Fair Pay Fortnight Two weeks of union-backed events around the country and online, making the case for fairer pay as the best way to tackle the cost of living increase. Jobs, opportunity and fairness – Derbyshire is showing the way on pay The TUC’s Midlands Secretary Rob Johnston writes for Left Foot Forward about Derby…
This TUC economic quarterly report provides an analysis of UK economic and labour market developments over the three months to February. In this issue we find The recovery remains unbalanced with business investment and net trade lagging expectations Improvements in headline employment measures mask concerning regional trends. Falls in real wages continue. Since the…
The latest economic quarterly report provides an analysis of UK economic and labour market developments over the three months to September. In this issue we find: Despite the recent pick up, growth has been weak and rebalancing is not occurring. There has been very little progress on deficit reduction. The labour market statistics continue the…
This new TUC Economic Quarterly Report provides an analysis of UK economic and labour market developments over the three months to June 2013. In this first edition, we show that growth has been weak and rebalancing is not occurring, with very little progress on deficit reduction; that the Labour market is essentially stagnant and we…
Next Tuesday Robert Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and former Secretary of Labour in the Clinton administration, will be speaking at the TUC, and holding an interview with Channel 4’s Economics Editor, Faisal Islam. In advance of his appearance Professor Reich has recorded us a short video…
Tim Harford — Article — Boycotts will not help Bangladesh’s poor The FT’s Undercover Economist rightly argues that, while boycotting Bangladesh would not work, what would is free trade unions. “Ultimately, whatever western consumers demand, what determines whether rules about working conditions are upheld is that workers on the factory floor have a voice and…
A nudge is as good as a regulation? Think again A double bill of posts from our sister blog Stronger Unions today. First, Hugh Robertson looks at the proposed privatisation of the Cabinet Office “nudge unit”, and how a dogmatic preference for nudge over regulation is damaging the effectiveness of policy – especially in the…
Sarah Anderson: Inside-outside Strategy on Wall Street Tax Sarah Anderson reports on how the Robin Hood Tax went down during the spring meetings last week of the IFIs – with a rally on the street outside and a seminar inside the IMF
Bogus self-employment is a scandal that continues to undermine employment rights and hit taxpayers’ pockets. There are too many cases of employees being classed as self-employed when in practice they work for a single company, meaning they can be sacked without warning, do not receive holiday or sick pay, have reduced benefit entitlements and are…
Heterogeneity at the IMF — Social Europe Journal For those confused about the mixed messages coming out of the IMF (against austerity in theory, arguing for Greece's austerity package to be relaxed, but still backing austerity in particular countries), Professor Wren-Lewis provides a plausible explanation