TUC seeks apprentices' pay rise
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The TUC is arguing that the minimum pay for apprentices should rise from Â£80 a week to Â£110.
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Council tax increases are funding "fat cat" officials earning more than Â£100,000 a year,  campaigners say.
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Prime Minister Bertie Ahern gave himself a hefty pay increase Thursday, putting his salary higher than both President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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A government campaign will seek to encourage people to upgrade their skills through education and training.
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Thousands of workers are not being paid the national minimum wage, a survey by the TUC has found.
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The Federal Aviation Administration told its employees yesterday that they would receive a 3.08 percent pay raise and a geographic-based increase that will average about 1 percent plus an additional raise based on individual job performance.
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MPs urged to respect government's pay restraint policy by voting down recommendation for 2.56% rise in salaries in favour of staged award
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Demand is expected to result in higher salaries, more career advancement and flexible work environments.
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Retail workers pay rises slow while their working week has increased in length, a report says.
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Off-shoring continues to take its toll This month has seen the UK's aspiring Prime Minister recycling his views in his Budget Report on the requirements and funding for enhancing the training opportunities and skills to compete globally as a prelude to announcing greater investment in higher education. Some people and organisations, âspeaking on behalf of the UK IT Industryâ, have hitched themselves to this bandwagon in the anticipation that some of the UK Government's proposed increase in its skills and education funding will find its way to the IT industry both in funding terms and in delivering more highly trained and motivated IT professionals.â¦
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Medical students say a planned fee increase at the University of Auckland will add more than $5000 to the cost of a medical degree.
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Trades Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber, speaking on the eve of the labour federation's annual conference, said British unions would strike to win a fair deal over workers' pensions.
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The TUC calls for three extra bank holidays including one to ease the "slog" between the end of summer and Christmas.
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Teachers need an above-inflation pay rise if reforms are to continue, unions say.
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The largest teaching union in Wales wants the assembly government to guarantee newly-qualified teachers a job.
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The National Credit Union Administration and the National Treasury Employees Union have reached agreement on a contract that will provide raises to field examiners and office employees, the union announced.
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Johannesburg - Public sector unions will on Monday start consulting with their members on whether to accept or reject the latest 6.2% wage increase offer by government.