The Living Wage – all in this together
We need to drop our own stereotypes and get out of our comfort zones to build alliances with others.
Trade Unions
A strong recovery needs strong unions and public investment
When the share of wages in national income decreases, consumption decreases.
Battling hostile management, Ritzy workers inspire low-paid workers across the UK
At least some young workers are starting to realise that they won’t get paid what they’re entitled to without a fight.
Strong unions won you your rights, not kind-hearted rich men
Decent pay and conditions for working people didn’t simply fall out of the sky.
The key to reducing inequality? Stronger trade unions
The widening gap between rich and poor reflects a decline in trade union power, so argue the authors of the bestselling book The Spirit Level.
Globalisation is taking its toll on workers rights
According to a new report, the UK falls within the category of nations where people’s workplace rights are regularly violated.
The Tories want to ban strikes without 50% turnout, yet they accuse others of class war
If you are simultaneously bashing the unions and slashing welfare, you’re also not in the best position to accuse others of conducting class war.
The Evening Standard’s trade union bashing
There are those in the media who are so nostalgic for the days of openly bashing trade unions they are busy recreating a kind of Sealed Knot society devoted to replaying the 1970s.
Euro Unions demand: end austerity and put industry back to work
European manufacturing and industrial unions met in Madrid this week at a specially convened conference to discuss the crisis in European industry.
Public more worried about Tory relationship with big business than about Labour and the unions
The public are more concerned about the Tory Party’s relationship with big business than they are worried about Labour’s relationship with the trade unions.