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[cover image][12 pages] December 2022
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Issue 50 Strikes reach 11-year high; Inflation finally slows; Shops union calls for proper Xmas break for workers; 2022 ‘was worst year for pay’ Latest legal challenge on agency regs receives green light Two in five families ‘will be unable to afford essentials’ Issue 49 Mental health problems cutting swathe through workforce Long Covid pushing people into inactivity Cost of living is spreading depression and raising suicide risk Cost of Xmas dinner outpaces inflation and wages Day-one flexible working right agreed Young ‘are being turned off work’ Three million disabled workers earn less than £15 an hour Issue 48 Christmas strikes gather pace Food prices jump to new record high Employers up their pay offers Apprentices quitting in their thousands P&O Ferries CEO ‘wins’ world’s worst boss title [More ...]
[cover image][16 pages] November 2022
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Issue 47: Union gets green light for Supreme Court challenge, Coalition calls for sick pay overhaul, Union warns of ‘end of Royal Mail’, TUC finds ‘flagrant’ exploitation continues in Qatar, Minimum wage to rise by 9.7% , Recommendation made on recognising Covid as occupational disease, OECD: UK facing worst downturn in G7. Issue 46: Inflation jumps to 41-year high, Prices outrun record wage rises, strikes soar, Report links ‘rocketing’ anxiety to economic uncertainty, Ethnic minorities advance in employment and education, but gaps continue. Issue 45: Schools planning ‘catastrophic’ staff cuts, NHS winter strikes move nearer, One in five report workplace discrimination TUC: disability pay gap has grown to 17.2%, One in three shop workers abused every week, Night workers suffering aggression. Issue 44: Trouble brewing’ as food prices leap to new highs, Public sector workers increasingly want out, survey finds, Royal Mail workers to strike on Black Friday, Union wins back £138,000 tips, Government drops 91,000 job cuts plan, Majority believe main priority of businesses should be delivering better pay, Night workers ‘need better deal’ Organisations call on PM to uprate benefits. [More ...]
[cover image][4 pages] October 2022
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Issue43: Unions hold out little hope for new PM; Price of basic foods soars; Eight in 10 vote for university strikes; Union moves strike day to assist poppy collection; Annual earnings grew 5% but fell 2.6% in real terms; Union win means payout for thousands; One in five tech workers ‘is monitored’. Issue 42: Inflation’s return to 40-year high raises benefits link question; Hunt’s mini-budget U-turn not nearly enough, unions say; November rail strike dates announced; Shareholder pay-outs outpace pay by factor of three; Crisis response needed, ILO chief tells IMF and World Bank Issue 41: Recession and economic instability fears worsened by unexpected GDP drop; Joblessness at lowest since 1974 but pay still well behind inflation; TUC promises autumn of action; Education unions join in ‘crisis’ warning; Care worker numbers plummet; One in seven workers has a disability. Issue40: Unions rally to defend benefits and push for pay; Resumed figures confirm summer of strikes; Junior doctors to ballot for action; Gender pay gap ‘won’t close for 48 years’; Seafarers’ union calls for P&O Ferries CEO’s head; Union wants gas lights kept; Pension providers offering antiquated and; puzzling service, research finds.[More ...]
[cover image][4 pages] September 2022
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Issue 39: Unions rip into new chancellor’s economic Fiasco; Food prices soar to new record; 5.2 million ‘forced into second jobs; 999 operators to strike; Pub strike leader wins interim relief; Free event:Issue 38: Unions launch three legal challenges over right to strike; Liverpool port workers on strike; Energy prices cut receives wary welcome; Four day week trial reaches halfway point; As government debt interest soars, tax cuts ‘will fail to aid economy’; Low-paid workers say this is worst time they have faced. Issue 37: Inflation flattened unexpectedly in August Unemployment at lowest since 1974, but inflation still trouncing wages Unions express sorrow over Queen’s death Supermarket giant offers crisis support to workers Heads ‘fear losing TAs’ Issue 36: Unions lay down law to new PM; ‘Don’t be a P&O PM’, TUC tells Truss; Firefighters could be next to strike over pay; Strikes suspended as workers review offer; Lay offs ‘follow strike vote’; Inflation flattened unexpectedly in August; Unemployment at lowest since 1974, but inflation still trouncing wages; Unions express sorrow over Queen’s death; Supermarket giant offers crisis support to workers; Heads ‘fear losing TAs’. Issue 35: Food prices hit record high; Unions continue battling for pay rises; Millions ‘will never recover’ from energy rise poverty; Shareholder payouts ‘rising seven times faster than wages’. [More ...]
[cover image][4 pages] August 2022
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Issue 34: Top CEOs’ 39% pay rise ‘big part’ of cost of living crisis; P&O Ferries escape criminal charges; TUC sets £15 minimum wage target; Consumer confidence plunges as bills rise; Organisations commit to anti-bullying and inappropriate behaviour statement. Issue 33: Inflation hits new 40 year high; Real wages fall at fastest rate for 20 years; Unions vow to resist redundancy cut plans; Educational inequalities blighting life chances for millions. Issue 32: 16 million cut back on essentials as annual energy bills head towards £4,266; Unions reject unofficial action charge; NHS strike action inches closer; TUC: nearly 1 million key worker households have children in poverty; As heatwave nears, union warns that fire service is understaffed. Issue 31: Unions blast Truss foray on pay; Third of ambulance workers ‘witnessed death due to delay’; Parliamentary committee demands workplace menopause support; NIESR: UK on road to recession; BP accused of profiteering; Union claims ‘biggest ever’ decasualisation win; Call for ‘living pensions’.[More ...]
[cover image][4 pages] July 2022
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Issue 27: Union reports employers to HSE; ‘Over two million households’ default on bills in struggle to cope; One in five workplaces lacks LGBT+ policy; Health workers’ Covid leave measures end; Strike action approaching at Post Office and beyond; Stagnation leaves families ‘brutally exposed’ to prices crisis. Issue 28: Issue28: Workers and employers warned of imminent heatwave danger; Strike-breaker plan is passed by parliament; New gen sec for TUC; GDP in unexpected rise; Covid rise ‘should set alarm bells ringing’; Employers predict ‘unstable’ labour relations. Issue 29: ‘Kick in the teeth’ pay awards threaten to usher in wave of strikes; Inflation is up again; Real pay plummets in face of inflation; Pressure grows for maximum temperature law. Issue 30: Unions defy; Truss over right-to-strike threats; NHS has worst workforce crisis in its history, MPs find; UK ‘will have slowest growth in G7’; Unions issue joint responses on pay; Above-inflation win for airport drivers; Three out of four mothers and nine out of 10 fathers at work.[More ...]
[cover image][16 pages] June 2022
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Issue 26 (30/06/2022) TUC: hypocritical’ government misled public over rail strike; Law to protect frontline workers now in force; Food price inflation rockets; Three-quarters of firms offering hybrid working, survey finds; Seven in 10 offer equal parental leave; ITUC: workers’ rights ‘crumble’; Staff shortages stifling growth. Issue25 (23/2022) Inflation rising at fastest for 40 years as wages ‘spiral’ debate rages; Rail strike heralds summer of action; Big company profits feeding inflation, think tanks say; New app protects outdoor workers; Net Zero transition will mean change to1.3 million jobs. Issue24 (16/06/2022) Real pay dropping at fastest rate for a decade; Unions reject Shapps strike-breaker threat; Social worker stress will cost lives, report warns TUC analysis shows rising cost of childcare ahead of cost of living demo; Survey finds ‘shocking’ abuse of LGBTI teachers. Issue23 (09/06/2022) Biggest rail strike since 1980s set for this month; Bonuses rising six times faster than wages; Unions call for ‘inflation busting’ local govt rise; Four day work five day pay trial begins; OECD predicts UK stagnation next year; Civil service cull would be worst since 2010-16 cuts; Businesses transferring ownership to employees reaches five year high Issue22 (02/06/2022) ‘No end in sight’ to flight chaos; Crimes against shopworkers tripled during pandemic; Real Living Wage rise brought nearer; Education groups in plea for free school meals; Only 9% of firms offer menstrual support; TUC raises red flag over post-Brexit rights cull prospect; Support package ‘doesn’t go far enough’. [More ...]
[cover image][4 pages] May 2022
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Issue 21 (26/05/2022) National rail strike moves closer as unions reject minimum services plan; Union membership dips after four years’ growth; Unions press government for emergency budget; UK ‘close to eliminating low pay’. Issue 20 (19/05/2022) Inflation soars to 40 year high; Over half say health damaged by cost of living; Inflation leaves wages behind again; Union continues fight against civil service cuts plan; TUC warns on asbestos danger; Union backs inquiry. Issue 19 (12/05/2022) Anger as government breaks employment bill promise again; NIESR: quarter million face destitution, 1.5 million won’t be able pay bills; ILO: global inflation doubles; Union welcome for McColl’s rescue. Issue 18 (05/05/2022) Report warns against rail cuts amid balloting for ‘biggest ever’ strike; Cost of living protest set for June; Food prices hit nine year high, with worse to come; Off sick rate rises; Union reports high morale after national post office strike; Report: fair financing maximises returns; Workers’ Memorial Day. [More ...]
[cover image]April 2022
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Issue 14 (07/04/2022) - P&O protests continue; Unite challenges Scottish government over pay imposition; Schools unions point to 'worsening' Covid disruption; TUC raises alarm over bill delay; Cost of living crisis is hitting hard; Health and wellbeing 'dropping down agenda'; Union to take case to Supreme Court. Issue 15 (14/04/2022) Wages fall further behind inflation with both employment and unemployment also down; TUC general secretary to step down; Inflation rockets to 7.0%; Luton airport Easter strikes off as Unite secures sick pay victory; Minimal growth in February; Unions suspend equal pay strike in Glasgow after commitment from council. Issue16 (21/04/2022) IMF predicts social unrest in poorer countries and slowing growth for UK; Research examines top pay under Covid; TUC calls for government to take over P&O Ferries; Workplace pension participation reaches 22.6 million; Union urges rail company to remedy uniform mistake; Legal action over lack of Sharia pension option; Unions blast ‘quiet drink’ slur. Issue 17 (28/04/2022) Drifting ship proves union warnings were correct; Nine in 10 already experiencing rising costs; NHS workers with long Covid ‘returning to work too early’; Disability pay gap widens; Most deprived 10% living 9.7 years less; Economy losing 1 million workers through inaction and Covid, new body finds.[More ...]
[cover image]March 2022
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Issue 13 (31/03/2022) - Unions' fightback forces government action on P&O; Avoidable deaths increased to new highs; Investors bring first of its kind living wage resolution; Unions query Covid testing promises; Majority 'want ethical pension funds'; Huge thumbs down for education white paper; Spring statement disappoints unions Issue 12 (24/03/2022) - Spring statement disappoints unions; Unions united in protests against P&O mass sackings; Inflation hits 30 year high; Pay squeeze 'has cheated workers of £76 a week'; Research reveals vast disparity in supermarket pay; Pilots and firefighters in joint training Issue 11 (17/03/2022) - Wages still falling behind but jobs growing; Energy bills 'to rise 14 times faster than wages'; Third of workers receive under a week’s notice of shifts, research finds; Living with Covid plan 'ignores H&S regs Issue 10 (10/03/22) - Unions call for help in face of invasion-linked inflation; Pay rise demo put on hold; 'It’s time to close gender pay and pensions gaps'; Employers 'support extending bereavement leave'; International union support fund for Ukraine; UK ratifies harassment and violence convention Issue 9 (03/03/22) - ITUC, ETUC and TUC condemn invasion of Ukraine; Seven out of 10 want action on CEO pay, poll finds; TUC: hi-tech surveillance of workers almost out of control; TUC analysis of unpaid work; '400,000 could be pulled into poverty in April; Union predicts chaos over outsourcing; Council workers plan targeted action; Reduction in working week negotiated at nature body[More ...]
[cover image]February 2022
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Issue 8 (24/02/2022) - Unions castigate government over end of countermeasures and free testing; ILO/WHO guide to occupational health and safety for health workers; Match Girl's Strike remembered; UK records first pandemic budget surplus; New Royal Mail pension scheme almost here; Government 'falling behind on green jobs'; Migration regime won’t deliver high wages, report says; National care service 'could create 1 million jobs' Issue 7 (17/02/2022) - Vacancies set new record as pay drops in real terms; UK inflation at 30-year high; Employers review pay and options to boost recruitment; Hospital pickets hit with injunction; Workers back green economy but have doubts; Defence spending 'puts price above UK jobs'; Cleaners allege safety violations at hospital Issue 6 (10/02/2022) - Half of firms have workers who’ve had long Covid; Union calls on prince to halt fire and rehire at his dad's charity; TUC: 1.3 million more on Universal Credit than pre-pandemic; Call for pay restraint 'a sick joke'; Union member wins age discrimination case; SSP reform 'needed to tackle Covid'; ILO virtual forum on Covid crisis Issue 5 (03/02/2022) - Unions welcome U-turn on compulsory vaccination; Food prices to rise alongside energy increases; Database offers global labour information; Closures would give green light to anti-social behaviour; RMT warns against privatising CalMac; Co-op workers in first win of comparability claim; Transatlantic merger a step closer; Youth employment up but some of it is insecure[More ...]
[cover image]January 2022
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Issue 4 (27/012022) - Lower borrowing windfall 'could be used to tackle energy costs'; Only game-changing pay rise will halt NHS exodus, unions say; Two speed recovery as UK growth slows; Unions want climate change better reflected in curriculum; Less than a third of top jobs are held by women; University strikes approach; Most vulnerable face 56% faster energy bill rises; Pilots petition PM for recovery plan Issue 3 (20/01/2022) - Earnings fall as pay rises lag behind cost of living; Inflation soars to near 30 year high; TUC: quarter million self-isolating without pay; UK GDP passed pre-Covid levels before Omicron; Highway Code changes this month; ILO: no global jobs recovery this year; Victory for 'designed-out' bus driver Issue 2 (13/01/2022) - Top bosses pass average wage after four day's work; Major change predicted for jobs market; Wealth inequalities highlighted in latest figures; Jack Dromey RIP; Call for action follows closure news; Unions question redeployment advice; Workers’ pension funds now own just 6% of shares Issue 1 (06/01/2022) - Britain needs pay rise to avert storm, says TUC; ITUC calls for 2022 to be year of peace; Schools measures 'not enough'; Little change on inequality seen last year; 2022 'could see national rail strike'; Report predicts this will be the year of the squeeze; BMA: staff absences making NHS unsustainable[More ...]