Glasgow women’s strike: Why we need to change the law to tackle inequality
We need an overhaul of employment law to ensure dodgy employers can’t weevil their way out of equal pay agreements.
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Sub-co strike: How NHS bodies can dodge national pay rates
The NHS-owned company says it ‘can operate more competitively against private companies’. Workers appear to be paying the price.
Another bailout – this time it’s privatised probation companies
The Government have announced the bailout today, which would cost £170 million.
How privatising probation services has damaged our justice system
“It cannot be right for an individual to leave custody with £46 to last them a number of weeks, nowhere to live and no job.”
Care workers on the brink: Why I’m on strike in Somerset today
Faced with council cuts, social care companies are slashing working conditions for low-paid staff. Enough is enough.
Care charity forcing staff to sign in using fingerprints may be breaching law
Residential care staff are being forced to sign in every hour using fingerprints and photographs – a policy that may be against new EU law.
Even MPs agree: Care workers need more pay now
A Public Accounts Committee report this week revealed how care workers are leaving the profession due to crippling low pay – and the Government has done nothing.
How the government is failing carers and those who depend on them
Most carer workers are still being paid well under the national minimum wage. And the government isn’t doing anything about it.
Trade unionists are demanding a shakeup of Westminster’s political system
Parliament is crumbling in more ways than one. But momentum is growing in the labour movement for real democratic reform.
New “subcos” in the NHS will destroy patient care and staff conditions – but resistance is growing
Outsourcing jobs to private companies will create a more fractured and less responsive health service.