TUC
Priti Patel’s attacks on trade unions are all about ideology
Carl Roper of the TUC defends the record of unions against the ideologically driven attacks of swivel-eyed right-wing Tory Priti Patel.
Gideon’s grotesque attempt to blame workers’ rights for unemployment
George Osborne’s speech Tory party conferencetoday was (amongst other things) a transparent attempt to shift the blame for unemployment to workers’ rights.
TUC: We need to build a campaign to make the case for the alternative
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber looks at the challenges for the TUC Congress in building a campaign making the case for a thorough-going economic alternative.
Government and CBI speak out against domestic workers’ rights
The British government and the CBI spoke out against an International Labour Organization convention supporting the rights of domestic workers.
Declining living standards pre-date the recession and threaten the recovery
Average UK living standards are in their first prolonged decline since the late 1920s. Most attribute this to the recession, but its roots go back a lot further.
Liberty: Kettling is a “fatally flawed” tactic
Isabella Sankey, director of policy at the human rights group Liberty, explains the fatal flaws behind the police tactic of kettling.