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Wednesday 10 March 2010

TUC warns - women will bear brunt of public spending cuts‏

On the first day of the 2010 TUC Women’s conference, TUC has issued a stark warning that deep public spending cuts would lead to heavy job losses for women and substantially reduce their income in retirement. http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-17673-f0.cfm

A new TUC report - Women and the Recession - One Year On - warns that early public spending cuts would hit female employment hardest because around four in ten women work in public sector occupations, compared to less than two in ten men.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/womenandrecessiononeyearon.pdf

UNISON Active will be featuring reports from UNISON delegates attending the Eastbourne Conference.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/womensconfagenda2010.pdf