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67 academics back BA strikers
15 March 2017
As many as 67 academics from across the UK have signed their name to an open letter backing British Airways' (BA) workers taking industrial action.
Women need a new deal at work
10 March 2017
Women, more likely to work in low-paid sectors, have been hit particularly hard by the worrying march towards Sports Direct-style models of business; adding to the strain of increasing pregnant and maternal discrimination against new mothers and the difficulties mothers face finding flexible work on civilised terms.
UK faces worst decade of pay growth for 210 years, study shows
10 March 2017
An analysis of the government Budget has predicted that the UK will face the worst decade of pay growth seen in 210 years.
Sacked for being pregnant: More nightmare accounts of insecure work
10 March 2017
Hannah Reed, Senior Employment Rights Officer at the TUC, has told the Select Committee for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that workers are being "sacked on the spot for being pregnant" in the modern workplace.
CETA will lead to 230,000 lost jobs and unequal societies, study shows
10 March 2017
The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will end in around 230,000 job losses by 2023.
Chancellor delivers tax hit to vulnerable "self employed"
10 March 2017
In his budget this week, Chancellor Phillip Hammond increased National Insurance Contributions on self-employed workers, but with a significant proportion of workers misclassified as “self employed”, this could hit the most vulnerable.
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