The Tories say falling unemployment shows that the crisis isn’t so bad. But unprecedented attacks on pay tell a different story, writes Annette Mackin
Bosses have pushed workers to accept pay cuts by claiming this will keep them in work—and union officials have sometimes accepted this blackmail.
Unemployment in Britain fell by 5,000 in the three months to April this year according to official figures.
The number of women out of work rose by 7,000 to 1.09 million in the three months to April.
As wages are being slashed and austerity forced upon the poorest, the rich are getting richer.
A recent report shows an increase in trade union membership last year. Sadie Robinson looks behind the figures at who’s signing up, where and why
I started working in the voluntary sector in 1994. We were expected to work all hours.
Unions are more diverse than we are often told. Firstly black workers are more likely to be in unions than white.
The government claims that the military is in Afghanistan to uphold the law. But Ken Olende shows the brutal reality behind Britain’s ‘war on terror’
Since Woolwich all the focus has been on who in the Muslim community “radicalised” Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
Camp Bastion is the main British base in Afghanistan. It is four miles long and accommodates 28,000 people. It was built in 2006 and is the largest British base built abroad since the Second World War.
David Cameron says he is cracking down on tax avoidance, but Dave Sewell shows the cosy relationship between the government and the corporations
