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8 July 2008 Teachers, lecturers and civil servants on strike on the same day, photo Paul Mattsson 28 May 2008 Over four million low-paid workers felt some relief when Gordon Brown was forced into his tax u-turn, writes Judy Beishon. 21 May 2008
After Brown's tax u-turn... The abolition of the 10p tax rate (the hiking of income tax for those earning less than £18,500 a year) has become a powerful symbol of the contempt this government has for working people... 7 May 2008
A TIMELY report by the TUC, Hard Work, Hidden Lives, shows that New Labour politicians have much to learn about the lives of the working-class people who pushed them into power and could shove them out again... 16 April 2008
On 24 April almost half a million public-sector workers will strike a blow against the government's policy of public-sector pay restraint, writes Jane Aitchison, civil service union PCS, Department for Work and Pensions group president, personal capacity. 16 April 2008
GORDON BROWN and New Labour are carrying out daylight robbery against the lowest paid workers, writes Tom Penman, CWU member and call centre worker, Dundee. 4 March 2008
Over 8,000 PCS members in the Department for Transport (DfT) took strike action across Wales, England and Scotland on 29 February to campaign for the same pay rates across the department and to defend jobs... 19 February 2008
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17 January 2008
German train drivers have just won an 11% wage increase. German Telecom workers on the other hand have suffered accumulated wage cuts amounting to 25%... 1 - 10 of 29 | Next > | |||||||||||||||
