The TUC has reported this morning that: Real wages still below 2008 level in 212 out of 340 UK local authorities TUC says longest pay
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Taxing wealth: in the Guardian this morning
The TUC has this morning called for a national debate on the taxation of wealth. They have got wide coverage for doing so. I admit
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Every worker needs immediate access to sick pay during a pandemic
The TUC has issued this appeal for support for workers who will suffer financial penalties for self isolating for coronavirus picking up a theme I
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Bogus self employment is a recipe for abuse
As Anjum Klair at the TUC has noted this morning: Almost half of self-employed adults aged over 25 are earning less than the minimum wage,
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Brexit to be funded by the exploitation of UK workers
I argued during the EU referendum campaign that few organisations had been as good for the rights of UK workers as the EU. Whether it
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Philip Hammond is just too soft on empty properties
Philip Hammond announced that English councils may charge a 100% premium on council tax on empty property yesterday. The aim is to force the properties
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Not much changes
I love this, which came to my attention yesterday: The attitude of the Trades Union Congress to finance and investment policy is primarily derived from
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Real wages are still down from 2008
Geoff Tily at the TUC had some powerful graphs on changes in real wages from 2008 to 2016 yesterday. These address the claim that the
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The entrepreneurial union
I did a fringe even for The Snith Institute and Unions 21 on putting the economic case for trade unions at the Labour Party Conference
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