Tag Archives: employment rights

Boris Johnson’s agenda for Europe could be a social and environmental disaster for London

By Guest | Published: May 15, 2013

Boris’s free trade agenda for Europe could be a social and environmental disaster for London and the rest of the UK.

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Boris Johnson: wrong on ‘sloth’, right about management

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 13, 2013

It’s interesting that, in his column for today’s Telegraph, Boris Johnson has cited the German economy as the measuring stick against which Britain should compare itself.

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Why does Cameron hate the working time directive? Here are some of the key rights workers’ may lose

By Left Foot Forward | Published: January 30, 2013

Why do David Cameron and the Eurosceptics hate European Union measures that protect workers’ rights? Here are some of the key rights workers’ may lose.

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Always on call: the problem of zero hour contracts

By Guest | Published: January 11, 2013

Andrew Tromans is a History and Politics student at the University of Sheffield. For many people the notion of a 9-5 job, Saturdays and Sunday for leisure and even basic employment rights such as maternity leave are just not a reality.  I am not talking about night-workers or people working in the emergency services, but [...]

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Cameron puts anti-worker ideology before evidence in Regulatory Reform Bill

By Shamik Das | Published: May 9, 2012

Plans to make it easier to sack workers at will are not only wrong in principle but won’t actually reduce unemployment and kickstart the economy.

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Osborne’s dogmatic return to Thatcher-era employment law

By Tony Burke | Published: April 10, 2012

In a return to the 1980s, employment tribunal changes came into effect last week that attack workers’ rights and make it easy for bosses to fire staff at will.

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TUC warns EU – don’t undermine our employment rights

By Tony Burke | Published: February 14, 2012

Tony Burke writes about the fear of the unions over the EU’s attempts to undermine employment rights

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Raab’s attacks on workers’ rights are – surprise – based on no evidence

By Guest | Published: November 16, 2011

The TUC’s Sarah Veale takes apart hard-right Tory MP Dominic Raab’s claims that cutting employment rights will help anyone do anything.

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Gideon’s grotesque attempt to blame workers’ rights for unemployment

By Richard Exell | Published: October 3, 2011

George Osborne’s speech Tory party conferencetoday was (amongst other things) a transparent attempt to shift the blame for unemployment to workers’ rights.

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