London 2012: Rio Tinto and the ethics of corporate sponsorship
As London 2012 approaches, Britain and the world need to pay closer attention to the environmental and human rights records of the Games’ corporate sponsors.
workers rights
Osborne’s dogmatic return to Thatcher-era employment law
In a return to the 1980s, employment tribunal changes came into effect last week that attack workers’ rights and make it easy for bosses to fire staff at will.
If Liz Truss wants to be more like Germany, she should boost workers’ rights
Alex Hern shows Liz Truss the piece of data she seems to be ignoring in her attempts to become more like Germany.
Cable falls in line with Beecroft’s anti-worker voodoo economics
Alex Hern reports on Vince Cable’s announcement of his and his department’s support of Conservative donor Adrian Beecroft’s anti-worker employment reforms
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.
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.
The IoD are wrong: there is no quick fix for the UK economy
Todays Institute of Directors “Freebie Growth Plan” report is wrong; if implemented, the measures they propose would lead to considerable losses for most taxpayers.
Employment tribunal reforms will further erode workers’ rights
The government’s plans to reform employment tribunals are the latest in a series of proposals aimed at eroding workers’ rights, writes Ruwan Subasinghe.
Cutting workers’ rights will not increase employment
Nicola Smith reports on the evidence which shows that David Cameron’s plans to reduce workers’ rights will not increase employment.