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1 May 2019
As delegates arrive in Blackpool for the annual conference of Usdaw, the retail and distribution union, many shop workers are facing job losses and worse pay and conditions as the retail crisis deepens.
1 May 2019
Universal Credit disaster behind foodbank rise
Universal Credit is being blamed for the record rise in the use of foodbanks as families required them to provide 14 million meals in the last 12 months.
17 April 2019
20 years of the minimum wage: Fight for a real living wage for every worker
The minimum wage was one of the very few pro-worker steps taken by a right-wing Labour government
3 April 2019
End Tory cold cruelty: life under austerity in Merthyr
Scrap Universal Credit now: Merthyr has received a bad press as the "benefit capital of Britain". The Mirror newspaper pointed out the average male life expectancy on one of the estates is lower than Haiti's. But it's a friendly town.
13 March 2019
Tories out. Scrap Universal Credit. Fight for living wages and welfare!
Universal Credit is hardly out of the news. The suffering and anxiety it has caused is immeasurable - so much so that even some Tory MPs have been forced to highlight problems with its implementation.
6 March 2019
The Socialist spoke with a shop worker and union member, Olivia, about her conditions at work.
6 March 2019
Trade union action to end low pay now!
Poverty pay for 1.2 million public sector workers. 2.7% pay rise for MPs: More than one million public sector workers are paid less than the minimum amount needed to make ends meet, as set by the Living Wage Foundation. They calculate this as £9 an hour, or £10.55 in London.
9 January 2019
'Fat Cat Friday' shows where all the money's gone
I hadn't even received my first paycheque of the new year when the average chief executive of a FTSE 100 company had already 'earned' more than my entire annual salary - in less than three days!
28 November 2018
End "poverty, ill health and despair":a benefits adviser speaks out against the cuts
I have worked, since leaving college - 22 years - solely in benefits. I have witnessed the systematic destruction of a support system meant to help those who need it most, creating a widespread situation
21 November 2018
Save the high street: public ownership, not ghost malls
This year has been a bad year for the retail sector. About 14 shops are closing a day, a net loss of 1,123 from Britain's main high streets in the first half of this year, according to accountants PwC.
17 October 2018
Universal credit = universal misery
Theresa May said 'the end of austerity is in sight'
12 September 2018
Cardiff Uber Eats couriers strike back against bosses
Uber Eats courier riders staged their second action in Cardiff on 3 September against low pay and insecure work.
22 August 2018
Bosses' pay up a fifth while workers' pay falls ...
The average worker would take four lifetimes to earn what the average FTSE 100 chief executive makes in one year.
22 August 2018
London cleaners' strike: 'Pay us a living wage!'
In early August, cleaners at Kensington and Chelsea council and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) took three days strike against poverty pay
20 July 2018
Tory crisis deepens - demand a general election now!
As the Brexit white paper staggered its way through the House of Commons, the crisis in the Tory party has just deepened and deepened
11 July 2018
Minister's benefits lie: sack the Tories - and scrap universal credit
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey arrogantly refuses to step down, after admitting to "inadvertently" misleading MPs about problems with the already unpopular 'universal credit' welfare restructure.
30 May 2018
Socialist nationalisation: what it is and why we need it
The surge in support for Corbyn's radical programme at last year's general election and the collapse of Carillion has led to a widespread discussion around public ownership and nationalisation.
23 May 2018
Leicester socialists fight poverty-paying sweatshops
The full effects of Tory policies, both economic and social, are being felt in Leicester, as sweatshop conditions and shocking illegal levels of pay persist in 2018.
23 May 2018
Tax Amazon movement wins in Seattle
On 14 May, Seattle City Council passed a historic tax on Amazon and other big corporations to fund permanently affordable, publicly owned housing. The driving force behind this victory was the strength of our #TaxAmazon movement.
23 May 2018
First ever strike at TGI Fridays
Workers at TGI Fridays restaurants in Milton Keynes and Covent Garden, London, were on strike for the first time ever on 18 May
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