Check out this Substack article in “The Social Factor” by Tom Powdrill regarding the attempt by the owners of a food manufacturing company in Wrexham, North Wales to cut the terms and conditions of its workers by “fire and rehire”. I have co…Read more…
Labour standards in the rubber glove industry
Last week I chaired a virtual webinar organised by PIRC and UNISON on Labour standards in the rubber glove manufacturing industry. There were 6 panel members located in Europe and Asia and an invited audience of some 50 industry representatives, …Read more…
1st anniversary of the coup in Myanmar – TUC Statement
Picture from this BBC report on young people training to fight the vile military dictatorship in Myanmar. Below is TUC statement. It is good to see that Total are withdrawing their operations in Myanmar. Not so 14 years ago. I must find out which…Read more…
Labour and Capital – A Left Platform
Hat tip post Tom P (I picked image : Capital and labour, by Henry Stacy Marks)
“It’s election time. I’ll have a look through party manifestos when they’re out to pull together policy commitments that are relevant to this blog. In the me…Read more…
National Express – 6 kids die but CEO still gets 7 figure bonus. Wtf?
A sensitive and thoughtful commentary below by Tom Powdrill on his blog “Labour & Capital” about the many governance dangers of paying huge “performance related” bonuses to Chief Executives.
National Express of course has been warned on numer…Read more…
Fidelity pays £50,000 to help Tories cut tax credits for children & increase tax breaks for millionaires
Check this post by financial blogger Tom Powdrill and look for “Fidelity”in my blog archive. See what is being done with profits from managing our money. If your pension scheme has any links with Fidelity ask them to think again.
“Another Fidelity – C…Read more…