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Research shows employment focus should be on quality not just quantity
22 October 2015
Research by Peter Taylor-Gooby finds that “getting people into employment will not on its own ensure decent living standards and reduce poverty”.
Trade Union Bill: Police “dread and fear” contents
16 October 2015
Police chiefs giving evidence on the proposed Trade Union Bill have told MPs that they ‘dread and fear’ the plan to make the police monitor the online activity of striking workers.
Employment up and wage gains, but what’s the bigger picture?
15 October 2015
The latest labour market statistics show the unemployment rate is its lowest for seven years, reversing the recent.
Rise in number of jobs paying less than the living wage.
15 October 2015
Office for National Statistics (ONS) data has revealed that 23 percent of jobs outside London paid less than the living wage (£7.55) in 2014. This is a 2 percent increase from 2012.
Blacklisted workers move closer to securing damages
15 October 2015
The lawyers for eight major building firms complicit in the blacklisting scandal have release an “unprecedented apology” for the “anxiety and stress” they caused the blacklisted workers.
The TUC needs you to visit your MP in Parliament on 2 Nov
09 October 2015
From the TUC website: Next month MPs will vote on the government’s controversial trade union bill, which threatens the basic right to strike for UK workers. We urgently need YOU in London to talk to your MP face to face.
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