if you look at your own country, the uk is growing, the tuc is growing.hat the world's workers... in a 25—year trend, union membership in the uk is significantly down. it's down below 10% in france and in the united states. and if you look at the overall international picture in the oecd nations as a whole, union membership has declined significantly in the last 20 years. well, maybe you should answer the question, because i can tell you if you want to take a time series, fine, but we've also had in that time series, massive restructuring of the economy, some incredibly unfair transitions. the manufacturing sector — always very strongly unionised — has been decimated by a global model of economy that has not worked for working people, that has damaged the climate. what i'm telling you is in the last three years, you will see membership rising in key countries... well, what i'm telling you... ..in the us, in the uk, in europe, but also... you know, you can look at the figures and you can try to be optimistic about them. i'm just asking you to face reality.

why isn't the international tuc based in delhi or lagos or sao paulo?'t you send that kind of symbolic message to workers around the world that you actually are focused on their needs? well, maybe we ought to have a look at the itc because we do have an office in delhi, we do have an office in sao paulo and indeed in uruguay. we do have an office in togo, one of the poorest countries in africa. yeah, but... so we are not sitting in brussels, my friend. you might want to be provocative, but i can tell you our organisers are out in the field, we have regional secretaries, we have, in fact, an inclusive labour movement. my president is a nigerian man, one of the best union men. he's driven up minimum wages, he fights for social protection. he's now on the front lines of climate and just transition, like many of our leaders. i know, but, sharan...? sharan burrow... find me an employer who's out there arguing that his workers would not be subject to poverty wages and i'll tell you how that would have come about through union dialogue. i don't want to be prov

well, it not for the tuc- but trade unions and campaigns.er one rule in political video making is don't - let politicians have . any editorial control. let them say what it wants to say but it l was whole, not l guard. and it's a probably subliminal. playback subliminally inspired, the video about a spoof video on the day todayl about 20 years ago. what they are doing right now, i think the game . we are in is can the - conservative right keep rishi sunak out| of the last two? i don't think they can. but that is the game that is being played. in the attempt to do that, the media strategies- are highly contrasted, l sunak has gone straight to the people. with that video. the look of that... notjust the video, the launch. reminded me of a david cameron launch early- in cameron's career. so he's saying, "look, i am the man that - "can govern britain. " the others, i think they're notjust aiming at mps, i let's remember- on the media show, we are actually quite important, there's the leader writers of the conservative i press and there's about 3

the tuc director said these e e come. the tuc director said these eye watering _ come.companies, ratherthanjust that isn't taken from these companies, rather than just paying dividends to shareholders? we’re companies, rather than just paying dividends to shareholders? we've got to look at this — dividends to shareholders? we've got to look at this in _ dividends to shareholders? we've got to look at this in the _ dividends to shareholders? we've got to look at this in the round. _ dividends to shareholders? we've got to look at this in the round. there - to look at this in the round. there is a major issue here about soaring energy prices, there is a major issue here about the challenges of energy supply and we have to find a way to square that circle, which means we need to sit down with government of, of course address the issues of today and how we can afford to pay those bills, but also work to see how we can afford to pay to invest in the energy supplies will need to see in tomorrow's world. the two come hand in hand. just looking at supply, we are obviously seein

i have just come from the tuc lgbt conference and it was very staring with people recognising the workt their human rights and also recognise we need to be supporting lgbt+ people when they come into this country fearing for their lives. we need to be making sure our home office are much more constructive in recognising that and make their path much easier to get asylum. that is not happening at the moment, we are seeing peoples treated atrociously and going through ridiculous things to make it clear they are gay. being asked questions, do you likejudy garland is to an african, thinking that is away see if he is a gay person. it has been great to talk to you, thank you very much and you are watching bbc news. hello. there'll be some decent sunny spells out there for a fair few of us at times this weekend, but always be on the lookout for the skies darkening, showers will never be too far away from the forecast throughout this weekend and there will be a cool breeze to go with it. temperatures down a little bit where we normally expect for this stage injuly. the bulk of today's rain is

there is advice from the tuc.ployees should be allowed to work from home or potentially change there hours so they are not coming in through rush hour. the department for education had said that schools should not close but that's up to the individual schools. some are deciding not to open to reduce physical activity. finally, deciding not to open to reduce physicalactivity. finally, in terms of health, of course some of the major people who are vulnerable are the elderly or those with cask red cardiovascular problems or respiratory issues but everybody has to take care during the hot weather. particular things for heat exhaustion, signs of dizziness, nausea, excessive sweating, muscle cramps, so if someone around you has those symptoms the recommendation is to get them into a cool place, get them to lie down, have some water, to make sure it doesn't develop into something like heat stroke. caroline, thank you very much. in the tory leadership contest, the five remaining candidates have been taking part in the fir

others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in arizona and at tucslitan ar. in aemarkabl sry, sh wen on to erge aone of t mos effectivactivistin the u. batt agast gun volce. bby giords reived a presidenal medalf freed at thwhite houseast thursday for her work. this is president biden. pres. biden: truth that will not grown-up to the epidemic of gun violence in this nation. ruth we can channel the pain and sorrow see too often in america and a movement that will prevail . with her husband -- [applause] with her husband united states senator mark kelly, by the way who was the astronaut you will remember, she is more consequential -- john amy: that is president biden awarding the medal of freedom to gabby giffords, the subject of "gabby giffords won't back down." we're joined now by the directors of the film julie cohen and betsy west. that made many award-winning documentaries together, including "julia," "my name is pauli murray," and the academy award-nominated "rbg." welcome back to democracy now! what a moment to be focusing on the life of gabby gi

the | frightening for the power of the unions to be curbed by these rules if you're the head of the tucng about the strikes of a century ago as if they are fresh and everybody�*s minds. the fact of the matter is on both sides, this is what they live for. the unions live for this kind of sparring, and grant shapps is talking about a 16 point plan intended to complete thatcher's unfinished business. they are all on the most comfortable territory here. but they are talking about air is long past. mrs thatcher was prime minister a0 years ago, the general strikes were in 1926. we need a modern solution to deal with the cost—of—living crisis — i think people will be very weary of strikes, we are all facing in inflation, we all need pay rises. you might be able to forgive rail workers are striking once or twice, but if this is a continued thing, and we heard today there will be more sets of strikes, other unions striking, striking on the 18th and beyond, you'll get a sense that people will get pretty fed up with them. ., .,, people will get pretty fed up with them. ., ,, .,, them. the yorkshir

. >> tuc so they did the same. exactly. they scream racism out of elderly white people screaming about racism until they were allowed to control the elections. and republicans keep saying every time and i appreciate your covering this almost alone, molly. >> i dos i do want to say really quickly, there are peoplepl who are working very hard toit get this information. they have filed lawsuits, freedom of information act, resats, vote voted. the center for renewing america has put in like nine lawsuits to hopefullys, somethingho will happen from this. >> you've got to hope so. it's important hemmingway ofgw the federal law.ederal so new video showsist," exactlt law enforcement in uvalde, texas was doingenas as a gunman murdered children in a nearby classroom. t we almost want to showo this to because it's so awful, but you should know. so we will . hi, i'm mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas and i'm here today to tell you about a hidden health crisis currently affecting nearly every american. sleep deprivation. and tha

what would the tuc like to see in terms of a change in the law to make sure it's properly enshrined?f family. i was only tiny really — new, because i didn't feel comfortable. i felt vulnerable, felt at times, lonely. and if i can't share it with myself, how can i share it with the whole world? he shot to national and internationalfame by winning two olympic gold medals at london 2012. commentator: it's gold! he's one of britain's most—decorated olympians. he was knighted in 2017 for services to athletics and has become a regular on tv screens and newspaperfront pages. this is the visa to come to the uk. but in a tv documentary, airing tonight on bbc one, farah reveals his real name is hussein abdi kahin, and that he was illegally trafficked to the uk as a child for the purposes of domestic servitude. how quickly were you aware that actually your life was going to be very, very tough, and you weren't going to be reunited with family and you're going to live a very different life to the one that you thought you were coming for? pretty much early on. i knew my life would be different. l

legal opinion commissioned by the tuc says that the transport secretary has very extensive powers overlook, this is just the _ trying to get a result? look, this is just the latest _ trying to get a result? look, this is just the latest approach - trying to get a result? look, this isjust the latest approach to i is just the latest approach to trying not to settle the strike will stop when there were strikes under the blair—brown government, no ministers would be in the room because it is always between the employees. the labour mayor is not in the room, or if he is he is not settling the strikes as new strikes have been announced on london underground. this is a complete red herring. by the way, the 8% offer is actually true, it requires them to modernise and that is the thing mick lynch and the unions don't want to do. for example, they will not allow the same maintenance teams and network rail to maintain both london euston and king's cross. because the unions claim they are in different regions. they will not allow a single lorry, a single truck, a single lorry, a single truck, a s