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Green steel deal must not axe thousands of jobs

Green steel deal must not axe thousands of jobs

Mika Minio-Paluello - 08 Sep 2023

Corporate Governance and responsibility

Steelworks

Rana Plaza - Ten Years Later

Rana Plaza killed 1,136 people, many of them knowing they were working in an unsafe factory but – without unions to guarantee their rights - powerless to do anything about it.

Stephen Russell - 25 Apr 2023

Corporate Governance and responsibility

Rana Plaza

Giving control away: why the new Pacific trade deal threatens our rights and laws

Many commentators have noted CPTPP will have minimal economic benefits, even by the government’s own analysis. Worse than this, though is that the agreement also poses a real threat to decent jobs, workers’ rights and sovereignty.

Rosa Crawford - 25 Apr 2023

Corporate Governance and responsibility

City

Headline GDP figures flatter fading recovery

Workers bracing themselves for the predicted wage squeeze, now have to confront the likelihood that the economy was even weaker than expected just a fortnight ago.

Geoff Tily - 11 Nov 2021

Economy, jobs and pay

Person putting credit cards into a wallet

“Heightened policy activism” is needed to address a global unemployment crisis

New forecasts showed unemployment rising by 13 million across advanced economies. The OECD calls for “heightened policy activism” to address this challenge: this must mean a renewed emphasis on spending to get us out of recession and deliver decent work.

Geoff Tily - 02 Dec 2020

Economic policy

Builder

The campaign to promote workers’ rights in trade deals must be global

Multinational business is lobbying for trade deals which will increase their profits at the expense of workers' rights. But trade unions across the world are fighting back.

Rosa Crawford - 26 Nov 2020

Workers

Levelling up the UK: the role of state aid

Time is running out for the government to agree a trade deal with the EU – with state aid rules a major sticking point. We need an approach which supports the UK’s industrial policy and ensures workers’ rights remain in line with the EU.

Elena Crasta - 23 Oct 2020

Female worker on vehicle production line in car factory

A better recovery – learning the lessons of coronavirus to create a stronger, fairer economy

After a decade of failed austerity, working people can’t pay the price for recovery again. This time we need to build back better.

Janet Williamson - 20 May 2020

Economy, jobs and pay

factory worker

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