Fertiliser chaos triggered by Gulf conflict could send prices soaring and leave millions facing devastating hunger, writes DYLAN MURPHY
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The IER’s mission today is holding Labour to account on workers’ rights
Newly appointed director JAMES HARRISON sets out his vision for the Institute of Employment Rights, balancing healthy scepticism of Labour’s promises with proactive efforts to improve and expand workers’ rights
James Harrison, director of the Institute of Employment Rights
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
Washington’s response to a downed jet shows a superpower still reaching for overwhelming force even as its wars repeatedly fail, says NICK WRIGHT
With attacks on industry, healthcare and education intensifying, JAMSHID AHMADI warns of a deliberate drive to cripple Iran and calls for urgent global action
Argentinians commemorated the 50th anniversary of the military dictatorship that left 30,000 people killed or ‘disappeared.’ BERT SCHOUWENBURG reports
In Voices of Scotland YANA PETTICREW looks at the crippling deterioration of working-class art provision and support
AFTER having the pleasure of working for nearly 10 years at the Institute of Employment Rights (IER), I’m absolutely thrilled to have recently taken up the position of director.
I’m excited to be working with our network of academics, labour lawyers and trade unionists to continue to provide information, critical analysis and policy ideas to assist the labour movement for the struggles ahead.
Since the July general election, Britain’s labour movement is still finding its feet in a new industrial landscape. The New Deal for Workers (NDFW), or “Making Work Pay” as the Labour Party has more recently branded it, seems like it will deliver meaningful changes for workers, and this should be welcomed.
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