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COST OF LIVING – UNIONS MUST FIGHT FOR WORKERS
Even the bosses’ preferred measure of inflation, the CPI, hit 7 percent recently showing the scale of the cost of living crisis. Prices are rising
Tory Ferries minimum wage plans fall short
The TUC union federation has denounced the lack of a mechanism to enforce new minimum wages in the ferry industry. The TUC said on Thursday
Statutory Sick Pay is “below survival rate”
The minimal increase of £3 in statutory sick pay (SSP) means the essential financial support is still set “below survival rate,” the TUC has warned.
US: Amazon workers vote to unionise
Workers at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York in the United States, have voted to form the Amazon Labor Union (ALU). “This is
Seafarers minimum wage plan “half a step forward”, says TUC
On Monday, UK transport secretary Grant Shapps said a “package of measures” will block P&O Ferries’ plan to replace sacked seafarers with agency workers paid below our