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Blacklisted workers bribed with “derisory” compensation offers
10 June 2015
Victims in the blacklisting scandal are receiving compensation offers in a bid to persuade them drop their High Court claims.
“The right to strike makes the difference between people being workers and being slaves”
11 June 2015
Anna Soubry, the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise, dodged questions about Trade Unions and working rights in PMQs.
TTIP: Vote at EP Postponed
10 June 2015
The major TTIP vote that was due to take place this week has been postponed by the European Parliament at the last minute. The debate, due to happen at the same time, has also been postponed.
Cameron’s plans to renegotiate EU working rights.
10 June 2015
The TUC is urging Cameron to come clean about his plans for re-negotiating rights for working people set out originally under the European Social Chapter.
NHS in workforce crisis
3 June 2015
The NHS has announced it is considering creating a new category of nurse, as agency staff bill soars.
All failing schools will become academies
3 June 2015
The Education and Adoption Bill will see up to 1,000 schools in England turned into academies, regardless of popular opinion.
Rana Plaza murders show what’s at stake for employment rights
3 June 2015
42 people in Bangladesh have been charged with murder in connection with the Rana Plaza factory collapse which killed 1,134 people in 2013.
Mental Health in the Workplace
4 June 2015
A report from Lancaster University’s Work Foundation finds that more must be done to support those with depression in the workplace.
How Corrupt is Britain?
4 June 2015
A review of How Corrupt is Britain by IER Executive Committee member Professor David Whyte. This review is authored by Gwyn Griffiths and was first published in the Morning Star.
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TTIP Update: MEP trade committee backs TTIP
29 May 2015
Members of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee have agreed a resolution backing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
