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2014 all issues

[cover image]December 2014
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Executive pay - It’s continuing austerity for many working people, but boom time for executive pay Who cares? - Care workers are among the lowest paid of workers. Labour Research looks into their circumstances Bhopal 30 years on - Thirty years on from the world’s worst industrial disaster at Bhopal in India, victims and their families still cry out for justice Books for Christmas - The Bookmarks socialist bookshop suggests books you may like to give at Christmas[More ...]
[cover image]November 2014
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Wanted: a living wage - As millions struggle to exist on poverty wages, the need for a decent living wage grows stronger; Work Programme - Some are doing well out of the government’s Work Programme. But are they the unemployed people the programme is meant to help? Young workers - Unions and the TUC are facing the challenges of recruiting young people; Children and austerity - Austerity policies are having a baleful influence on the lives of children[More ...]
[cover image]October 2014
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The cuts that do no justice - The coalition government’s policies are having a devastating impact on access to justice for working people Britain needs a pay rise – Labour Research examines why Britain’s pay packet needs an increase Labour and the election - In the run-up to the 2015 general election, unions have been having their say on Labour policy Mental health - Austerity has not been good for workers’ emotional wellbeing - or the services they rely on to tackle mental ill health[More ...]
[cover image]September 2014
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Strike ballots - A General Election can’t be far away when the Tory Party starts union bashing Union branch organisation - A unique Labour Research survey gauges the well-being of the union movement at a local level Europe after the elections - The ETUC hopes the election of European president Jean- Claude Juncker will see a change from the austerity measures of his predecessor NHS funding crisis - The health service in England is in a parlous state with a £100 million deficit[More ...]
[cover image]August 2014
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Scottish referendum - What do unions have to say about Scotland’s historic vote on whether or not to remain in the UK? Outsourcing - Outsourcing of public services has soared. Labour Research examines the firms getting the contracts Private rented sector - Private renting is on the up - and unions and others point out that private tenants get a raw deal LGBT equality - There have been many advances in LGBT equality, but does that mean prejudice is no longer a problem?[More ...]
[cover image]July 2014
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Child protection services - Child protection services continue to face problems, despite the government’s recent U-turn over outsourcing these services Health and safety - The Health and Safety at Work Act is 40 years old, but government policy threatens its legacy Signalling a change? - Unions say that a new approach to running the railways is required Migration myths - Are popular perceptions that migration drives up unemployment backed by research?[More ...]
[cover image]June 2014
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Bogus self-employment - The spread of false self-employment is a means by which yet more workers are denied employment rights Privatising probation - Unions say that the successful rehabilitation of offenders is at risk, thanks to probation service “reforms” Income distribution - Wages are still increasing at a slower pace than inflation, eroding living standards and inhibiting economic growth Battle of Orgreave - Trade unionists are this month marking the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Orgreave [More ...]
[cover image]May 2014
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UK Independence Party - UKIP’s policies on Europe and immigration are well known. But what of their approach to workers’ rights? What’s behind the TTIP? - Unions fear a “race to the bottom” in social standards, thanks to the major TTIP trade deal European elections - The increasingly extensive powers of the European Parliament mean this month’s Euro elections matter more than ever Uncivil service? - Civil service pay and conditions continue to take a hammering[More ...]
[cover image]April 2014
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Race discrimination - Black and minority ethnic workers still face an uphill struggle in trying to further their career prospects Ethnic monitoring - TUC race policy officer Wilf Sullivan says it time for renewed action on ethnic monitoring Still benefiting? - There have been a huge number of changes to the benefits system, with still more in the offing Older women - There are more older women in the workforce, but are the needs of this group being adequately addressed?[More ...]
[cover image]March 2014
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Sexual harassment - For millions of women, sexual harassment is still a fact of working life. Labour Research investigates Women migrants - Increases in female migration have not challenged the notion of the kind of work women migrants do Women in unions – Labour Research looks at unions’ efforts to improve women’s participation and representation Employment relations - How have employer-employee relations been affected by the biggest economic downturn since the 1930s?[More ...]
[cover image]February 2014
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Regulator weakened - Vulnerable workers may be at greater risk thanks to changes to the Gangmasters Licensing Authority Fighting the bedroom tax - Trade unions are at the heart of the campaign against the bedroom tax Public procurement - The UK lacks a clear strategy for public procurement. Will the recent revision of European directives on procurement help matters? What’s up docks? - UK ports are facing changes which present a number of challenges for the sector and its workers[More ...]
[cover image]January 2014
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The year ahead - A union-bashing Bill, an attack on workers’ terms and conditions through changes to the TUPE regulations and the impact of a two-speed recovery are just some of the issues unions will have to face in 2014 Academies and free schools – There are now almost 3,500 academies and more than 170 free schools. But all is not plain sailing for the government’s flagship education policy Jobs and climate change – Labour Research finds that David Cameron’s “greenest government ever” claim is being severely tested[More ...]