Headlines about labour shortages don’t give the full story about migration – it’s a complex picture, obscured by a lack of facts. But the statistics are clearly out, by several million. What’s gone wrong?
Over 200 nursery school staff marched from Parliament Square to Downing Street to demand secure long-term funding for the sector.
Marx’s earth-shattering declaration is truer than ever – those performing all the necessary labour must take over the running of society themselves…
A book published in paperback this year reveals a sorry tale of 60 years of legislation fuelling speculation in land, paving the way for the housing crisis…
British seafarers are becoming ever rarer as low wages and immigration waivers bedevil the industry…
The Swiss Nurses’ Association has gathered sufficient support to force a national referendum on nurse training and pay and conditions.
HGV drivers on refuse, recycling and commercial waste lorries for Brighton Cityclean have won a dispute over unilaterally imposed daily changes to rounds, and the removal of drivers from long-standing rounds.
The University and College Union has written to the Secretary of State for Education warning against plans to lower the salary threshold for repaying student loans.
The University and College Union has begun balloting its members in universities over action on pensions and pay.
National negotiations between the GMB, Unite and Rolls-Royce over the future of the Barnoldswick jet engine turbine plant are at a virtual standstill.
27 October 2021
The Swiss Nurses’ Association, backed by doctors and patients’ organisations and the country’s trade union confederation, has forced a national referendum on nurse training and pay and conditions.
Free market economics is coming unstuck. Many workers have always thought this would be the eventual outcome. The question is whether workers will assert their own control…
