France Canadian Articles by TML: Descent into Unprecedented State of Anarchy and Violence – Pauline Easton – As horrendous as the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo was, most alarming is the…Read more…
Opposition to Capital-Centred Political Economy
Human-Centred Political Economy The book, The Production and Reproduction of Value and Its Realization by K.C. Adams will be published soon. It elaborates human-centred economic theory as an…Read more…
Libraries:
A tear-jerking tract William Sieghart’s report on the sad state of England’s public libraries dismays TONY SIMPSON THE REVIEW of England’s public libraries produced by William Sieghart, released as…Read more…
Time for energy democracy
How much more coal, oil and gas including shale gas can we continue to burn and still have a 50:50 chance of keeping the rise in global average temperatures below 2 degrees C? The Coalition’s Infrastructure Bill would make it legally binding on government to “Maximise the economic…Read more…
Cuts to cancer treatments announced:
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News Twenty-five different cancer treatments will no longer be funded by the NHS in England, health chiefs have announced. NHS England announced the step…Read more…
19 days pay a year lost through missed lunch breaks
Long live the lunch break – its under pressure and its worth defending. Work would be a more stressful and boring place without it and less productive too. Yet a new study* commissioned by a well-known cheese manufacturer published today suggested that UK workers skipping their lunch break…Read more…
More Conservative anti-strike laws to come if elected:
Conservatives pledge public sector strike curbs The Conservative Party says it will make it harder to call strikes in public services if it wins the general election. Under the plans, a strike…Read more…
Circle: The first private firm to manage an NHS hospital says it wants to “withdraw from its contract”
Hinchingbrooke Hospital: Circle to withdraw from contract BBC Circle became the first private firm to manage an NHS hospital three years ago A company which became the first private firm to manage…Read more…
50 per cent more young people cheated out of minimum wage since 2010 – new government figures shock
The government today published new estimates for non-compliance with the national minimum wage*. These show a shocking increase in the number of employees aged 16-20 underpaid, up from 67,000 in 2010 to 102,000 now, which amounts to a 52 per cent rise. In itself, this figure shows that the TUC was…Read more…
Isle of Wight TUC urge local industry and SME’s to take up opportunity
Solent LEP ‘pit-stop’ offers support to Isle of Wight businesses By A County Press reporter Sunday, January 4, 2015 Steve Butler, of the Isle of Wight TUC, which wants businesses to take…Read more…
The New Year: Fight for the Rights of All – Out with the Old and In with the New
A New Direction for the Economy Social Inequality and the Necessity to Restrict Monopoly Right As 2014 comes to a close, one of the greatest concerns facing people is the growing social inequality…Read more…
Why Israel is losing the battle in the world’s trade unions
Text of my presentation at Limmud, University of Warwick, 29 December 2014 My name is Eric Lee and I’m speaking to you tonight on behalf of TULIP – Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine….Read more…
Misleading claims of four per cent earnings growth
It is of limited relevance to the population as a whole that some people are lucky enough to be enjoying stable employment with rises in earnings of four per cent. The figure on earnings growth for employees in full-time work for over a year issued by …Read more…
Pensions
Pensions are a hot topic for a lot of our members. Here’s the latest info from PCS HQ on what the upcoming changes mean for you. New ‘Alpha’ Civil Service Pension Scheme…Read more…
Bristol film premiere of One Rogue Reporter presented by Bristol NUJ
Bristol NUJ presents The 2014 Benn Lecture The Bristol premiere of ONE ROGUE REPORTER Creator and star Rich Peppiatt – a “recovering tabloid hack” – presents his film and anwsers…Read more…
They shall not pass!
This is the speech I gave today in Trafalgar Square at the demonstration in support of Kobane — part of an international day of action. Comrades and friends, brothers and sisters, good…Read more…