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This should remind Britain's employers just how much they depend on the good-will and voluntary extra work of their staff, the TUC says.

Today's step towards widespread industrial action is expected during a debate on public sector pensions at the TUC conference in London.

Treasury figures showed migrant workers were responsible for about 10 per cent of economic growth, said the TUC.

But Brendan Barber, the TUC general secretary, warned that Cameron's economic policies risked "growth-choking mass unemployment" .

Brendan Barber, the TUC general secretary, says: "Youth unemployment is at its highest rate for 15 years. "

"The TUC need to get real, stop using overtly sexist tactics by discussing women's stilettos to divert tension away from Labour chaos. "

Files later made public showed that the Government had an informant inside the TUC, passing them information about the negotiations.

Those who want to repeal the latest trade union legislation have formed a ginger group within the TUC.

Brendan Barber, the TUC's leader, noted that spending cuts once caused "riots on the streets" .

The TUC called on the government to take direct action to improve access to finance in the property market.

Despite his ten years heading the TUC, he had no idea how fundamentally that model of sober capitalism was being overtaken.