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COMPANIES are gearing up to sack staff in a bid to maintain their profit levels after the government’s so-called living wage is introduced, a human resources expert reveals today.
Half of employers believe the new minimum hourly rate of £7.20 will affect their wage bill, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Resolution Foundation
But trade unions have vowed to fight back against bosses shifting the costs of the rebranded minimum wage for the over-25s.
PHILIP ENGLISH says military spending will not create the jobs young people need — instead, build an economy based around needs, not profit
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
RMT’s former president ALEX GORDON explains why his union supports defence diversification and a just transition for workers in regions dependent on military contracts, and calls on readers to join CND’s demo against nuclear-armed submarines on June 7