My post on today’s labour market statistics is up at Left Foot Forward – Once again we are remined this will not feel like a recovery for everyone
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Wages still won’t last the month
Chancellor George Osborne today (March 18) unveiled the government’s pre-election budget, calling it a triumph for working people. In an obvious attempt to pander to the electorate, with the general election being less than seven weeks away, Osborne has raised the tax-free personal allowance threshold to £10,800 to go into effect next year after […]
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The lowest gain in living standards in post-war history
According to the Chancellor today: To the question of whether people are better off at the end of this Parliament than they were five years ago we can give the resounding answer “yes” This is certainly questionable use of the word ‘resounding’. Real household disposable income per head…Read more…
After the Israeli election
We now know that despite the polls, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s right wing Likud party has won the largest number of seats in the Knesset. As is the way in Israeli politics fragmented by proportional representation, he now has to put together a workable coalition. Given the political complexion of…Read more…
IMF says unions are key to tackling inequality: Are you listening Osborne?
18 March 2015
By Sabina Dewan and Gregory Randolph
As George Osborne delivers his last budget under this Coalition Government, we wonder if he has paid any attention to a recent report published by…Read more…
Unsustainable budget cuts leading to self-service policing
By imposing swingeing cuts to the budgets of police forces across the UK, the government has put policing in crisis and placed neighbourhoods and communities at risk. The growing, and increasingly public furor over the impact of spending cuts to police…Read more…
Essex strikers ordered to remove uniforms before going to Parliament
FBU members visit London to lobby their MPs over shift disputeRead more…
CWU calls for more bite on dangerous dog laws
Union welcomes consultation but calls for harsher penaltiesRead more…
“This may be the law, but it’s not justice” – blacklisted worker loses court case on technicality
Campaigners have called for a change in the law after a worker was denied justice even though a company admitted placing him on the blacklistRead more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNISON strike ballot of members working for Barnet Council opens today.
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RMT to call Tube bosses on safety monitoring after child falls between train and platform
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Good bosses want justice access
New research shows deep unease among employers over controversial tribunal fees brought in by the government just over a year ago. In the face of trade union protests ministers pressed ahead with prohibitive employment tribunal fees, effectively denying workplace justice to millions. The fees are set at £250 to issue a claim and £950 […]
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NHS Dental Tendering on the Isle of Wight:
Somerset NHS Trust take on Isle of Wight community dental services onthewight All staff currently providing community dental services will be transferring to Somerset Partnership and all clinics will…Read more…
The biggest NHS privatisation yet:
Leak reveals worrying truth behind the biggest NHS privatisation yet A leak has revealed deeply worrying details of one of the largest NHS privatisations yet – the proposed privatisation of…Read more…
Web links for 17th March 2015
Standardisation: Are our regulations being privatised by the back door? Hugh Robertson writes for Stronger Unions on the increasing move towards industry led standardisation rather than regulation, and the problems this is causing. Building homes will …Read more…
Don’t ignore danger signs
Fears have been expressed that sign language interpreting services for the UK’s 100,000 deaf population could plummet, if further privatisation takes place, Unite has warned. The union is concerned that downward pressure on costs and standards could mean that staff with fewer – or even no – qualifications could make mistakes when a […]
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Opponents of austerity mobilise in solidarity with Greece
Ahead of banking summit, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tells Greek citizens there will be no return to austerityRead more…
Don’t believe the baloney – SHPS Pensions are not doomed. Accountants can’t count
“Inside Housing” on Friday had another gloomy article on the problems facing the Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS).
The “deficit” is apparently getting bigger and some Housing Associations are so worried that they are thinking of joining others who…Read more…
Osborne’s make believe “march of the makers”
In his 2011 Budget speech, George Osborne said he wanted “a Britain carried aloft by the march of the makers.” However, the fact is that manufacturing’s proportion of GDP has flatlined at 10.1% of GDP for the past six years. Our evidence shows that manufacturing’s heartland is in…Read more…
Crisis looms as Kenyan police prepare attack on striking truck drivers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation is warning of an imminent crisis as massed, armed Kenyan riot police make ready to attack truck drivers peacefully gathered near the towns of Kanaan and Mai Mahiu.Read more…