Employment

“When people live in a fair, caring society, where everyone has equal access to social goods, they don’t have to spend their time worrying about how to cover their basic …

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The Minimum Service Levels Bill is 'almost certainly' against international law – meaning any fines or sackings would be thrown out, according to a leading labour lawyer

Outsourced Vodafone HQ cleaners face 'victimisation' after pushing for higher pay while cleaning next to millionaire boss, Josiah Mortimer reports

The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to publish its own research into the effectiveness of sanctions, reports Chaminda Jayanetti

Contempt for party staff laid bare as party reveals it abused left-wing organisers in ‘constructive dismissal’ while saying their positions were no longer needed The Labour party is recruiting twenty regional organisers on the parliamentary jobs website, saying they are needed: at the forefront of the next General Election campaign, supporting constituency parties and regional […]

by Merve Sancak* Skills have been shown as an answer to ongoing socio-economic problems such as unemployment, economic inequality, or lack of economic growth both in the Global North and Global South. The issue has been particularly prominent in the debates about the ‘lack of’ economic development in the Global South countries. It has been […]

‘It needs to be understood how governments have facilitated inequality in the world. Billionaires don’t happen naturally. The rules by which a country’s economy operates is controlled by governments. If …

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Right-wing unions help regime kill motion With the help of right-run unions, the Labour party’s right-wing regime has defeated a motion brought in support of striking workers, fair treatment for working people, support for the poor and vulnerable and to repeal the Tories’ new anti-worker law. The motion read: Strikes (Composited Motion) Leyton & Wanstead, […]

Simon Thompson recalled by parliamentary committee to answer for alleged false claims The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has spoken out about the decision of a committee of MPs to recall Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson to Parliament to answer for allegedly misleading in his answers to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee alongside […]

Rachel Fraser, currently associate professor of philosophy at Oxford University, has accepted an offer from the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. Dr. Fraser works in epistemology, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of language. You can learn more about her research here. At the Dianoia Institute, she will be associate professor of philosophy. Additionally, the Dianoia Institute has hired Tushar Menon, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge, as a research fellow (equivalent to an assistant professor position). Dr. Menon works in philosophy of science and physics. Professors Fraser and Menon will take up their new positions in mid-2023. (via Stephen Finlay)