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2015 all issues

[cover image]December 2015
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Executive pay - The boom times never seem to stop rolling for top executives Victimisation of reps – Labour Research finds that incidents of trade union reps being sacked or suspended appear to be on the increase Must the arts bow out? - Growth in the UK’s creative sector is likely to be undermined by ongoing cuts in the publicly-funded arts Books for Christmas - The Bookmarks socialist bookshop suggests books you may like to give at Christmas[More ...]
[cover image]November 2015
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Trade Union Bill - The Trade Union Bill represents one of the most aggressive attacks on unions in decades Night work - Growing evidence points to the fact that night working has harmful effects. How are unions responding? Apprenticeship levy - Unions and the TUC remain cautious over the government’s proposals for an apprenticeship levy Workers on the board - What lessons can the UK learn from the European experience of board-level employee representation?[More ...]
[cover image]October 2015
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Labour-union links Labour Research examines the links at local political level between unions and the Labour Party Minority report - There may be improved minority ethnic representation in Parliament. But what about other areas of public life? Under new management? - The government plans to devolve decision-making to English cities. What does this actually mean? Productivity puzzle - Questions continue to be posed over the UK’s unprecedentedly sluggish economic recovery[More ...]
[cover image]September 2015
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Resilience - Management should spend more time helping stressed staff rather than creating more buzz words Blacklisting - Labour’s failure at the polls was bad news for blacklisted workers fighting for justice, but the fight goes on Unions in Europe - As the ETUC holds its four yearly Congress, Labour Research takes the temperature of unions across European countries Further education crisis - The most vulnerable will suffer as Tories take bigger axe to FE funding[More ...]
[cover image]August 2015
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Labour leadership – Labour Research interviews the candidates for the Labour Party leadership Childcare conundrum - The government says it will extend free childcare. But its pledge is undermined by lack of funding Housing and young people - The housing crisis affects young people in particular - so young trade unionists are mobilising around the issue Qatar World Cup - Migrant workers building facilities for the 2022 Qatar World Cup continue to endure appalling conditions[More ...]
[cover image]July 2015
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Union membership - What’s been happening to levels of union membership - in particular, how did these fare during the years of the Tory-led coalition government? Health and safety - A new Labour Research - survey looks at UK unions’ top health and safety concerns and examines the health and safety services they provide for their members. Worldwide unions - The work of global union federations goes beyond symbolic appeals for international solidarity, as Labour Research reports [More ...]
[cover image]June 2015
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Conciliation - New rules oblige workers to seek conciliation before taking a tribunal claim. What has been their impact? MPs’ union links - Labour’s new crop of MPs are helping ensure that the party’s links with the unions remain strong Surveillance at work - In many sectors, surveillance of staff has become the norm.Labour Research reports Social care - Adult social care faces tremendous pressures, thanks to cuts and privatisation[More ...]
[cover image]May 2015
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Workers’ rights under siege - In its five-year tenure, the coalition has waged a relentless attack on employment protections What’s the alternative? - What do unions want from a Labour government in relation to workers’ individual and collective rights - and what’s Labour proposing? Disabled people hammered - Austerity policies have hit millions - and disabled people are among those hardest hit The youth vote - Are young voters likely to make their voices heard in this month’s election? And what issues concern them?[More ...]
[cover image]April 2015
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BME representation - Is the general election likely to see a significant change in the Commons’ ethnic profile? Terror alert - Among the implications of the government’s new counter-terrorism legislation are those for a range of public sector workers Under private control - The tally of privatisations in recent decades is colossal - and the coalition is driving ahead with even more Social insecurity - Some of the poorest in society are bearing the brunt of government changes to direct taxes, benefits and tax credits [More ...]
[cover image]March 2015
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Gender imbalancing act - What are unions doing to help redress the gender imbalance which hinders women’s access to certain occupations? Women in leadership - Women constitute 51% of the population. But there’s some way to go before this is reflected in politics and other positions of power Corporate welfare – Labour Research looks at the ways in which subsidies and tax breaks benefit wealthy individuals and corporations Women under the coalition - What is the labour market position of women after five years of the coalition?[More ...]
[cover image]February 2015
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Councils of despair - Coalition cuts mean that local authorities are struggling due to huge financial pressure with devastating consequences for local services and jobs; Pensions - A variety of changes are taking place to pension provision. Bryn Davies, director of Union Pension Services, explains what these are as well as the main issues relating to them; Pay and living standards - Pay and living standards will figure large in the election. What are the facts behind the fall in real wages since the recession?[More ...]
[cover image]January 2015
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The year ahead - Falling real wages mean that living standards will be among many issues on unions’ 2015 agenda Voluntary sector - Huge public spending cuts and a sea change in funding regimes has wreaked havoc on the voluntary sector Health and safety - The latest annual statistics from the Health and Safety Executive don’t seem to bode well for workplace safety Local media under the cosh - Cuts and closures in local and regional media have not only seen job losses, but pose a threat to local democracy [More ...]