Union membership increased by 59,000 to 6.5 million in 2012
Trade Union membership rose by 59,000 to 6.5 million last year, according to a report by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report published today.
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Blacklisted workers deserve a larger audience than is currently being granted
The image of union activist George Tapp lying on a Manchester road with two broken legs and blood pouring from his head following a vicious hit and run during an anti-blacklist demonstration last week has shocked many.
Boris Johnson’s agenda for Europe could be a social and environmental disaster for London
Boris’s free trade agenda for Europe could be a social and environmental disaster for London and the rest of the UK.
Boris Johnson: wrong on ‘sloth’, right about management
It’s interesting that, in his column for today’s Telegraph, Boris Johnson has cited the German economy as the measuring stick against which Britain should compare itself.
Brand image won’t prevent labour abuses, but human rights will
Fundamental labour rights and protections should not be optional, applicable only to the rich but must be a central part of our labour markets, for compromises create cracks and cracks lead to catastrophe.
Bangladesh garment worker tragedy is ‘mass industrial slaughter’
Since 2005, more than 1,000 textile workers in Bangladesh have died in fires and building collapses. Thousands of people, many of them young women work in appalling and unsafe conditions in factories which supply western countries and High Street stores with cheap clothing.
Coalition presses ahead with discredited ‘shares for rights’ bill
Despite being rejected by the House of Lords recently, the coalition’s discredited ‘shares for rights’ scheme, which allows workers to give up basic employment rights in exchange for company shares, was passed in the House of Commons by a margin of 277 to 239.
This is the biggest assault on workers’ rights ever
Collectively, the changes to employment law amount to the biggest assault on workers’ rights ever. They very significantly weaken worker bargaining power, and will increase job insecurity for millions. And like so many of the coalition government’s policies they impact particularly on the most vulnerable.
Construction workers may still be being blacklisted
There was a protest on thursday against the blacklisting of workers and some fear the practice may still be going on.
Why does Cameron hate the working time directive? Here are some of the key rights workers’ may lose
Why do David Cameron and the Eurosceptics hate European Union measures that protect workers’ rights? Here are some of the key rights workers’ may lose.