This week so-called “Junior” Doctors are again taking industrial action across England for 96 hours to demand better pay and working conditions.
Tag Archives: Pay and conditions
What kind of automation is good for workers?
The introduction of new technology should be accompanied by a demand by Unions and workers to re-skill, retrain and re-employ workers as engineers or designers. It cannot be an excuse to throw workers out of jobs.
UK stagnant economic growth
It’s a grim economic forecast for the UK, according to the Resolution Foundation, living standards have taken the biggest hit in a 100 years.
Cost of living crisis: Unite says ‘wake up to corporate greed’
A press release was issued by Unite the Union 13 March 2023 exposing unbridled profiteering lies behind the cost-of-living crisis.
Cost of living crisis: Labour Affairs on public sector pay and inflation
British society as a whole is poorer because of the war it is waging against Russia.
Revised pay offer for teachers in Wales
Working conditions for teachers are learning conditions for students. The Workers Party stands in solidarity with all teachers who are fighting for the fair and fully funded pay deal.
Budget Day strikes
The budget has rightly been overshadowed by the strikes and protests of the labour movement, not least because the announcement has elicited comment from the Office of Budget Responsibility that we will see the largest fall in living standards since 1956.
RMT considering revised offer
Whichever way the ballot goes, the victory will belong deservedly to the members of the RMT.
Hunt’s Pension Age Hike
Hunt wants us all to work until we are 68 years old, an increase which was already in the pipeline to be rolled out in 2046, but which he seeks to bring forward to 2035. This will affect people who are now aged 54 and under, and various charities and campaign groups have warned that this plan could throw thousands into poverty.
Centrica makes a killing off the cost of living
Energy supplier Centrica is expecting an almost eightfold increase in net profit. This at a time where 34% of adults in Britain face a choice between ‘heating or eating’ due, among other things, to a twofold increase in energy prices in the last year.