TTIP and the unions
Many unions are opposing the proposed transatlantic trade and investment treaty – while supporting the EU and endorsing its exclusive right to negotiate TTIP on our behalf.
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A system set up for slavery
The government is sponsoring a series of television adverts against slavery in Britain. The domestic servant, the farm hands, the sweat shop labourers, the sex worker etc. The great unsaid, but obvious from the presentations, is that these modern-day slaves are migrant workers.
Self-employment on the rise
The level of workers categorised as self-employed has reached its highest level in Britain for over 40 years according to the Office for National Statistics.
A worker’s life in struggle
Students of the British working class should study the history of a man who fought in nearly every major struggle in the 1970s and 1980s on Merseyside…
Eurobriefs: The latest from Brussels
Germany economy shrinking…From lobbyist to Commissioner…Migration up…EU and Scotland…Barroso on the referendum
Mining: Union loan saves pit
Hatfield Colliery in South Yorkshire, one of the three remaining deep British mines, has been handed a lifeline in the shape of a £4 million loan by the National Union of Mineworkers.
Malnutrition: Cases soar
Figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that 6,690 patients were treated for malnutrition in Britain’s hospitals in 2013-14, a 20 per cent increase on 2012-13.
Pay: Chief execs rake it in
Chief executives of the FTSE 100 companies are now earning 131 times the average wage of their employees, compared with 41 times in 1998.
Zero hours: Sham proposals
Government talk of banning clamping down on zero hours contracts is a way of helping employers find ways round any new rules.
Billionaires: Join the club
In 2014 the global billionaires club – up an extra 155 members over the year – contained 2,325 people with combined assets of $7.29 trillion, says a new report
Turkey: Dairy workers fight
The International Union of Food Workers is campaigning in support of Turkish union members fighting for trade union recognition with the Sutas Dairy Company.
TUC and pay - time to grasp the nettle
We need to destroy the pay freeze and put wages centre stage. But in preparations for Congress the real focus has been on the next general election.