Category: Employment

Disabled workers ‘have had to choose between lives and livelihoods during pandemic’
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Disabled workers have had to choose “between their lives and their livelihoods” during the pandemic, because of employers’ failure to provide them with the reasonable adjustments they are entitled to by law, union activists have heard. The annual TUC disabled workers’ […]

Pandemic ‘has exposed the shadow of eugenics’, TUC conference hears

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

Pandemic ‘has exposed the shadow of eugenics’, TUC conference hears
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The “shadow of eugenics” is hanging over the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, disabled trade unionists have been told at their annual conference. Speaker after speaker at the annual TUC disabled workers’ conference spoke of how government decisions – and […]

Disabled workers ‘have had rights repeatedly breached during pandemic’

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Employment

Disabled workers ‘have had rights repeatedly breached during pandemic’
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Disabled workers have had their rights repeatedly breached during the coronavirus pandemic, the annual conference of disabled trade unionists has heard. The TUC disabled workers’ conference heard how disabled workers had been forced by employers to risk their lives by attending […]

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: TUC criticised over HQ access

By John Pring on 25th May 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: TUC criticised over HQ access
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Disabled union activists have criticised their own national federation, the TUC, for its reluctance to improve access at its London headquarters, following years of complaints from delegates at the annual Disabled Workers’ Conference. A motion calling on the TUC to make […]

Shadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Crime

Shadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths
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Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to face criminal charges over allegations that his failure to address a coroner’s concerns about the “fitness for work” test led to the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. John McDonnell (pictured) made […]

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback
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Union delegates say the government’s decision to reverse planned cuts to its new disability benefit could be a turning-point in the fightback against its repeated attacks on disabled people. The TUC Disabled Workers Conference in London voted in favour of an […]

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Stage and screen must do more on inclusive casting’

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Stage and screen must do more on inclusive casting’
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Arts leaders must do more to tackle the “acute” lack of opportunities for disabled actors on stage and screen, according to union delegates. Members of the Equity performers’ union called for “greater representation and more accurate portrayal” of disabled people, in […]

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