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Paul Nowak

Paul Nowak

I head the TUC’s Organisation & Services Department, which is responsible for the TUC’s regional councils, public services, organising and recruitment, health and safety and inter-union relations. The department also leads the TUC’s work to reach out to young workers and the organisation of the TUC’s annual Congress.
In 2011 I was appointed as a member of the ACAS Council. I also represent the TUC on the Ruskin College Council.
I also write on the TUC’s Organising blog StrongerUnions.

  • Pensions & Investment

    Pensions Commission Acid Test

    21st June 2010 — Filed under: Pensions & Investment

    Paul Nowak Paul Nowak

    Yesterday George Osborne announced that former Labour cabinet member John Hutton would be asked up to head the Government’s independent review of public sector pensions.

    Like the other ‘Hutton review’ – the review of ‘fair pay’ in the public sector which is being headed by Will Hutton at the Work Foundation – John Hutton’s review will be provide an early acid test about whether or not the Government is serious about its commitment to engage public sector workers and to genuinely approach the issue of public sector pensions ‘openly and fairly’.

    The TUC has consistently argued that public sector pensions are already fair, sustainable and affordable – lets hope that Government gives us a real opportunity to make that case, and puts facts before the easy rhetoric of ‘gold-plated pensions’.

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  • Economics

    Public spending: Good bad examples from Ireland

    20th January 2010 — Filed under: Economics

    Paul Nowak Paul Nowak

    One of the key election battlegrounds will undoubtedly be public spending, and how best government balances the need to reduce the deficit with ensuring ongoing investment in our public services as Britain begins to emerge from the downturn.

    Ireland provides a clear example of what can happen when government gets that balance wrong – and the New Statesman is not alone in suggesting that what is happening across the Irish Sea provides a possible, ‘foretaste of life under the Tories’.

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