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What has history taught us about BME communities in Britain?
This year we are recalling several anniversaries that are important to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Britain.
Five years on from the Rana Plaza tragedy. Has anything changed?
Five years on from the Rana Plaza tragedy that claimed over 1,100 lives, Bangladesh is still caught between a safer future and dangerous old habits.
UK firms used 1.8 million zero-hour contracts in 2017 - it's time to ban zero-hour contracts
New data confirm the scale of the zero-hour contracts problem. We believe that everyone should have the right to a contract that guarantees the hours they work. The Government should ban zero-hour contracts.
LGBT+ rights are human rights and an attack on one person is an attack on all
A common ground was found - LGBT+ rights are human rights and an attack on one person is an attack on all persons. Dignity and equality is the right of all members of the human family and this is the centre and foundation of freedom, justice and peace in this world.
The decline of UK manufacturing is devastating - it’s time to change course
What has happened to global manufacturing in the last half century? UK industrial decline; many new jobs in low skill, low pay sectors; and attacks on unions have left workers worse off. So what can be done?
Britain isn’t delivering for working people – join us and march for the alternative
On 12 May, I’ll be joining tens of thousands of others to march through London, demanding a new deal for working people.
To boost living standards, we need to strengthen unions and reverse austerity
A case for ending austerity and raising public spending for the sake of growth, “a less flexible labour market is a strategy for income growth” .
Don’t get too excited about the latest productivity figures, we’re in the worst decade of growth for two centuries
The latest productivity figures – showing a small uptick on some measures, have been getting a lot of attention. But a closer looks suggests they don’t tell us anything about what’s happening to our actual ability to improve the way we work.
Immigration is not to blame for unaffordable housing
While some have pointed the finger at immigration as the cause of housing price increases, even a passing look at the issue shows this argument doesn’t hold water.
Why Brazil’s trade unionists are on the streets when President Lula can’t be
This weekend, thousands of trade unionists gathered outside the metalworkers’ union building in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Brazil’s industrial capital of Sao Paolo.