DISABLED workers raised the perils of appraisal and performance systems yesterday.
Delegates to the TUC disabled workers’ conference warned that bosses’ assessment programmes can provide fertile ground to discriminate in the workplace.
“More and more cases are coming to light where capability procedures are brought in far too quickly,” said National Union of Teachers (NUT) delegate Kiran Mohan.
Outsourcing is at the heart of inequality. Only collective unity in the trade union movement can topple the Establishment’s obsession with it, says SAM GURNEY
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
Women are a vital part of the labour movement and have much to contribute, but there’s far more to be done to make sure that our sisters’ voices are truly heard, says PHILIPA HARVEY


