Union secures 7% pay rise for 220,000 Tesco staff
Retail trade union Usdaw has negotiated a pay deal with Tesco which will see staff receive a 7% pay rise. Around 220,000 workers in stores and fulfilment centres are set…
Election fever – UK Green news round up week 46
Isle of Wight Greens launch General Election campaign Image credit: Cameron Palin There's less than a month until polling day. And local Green Parties are kicking off their campaigns to…
Workers need more than a living wage. They need workplace democracy.
Image credit: Jurriaan Persyn - Creative Commons Monday marked the beginning of Living Wage Week, a five-day working week of jamborees for scrupulous employers. But we should celebrate by testing…
McStrike: the historic fight for worker’s rights
Photo: pixabay user andreas160578 Creative Commons CC0 Monday 4th September 2017 will forever be a historical day as workers in one of the world’s leading fast food restaurants, McDonald's,…
HuffPo-fail in Living Wage smear against Natalie Bennett
UPDATE: About half an hour after this article was published and tweeted at them, Huffington Post took the article down! ------ You might have spotted it today: a Huffington Post article…
Demands of the Scottish Students’ Occupation
Students occupying George Square Lecture Theatre at Edinburgh University have released a statement of their demands. We demand immediately from Edinburgh University: Freedom of access No legal or academic repercussions…
Green-led council announces first steps towards living wage
Press release from the Brighton Green Party: Green council leader Bill Randall (21 July) announced radical plans to introduce a Living Wage in the city of Brighton & Hove. At…
Time for a living wage
Matthew works for responsible investment campaigning group Fairpensions The Sunday Times Rich List is strangely addictive. The longer you look at it the more active your imagination becomes. What would…