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Updated: 0% growth forecast highlights need for stimulus to promote employment, growth and spending
The Bank of England’s latest warning that the economy has hit the buffers and will come grinding to a screeching halt later this year comes as no surprise. Unite have been warning there is an urgent need to dump the cycle of … Continue reading
Great War On Want Campaign On Adidas Poverty Pay
Thousands of people who were at the Olympics would have seen this, on Sunday 5th August, at the Olympic Park after the men’s 100m final, War On Want projected a giant video message in protest at the exploitation of Adidas … Continue reading
Pay equality and strong unions will put Britain back to work
In case anyone missed this excellent piece yesterday in The Observer here it is again…… The government’s economic strategy has failed: now we need wage-led growth and an industrial strategy that can create better jobs By Frances O’Grady Wages for those … Continue reading
Bye Bye Burley – Poll says he will be dumped at election
By Tim Lezard Trade union-hating MP Aidan Burley is facing a fight to save his seat after 94% of people responding to a local newspaper poll said they wouldn’t back him in the next election. Burley, who is well-known as the man … Continue reading
The new Employment Tribunal fees add up to inhumanity
By Martin Shipman The announcement by Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly that future applicants to Employment Tribunals must pay fees is a shocking example of the UK Government’s heartlessness – and an indication that it is prepared to roll back social advances that not even Margaret … Continue reading
IT Giant HP on collision course with Euro unions over EWC and job losses
On May 23rd the Information Technology giant Hewlett Packard announced plans to reduce its workforce, with 27,000 jobs to be slashed. In response to the announcement a meeting of the companies European Works Council (EWC) was held in Amsterdam between June … Continue reading
New Unite film tells of workers’ struggle to make it through the month
A new film by Unite, shows how workers’ wages are failing to stretch to the end of the month, with the money running out after just 21 days before they have to start borrowing to get by until the next … Continue reading
Davy Guy – Durham Miners President RIP
As tweeted yesterday, following a call from Tony Briscoe at the Morning Star, our good friend and comrade Davy Guy , president of the Durham Miners’ Association (DMA), died in Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary on Wednesday night, aged 66. He … Continue reading
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Social dialogue in times of crisis
As a number of EU countries drive through ever severe austerity measures the pressure is growing for governments to adopt alternatives. One such alternative is social dialogue. Social dialogue is one of the cornerstones of social Europe and involves employers, workers … Continue reading