London 2012: Adidas must act to end worker exploitation
With under two months to go until London 2012, a new campaign calls on the Olympic Games’s official sportswear partner Adidas to end worker exploitation.
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Workers’ rights are being abused all around the world
It is not just in the developing world where trade union rights are at risk, according to a report by the International Trade Union Confederation.
“There’s no such thing as broken Britain, we’re just bloody broke in Britain”
Britain’s urban youth have finally found a voice – in the form of award-winning rap artist Ben Drew, aka Plan B; Heather Spurr reviews his new film, iLL Manors.
Why not pay the living wage? The cost to employers could be minimal
Critics of the living wage must stop exaggerating, as research shows the cost to employers could be minimal.
Council tax benefit reforms will hit working-age adults in poverty
Council tax benefit reforms will cut the original amounts available by 10%, leaving working-age adults worse off.
Now is the time for a new Tax Justice Consensus
Richard Murphy from Tax Research UK proposes a new Tax Justice Consensus to replaced the predominant ideas of the Washington Consensus.
Child poverty: Absolute and relative
A new campaign is raising awareness of the social impact of inequality – and you can help.
Police Commissioners: Less machismo, more safeguarding vital services
By promising to ringfence funding for vital local services, Labour can challenge forthcoming PCC elections’ narrow-minded, macho obsession with policing.
Poor standards persist across Europe for women seeking asylum
Two reports this week provide a harrowing snapshot of life in the UK for women who seek asylum here, writes Dr Russell Hargrave of Asylum Aid.
UK success on child poverty threatened by austerity programme
A UNICEF report today shows the UK was successful in protecting children from poverty at the start of the financial crisis, but has slipped back under austerity.