Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news on the left…
Left Foot Forward
The biggest ambulance strike so far as thousands of workers walk out over pay and conditions
25,000 ambulance workers represented by the unions GMB and UNISON will go on strike over a 24-hour period in response to low pay and indecent working conditions.
Angela Rayner eviscerates Tory anti-strike bill in the House of Commons
“How he goes on with one breath thanking nurses to sacking nurses”
Grant Shapps photoshops Boris Johnson out of his picture
“If only we could do the same with the past decade of British politics.”
MUST WATCH: Unite blasts Tory hypocrisy after government demand further ‘productivity savings’ during pay talks
“That is absolutely ludicrous. This isn’t a factory we’re talking about, we’re talking about people who are working well beyond their contracted hours anyway”
TUC calls on MPs to reject ‘attack on the right to strike’ as bill comes to parliament today
“That’s undemocratic, unworkable, and almost certainly illegal.”
Unions launch campaign to protect right to strike against anti-strike laws
‘Strike Map, who launched the campaign, announced yesterday that within a few hours, representatives for over 50,000 workers had already signed the letter supporting the right to strike.’
Labour needs to get serious about climate adaptation for our future security
‘To tackle the phenomenon of climate anxiety that’s affecting nearly half of young people’s daily lives, we must create a sense of security that whatever the weather, our services and infrastructure will still work for us.’
FTSE 100 CEO pay is up 39% to an average of £3.4million as ordinary workers continue to struggle
FTSE 100 chief executives are paid £3.4m on average, which works out at 103 times the £33,000 average salary for full-time UK workers
Tory MPs rake in £15.2 million from second jobs while telling striking workers to show pay restraint
Boris Johnson has received more than £1 million since October, by giving just four speeches, at a rate of more than £30,000 an hour.