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Unions respond to inflation rise

Inflation jumps to 10.4% in the year to February

Case against ‘GMB Three’ collapses as Crown offers no evidence

Three arrested GMB members found not guilty

Organise! Our rights are under attack – War on Want webinar

IER President Keith Ewing speaks on the right to strike

TUC – The Conservatives are presiding over the worst period for living standards in modern history

The government’s failure to get wages rising has pushed families to the brink

Corporate profiteering soars an astonishing 89% compared to pre-pandemic levels

New Unite report exposes the unbridled profiteering behind the cost-of-living crisis.

Spring Budget 2023: Equality Report Card

The Equality Trust assesses the Spring Budget

Rail bosses award themselves ‘eye watering’ annual pay rises – RMT research

The report also reveals that the since the pandemic the private train operators stand to make taxpayer profits of £412 million by September this year.

Economists’ verdict on the Spring Budget

The Chancellor's Budget fails ordinary people and ignores falling pay

Budget 2023: Hunt ‘rearranges the deck chairs for corporate Britain’.

Meanwhile, workers in the real economy face crisis.

Lack of action against P&O bosses is a ‘national disgrace’ – Mick Lynch

Via Matt Trinder in the Morning Star

EHRC warns Strikes Bill could see all striking workers lose their unfair dismissal protection

Equalities watchdog publishes scathing new report on the anti-strike laws

Strikes Bill fails to meet human rights obligations – JCHR

Government plans to impose minimum service levels on public services during strike action are likely to be incompatible with human rights law
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