my first topic— of the trades union congress, ok. about a meeting injuly. _ am going to ask you about a meeting injuly, 2021, you will recall at that— injuly, 2021, you will recall at that time _ injuly, 2021, you will recall at that time there was discussion about return— that time there was discussion about return to _ that time there was discussion about return to workplaces, and the unions that i_ return to workplaces, and the unions that i act— return to workplaces, and the unions that i act for— return to workplaces, and the unions that i act for were calling for various— that i act for were calling for various measures to advance workplace safety. if we have on screen — workplace safety. if we have on screen 273, 901. we will see a note from _ screen 273, 901. we will see a note from sir— screen 273, 901. we will see a note from sir patrick of a meeting on 2nd july, 2021~ _ from sir patrick of a meeting on 2nd july, 2021. and towards the middle of that— july, 2021. and towards the middle of that entry, you will see some quotat

trade union is to conduct an organized reporting and election campaign; reporting meetings in primary trade union organizations will begin in january; the next one will end year by the trade union congressacademy of management is actively working and a youth electoral club “choice” has been created. the threshold of the election campaign that lies ahead of us, the next two years will pass under this sign. guys from our university, from other universities in minsk, this club brings together students who are interested in electoral topics, in test interaction with the central election commission, under which a youth council was also created, participants in the trade union forum also discussed the topics of the genocide of the belarusian people in the years wars, preservation of the historical past of belarus and why today it is so important to raise these issues along with socio- political processes. the israeli authorities intend to create a buffer zone in gas after the operations in the enclave. tel aviv has already informed a number of arab countries about its plans. the plan is based on a three-tier process, including the destruction of hamas, the demilitarization of gaza and the der

our trade union is to conduct an organized election campaign already in in january, reporting meetings will begin in the primary. union organizations will end next year with a trade union congress. the academy of management is actively working and a youth electoral club has been created on the eve of the election campaign that lies ahead of us, the next two years will pass under this sign, guys from our university, from other universities in minsk , students who are interested in electoral topics are united in this club, in the natural interaction of the central election commission, under which a youth council was also created. participants of the trade union forum also discussed the topics of genocide of the belarusian people during the war, the preservation of the historical past of belarus and why today it is so important to raise these issues along with socio-political processes. the israeli authorities intend to create a buffer zone in gas after the completion of the operation in the enclave. tel aviv has already informed a number of arab countries about its plans. meanwhile, the fighting in the sector spread to the southern part. according to the israeli defense minister,

this afternoon, not only have we heard of the likes of the trade unions congress, the british medicalom groups, we have also heard from groups representing bereaved families so and of a lot of different issues for borisjohnson to get to. one of those groups representing bereaved families in northern ireland questioned him again on this issue of party gait. i again on this issue of party gait. i have extensively tried to explain how i_ have extensively tried to explain how i think that came about and why ithink— how i think that came about and why i think the _ how i think that came about and why i think the people who were working in downing — i think the people who were working in downing street for a very long time _ in downing street for a very long time and — in downing street for a very long time and very hard, believed that they were — time and very hard, believed that they were operating and working within— they were operating and working within the rules at the time. though. _ within the rules at the time. though, as they say to you and to those _ though, as they say to you an

trade union leaders in the uk say they'll build a �*mass opposition�* to a new law that would enforce a minimum level of service during strikes. members of the �*trade union congresshe first regulations under the law cover the railways, border force and ambulance services — they came into force on friday. daniel kebede is the general secretary of the national education union and was at the meeting today. i asked him what union leaders agreed on. today at conference, tuc congress collectively agreed a resolution to vigorously defend any workers who fall foul of this legislation and to rigorously oppose it and put pressure on this government to repeal the legislation and indeed any incoming government to repeal the legislation. and any incoming government to repeal the legislation. so, what are the current rules? i wonder if you could take us just a step back. so, we understand that the new law would enforce a minimum level of service during strikes. what is the current status quo? so, i represent teachers up and down the country, support staff and school leaders also, and we are being consulted on minimum service levels in education at the moment, and the governmen

the trade union congress , here. ll for things like wealth taxes. and of course they're going to stand behind public sector workers when it comes to labour market regulation. that may prevent them from striking as easily as they can. but do you think that they can. but do you think that the tuc will have the ear of a potential labour government that we could actually see further down the road a wealth tax implemented ? implemented? >> it's possible. >> it's possible. >> it's possible. >> i mean, there talking about it in scotland , i personally it in scotland, i personally i think that a wealth tax is an extremely bad idea. purely for practical reasons. it's never worked in the past. in fact, it does the opposite. >> it harms an economy. when you bnngin >> it harms an economy. when you bring in a wealth tax, essentially, because all the rich people leave and the rich people are often the people who create the work in the first place. >> so , um, yes, in answer to >> so, um, yes, in answer to your question , i think it

trade union leaders in the uk say they will build a 'mass opposition' to a new law that would enforce a minimum level of service during strikes. members of the trade union congressn. the first regulations under the law cover the railways, border force and ambulance services — they came into force on friday. let's speak to daniel kebede, who's general secretary of the national education union and was at today's meeting. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. just remind us of exactly what was discussed and agreed today. today congress collectively agreed a resolution to vigorously defend any workers who fail to this information into vigorously oppose it and put pressure on this government to repeal the legislation and indeed any incoming government to appeal the legislation.— the legislation. neglect of the current rules, _ the legislation. neglect of the current rules, take _ the legislation. neglect of the current rules, take us - the legislation. neglect of the current rules, take us a i the legislation. neglect of the current rules, take us a step l the legislation. neglect of the i current rules, take us a step back, so we understand that the new law woul

the trade union congress held a special press conference earlier today and indeed , a earlier today andess. >> that's after their general secretary called prime minister sunak his new law spiteful. and paul nowak, the general secretary of the trade union congress, said the new anti—strike laws have created a galvanising moment for the uk's trade union movement. >> yes, they want to make the most of it, it seems. gb news political correspondent olivia utley was at the press conference. she joins us now. olivia what have we learned from this congress meeting ? this congress meeting? >> well, a galvanising moment is definitely the word for it. there were very strong words from the tuc, representative kate bell. essentially, the tuc is pushing back very hard against the minimum service legislation that came in on thursday . now, under that thursday. now, under that legislation , employers can legislation, employers can choose to serve a work notice to strikers when they're off work demanding that they come in in order to provide minimum cover. now, that might mean a certain number of trains

my question | is that on behalf of the trade union congress. isolation? the treasury did take action. in _ for self isolation? the treasury did take action. in my— for self isolation? the treasury did take action. in my first _ for self isolation? the treasury did take action. in my first budget i for self isolation? the treasury did take action. in my first budget are | take action. in my first budget are delivered — take action. in my first budget are delivered as chancellor in march we made _ delivered as chancellor in march we made changes to the operation of statutory— made changes to the operation of statutory sick pay scheme so that it operated _ statutory sick pay scheme so that it operated from day one rather than from _ operated from day one rather than from day— operated from day one rather than from day four as was normal, that it covered _ from day four as was normal, that it covered self— from day four as was normal, that it covered self isolators and we put in place _ covered self isolators and we put in place half— covered self

isolation payments from the start, we got them in the end by september and i pay tribute to the trade union congressnd on that point, mr hancock, you miracle — on that point, mr hancock, you miracle appearing on question time on the _ miracle appearing on question time on the 19th — miracle appearing on question time on the 19th of march 2020 and accepting in response to a question that you _ accepting in response to a question that you couldn't survive on the £94 a week— that you couldn't survive on the £94 a week on— that you couldn't survive on the £94 a week on statutory sick pay.- a week on statutory sick pay. yeah, it should be — a week on statutory sick pay. yeah, it should be higher. _ a week on statutory sick pay. yeah, it should be higher. frances- a week on statutory sick pay. yeah, | it should be higher. frances o'grady is wonderful and gave great service to the country in the role that she was in and she made an argument that i very strongly believed in.— i very strongly believed in. sorry, mr hancock. _ i very strongly believed in. sorry, mr hancock. l— i very strongly believed in. sor

the trades union congress, which includes gmb, unite and unison , includes gmb, unite and unison, havesecured debt includes borrowing on loans , credit cards and purchase hire agreements. the two tuc research suggests the average worker would be £14,800 better off if paid, kept up with real wage growth trends since the financial crisis , we are live financial crisis, we are live across the uk, on tv, on digital radio and if you want us on your smart speaker, just say play gb news now it's back to pip and ben . well i'm back. ben. well i'm back. >> it's 1106. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with ben elliott and pip tomson >> plenty of you getting in touch this morning and plenty of views as well. on the suggestion that tim martin is in line, the boss of wetherspoons is in line for a knighthood. we find out in a matter of hours now. martin. good morning. you say you're 100% in agreement. a man after your own heart. yes a rise, sir. >> tim simon says tim martin has also paid over £120 million in taxes every year. i think maybe that's wetherspoons, not tim personally, but a good

disabled different groups, disabled people, people of colour , the people, people of colour, the trade union congresse care homes and what emerged was that clearly matt hancock had to admit that they simply initially didn't have enough tests to test people. also so they didn't have enough ppe , ppe. there was enough ppe, ppe. there was allegations that care homes that had paid for ppe had that actually not delivered and given to the nhs instead. so obviously huge failings. but matt hancock clearly believes that he did the best he could under very difficult circumstances. as he said, there were only bad opfions said, there were only bad options for the government catherine. >> just very quickly, we saw that short clip of matt hancock addressing his his relationship there , there. but what was his there, there. but what was his general body language like? how do you think he's coping with the hours of being questioned . the hours of being questioned. >> i think it probably been some of the hardest hours of his life, apart from , of course, life, apart from, of course, when that story actually actually b

matthew parks, he is the national spokesperson and parliamentary coordinator of the congress of south african trade unions. thank you for your time sir today. thank you. we also have david. the founder of the west african weekly, he's a journalist and author in london. welcome to the program. thank you very much. now let's start off with mr. matthew parks there in south africa. uh, the israely apart regime is currently moving thousands of africans from countries such as kenya and malawi to labor cams inside occupied territories. amid is genocidal war in gaza. so what's your view on these unfortunate? move: look, we think it's unfortunate, we think that israel right now is engaged in a brutal war against the palestinian people, and we should be minimizing contact and trade with israel, and that would include people from african countries like malawi and kenya going to work on their farms, israel needs to resolve its problems with the palestinian people, because of in effect that many of these jobs would normally been occupied by palestinian people, and because of the war against the palestinians, the no lo

matthew parks, he is the national spokesperson and parliamentary coordinator of the congress of south african trade unions. thank you for your time sir today, thank you. we also have david hundain, the founder. the west african weekly, he's a journalist and author in london. welcome to the program. thank you very much for having me. now let's start off with mr. matthew parks there in south africa. uh, the israeli aparty regime is currently moving thousands of africans from countries such as kenya and malawi to labor cams inside occupied territories. amid is genocidal war in gaza. so what's your view on these unfortunate move? "look, we think it's unfortunate, we think that israel right now is engaged in a brutal war against the palestinian people, and we should be minimizing contact and trade with israel, and that would include people from african countries like malawi and kenya going to work on their farms, israel needs to resolve its problems with the palestinian people, because of in effect that many of these jobs are normally been occupied by palestinian people, and because of the war against the pale

matthew parks, he is the national spokesperson and parliamentary coordinator of the congress of south african trade unions. thank you for your time sir today. thank you. we also have david hunden. the founder of the west african weekly, he's a journalist and author in london. welcome to the program. thank you very much for having me. now let's start off with mr. matthew parks there in south africa. uh, the israeli apart regime is currently moving thousands of africans from countries such as kenya and malawi to labor cams inside occupied territories. amid is genocidal war in gaza. so what's your view on these unfortunate move? "look, we think it's unfortunate, we think that israel right now is engaged in a brutal war against the palestinian people, and we should be minimizing contact and trade with israel, and that would include people from african countries like malawi and kenya going to work on their farms, israel needs to resolve its problems with the palestinian people, because of in effect that many of these jobs would normally have been occupied by palestinian people and because of the war against pa

paul uh, nowak, who is the head of the trade union congress. he, uh, the tuc , uh, the gmb union unite the tuc, uh, the gmb union unite and unison. and so it's their conference. it's his big speech on behalf of all of those groups who are effectively saying that people country can people in this country can no longer the tories in longer afford the tories in government , because if you've government, because if you've got , if you have been got debts, if you have been struggling with cost of struggling with the cost of living crisis, now going to living crisis, it's now going to cost you a £1,500 more year cost you a £1,500 more next year , which something people , which is something that people simply afford. now, simply can't afford. now, obviously, government obviously, the government will respond , hold respond by saying, well, hold on. lot that is on. you know, a lot of that is due to inflation because of high interest those all interest rates. those have all come cost living come down. so the cost of living crisis tackled. but crisis is be

trade unions and social organizations. they may can not covered by decree. while they were protesting, we may sent a bill to congress, declaring an economic emergency until december 2025, giving the president more powers to adopt market friendly reforms. this range so little analysts say the president has little time to make good on his promises of change. just i know for a cmc investor and the argentine is facing a one percent data inflation warehouse of to completion, losing power teeth. and his biggest challenge is to reduce inflation, was popular to still high here. the the question now is how long margin times are willing to wait for better times monica, and i guess i'll just sierra when the site is purchased. and so it'd be over against the results of this, but it's not parliamentary elections event at a 10th day. hundreds of demonstrates as much through the streets of the capital belgrave. the policy present. alexander richard says it's one of the poles, but protests as a alleging fraud and what the results, a mold, a junk below the man to consider the architect of the european union has died at the age of 98

trade unions and social organizations. they may can not covered by decree. while they were protesting, we may sent a bill to congress, declaring an economic emergency until the set for 2025, giving the president more power to adopt markets friendly reforms. that is the range that so little analysts say the president has little time to make good on his promises of change. just i know present investor the argentine is facing the one percent data, inflation warehouse of to completion lives in poverty. his biggest challenge is to reduce inflation while these people are just too high here the. the question now is how long margin times are willing to wait for better times? monica, and i guess i'll just, sarah, when the site is a peaceful, the people have died in the east and the democratic republic of congo after heavy rain full triggered floods on land slides. rescues us struggling to recover the bodies of victims trapped in the mud. many people remain on accounting for united nations. as pul evan planning on weekends destruction.

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and the largest trade unions in argentina, they want to about to pass through congress. they say he cannot roll with the decree. they also, they're against because this decree, this, that has all these measures a mountain among these many measures. not only he allows prizes to go off, he takes away subsidies from things like gas and electricity, and also he makes it easier for companies to fire. and this is something they say they want to see have you have me? they also have been. 6 the firm say that because does not approve his measures, you will call for a pub of size. so we're trying to see here who will make the stronger sense in these 1st few weeks of government. all right, we'll leave it the thanks so much want to kind of kias things. all thousands of migrants continue to march through mexico towards the us southern boulder. tens of thousands of as well as cubans and other nationalities have been pouring into mexico. and they're all coming, of course, in the hope of crossing over into the united states, the secretary of state anthony blinking is scheduled to visit

trade unions and social organizations. they may can not covered by decree. while they were protesting, we may sent a bill to congress, declaring an economic emergency until december 2025, giving the president more powers to adopt market friendly reforms. that is doing that. so little analysts say the president has little time to make good on his promises of change. just i know for a see and investor, the argentine is facing a one percent daily inflation warehouse of the completion, losing power teeth. and his biggest challenge is to reduce inflation. why these people are just too high here? the the question now is how long large in times are willing to wait for better times monica, and i guess i'll just sierra when aside, let's say for this news our hiring for sets will be here in a few moments with more of the days developments stay with us here announces the the, the i'm them i can select the feed, my yeah, lovely thought about left hands on the left. again, left the shuttle place my go to the message. have easy to handle this. and so let's check the, the one you just the war rather than the exception for elders t

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trade unions and social organizations. they may can not covered by decree. while they were protesting, we may sent a bill to congress, declaring an economic emergency until december 2025, giving the president more powers to adopt market friendly reforms. that is doing that. political analysts say the president has little time to make good on his promises of change just i know for a c and investment. the argentine is facing a one percent data inflation, the help of the completion losing power teeth. and his biggest challenge is to reduce inflation while they're just too high here. the the question now is how long margin times are willing to wait for better times monica? and i guess i'll just, sarah, when assigned to the sweetness facing and searching going violence. but it's been a record rise in the number of people being killed in shootings and buildings. let's pull research, pull, self install. come gang members of being recruiting teenagers as contract killers. a start time suburbs were built as part of a vision of social cohesion. now that synonymous with gang wolf or a mounting desktop and a divided society wit

congress. trade negotiators shell what would have been 50% tariffs on the spirits sent to the european union. >s and we weighed in on a bipartisan basis to get the administration to take a deal to take care of this. >> chad: the tariffs would have hit distillers of american bourbon and whiskey and also farmers who produced corn and barley for the mash. tim kaine was stunned to learn how much whiskey coctoctin creek sold to the european union. >> i thought you sold whiskey here, but they said 40% at that point is for export. >> chad: europeans apparently enjoy sweeter spirits from the u.s. compared to smoky scotch whiskey. could be an up side for u.s., if it's marooned in the u.s. because of the trade war. >> if you are a bourbon fan in the united states, well all of a sudden you raise the price of shipping bourbon overseas, you are cutting off the distillers' markets, it may decline the price in the u.s. >> chad: the tariff pause does not satisfy american producers. they want a permanent fix. bourbon must age at least three years. instability makes it hard for american distillers to gauge the f

you sent a bill to congress that would scrub for more than $350.00 regulations in a bit to combat the countries economic crisis. but as monica, you not have reports, trade unions on happy, and they see it as an attack on worker and consumer rights. thousands tempting in the streets of when a site is again starting tina's new president. have you have me late? it's the 2nd protest against him this month in argentina's powerful trade unions promise. it won't be the last the month. we will continue to fight for our rights. we will protest on the streets and if necessary, we'll call for a general strike. since he took office 2 weeks ago, the lady has been taking measures to cut public spending. last week he announced omega decree that among other things would reduce the subsidies to public transport and electricity will allow health care providers to raise prices and make it easier for companies to fire workers. and what is the most tickets will cost $800.00 pessimist 10 times more than half cost. now that we still have government subsidies . how will of work if we're going to work? i know what the president has already warned, arguing times that there's no other w

you sent a bill to congress that with scraps more than 350 regulations in a bit to combat the countries economic crisis. but as monica, you're not going to have reports trade unions on topic. and they see it as an attack on a worker and consumer rights. thousands tempting in the streets of when a site is again starting tina's new president. have you have me late? it's the 2nd protest against him this month. in argentina's powerful trade unions promise, it won't be the last time that we will continue to fight for our rights. we will protest on the streets and if necessary, we'll call for a general strike. since he took office 2 weeks ago, the league has been taking measures to cut public spending. last week he announced omega decree that among other things would reduce subsidies to public transport and electricity will allow health care providers to raise prices and make it easier for companies to fire workers. and what are the most tickets will cost $800.00 pessimist 10 times more than half cost. now that we still have government subsidies, how we would work here for going to work. i know what the president has already warned, arguing times that there's no other