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9 September 2020
Callous Tories threaten not to uprate the minimum wage
'We're all in it together' chirped Boris Johnson at the start of lockdown - which is presumably why he's considering not uprating the paltry minimum wage next April, because the bosses say they can't afford it
24 June 2020
Workers need a 'new deal' - at least £12 an hour now!
The shop workers' union, Usdaw, recently launched its 'New Deal for Workers' campaign
20 May 2020
Universal Basic Income: not a solution to insecurity and poverty under capitalism
None of the schemes with elements of UBI provide a decent level of income
6 April 2020
The minimum wage must go up! Fund coronavirus workers, not bosses' profits!
Minimum wage workers include many of the frontline staff dealing with the pandemic, writes Karen Smith, care worker.
30 March 2020
Essential workers deserve more
Workers are receiving some very contradictory messages about their wage levels and the importance of their jobs
26 February 2020
Average wages recover to pre-crisis levels - but we're still over a decade behind
Average wage levels in the UK have, for the first time, recovered to the level they were at before the financial crisis.
5 February 2020
6.5 million working poor: Fight to end low pay
There are now 6.5 million workers in the UK who are part of the "working poor."
There are now more people who are both working and in poverty than people who are officially unemployed.
15 January 2020
Low Pay, Long Hours. Bosses rip us off. Organise the fightback now!
Boris Johnson has announced the minimum wage is going up. It's not by nearly enough. And at the same time, the Tories let bosses get away with paying hundreds of thousands of workers below the legal minimum!
8 January 2020
Tory minimum wage hike not enough
Ignoring the realities of living in austerity Britain, the Tory government has announced that the National 'Living Wage' will increase by 51p to £8.72 an hour in April. Every improvement is welcome, of course.
27 November 2019
The Socialist is running a debate. How can we end low pay and what minimum wage level should we be fighting for? In this issue, readers share their thoughts.
6 November 2019
Minimum wage debate: what should we be demanding?
The Socialist is running a debate. How we can end low pay and what minimum wage level should we be fighting for? In this issue, readers share their thoughts.
30 October 2019
Reading the articles about low pay, I am glad we've raised our figure around the minimum wage. We certainly don't want to be gazumped by the Tories, although they have no intention of implementing an increase.
23 October 2019
Minimum wage: What should we be demanding?
In the last issue of the Socialist, we initiated a debate about how we can end low pay and what level of minimum wage we should be fighting for. Three readers have sent us their thoughts
16 October 2019
Minimum wage debate: how can we end the scandal of low pay?
The minimum wage hasn't ended low pay. In-work poverty has increased.
Wandsworth Town McDonald's strike protest, one of six sites in South London taking action on 12.11.19. Photo Isai Priya
11 September 2019
4 September 2019
What strategy can end the retail jobs massacre?
The last few years have seen swathes of closures of shops across the UK as whole chains have collapsed while others close considerable numbers of stores.
4 September 2019
Workplace victory emboldens retail workers to get organised
I work for a well-known high street retailer and recently one of my colleagues came to me, the unofficial union rep, because they were being conned out of 70 hours of holiday
20 August 2019
Workers reject 'Martini' contract
Around 1,000 Asda workers, members of the GMB union, marched on Asda House in Leeds
14 August 2019
Fight back against the retail bosses!
'The needs of the business' is a phrase most retail staff will be familiar with.
19 June 2019
Trade union action can end low pay
Five million workers in Britain (over one in six) are stuck in low-paid and insecure work, writes Ruth Byrne, catering worker.
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