Governments of every political stripe have complained that the civil service obstructs their plans. Dr David McGrogan looks at how a little known legal ruling gets in the way of bring civil servants to heel.
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The leader of the GMB union, Gary Smith, has blasted Net Zero, saying: "We’ve cut carbon emissions by decimating working-class communities. The Left has been hoodwinked on this."
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Kevin Smith An awakening Whether religious or not, I think many readers here will relate to some of these experiences. In 2014 I was working for a UK organization which adjudicates financial disputes. The work was interesting, but the organization was going through a structural change which made no sense. Our work began to be …
Critics are crying foul over Labour's plans to give union reps paid time off to campaign on 'equalities' issues, including against 'transphobia', e.g. feminists refusing to use the preferred pronouns of trans co-workers.
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The farmers’ struggle at the Delhi borders completed six months yesterday, the 26th of May. The day was observed as a Black Day all over the country, at the call of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). Braving unprecedented cold, followed by rains and storm, the struggle has now moved into the cruelest part of Delhi’s … Continue reading Six Months of the Farmers’ Struggle – Looking Ahead →
In this year of COVID19, the organized ‘working class’ movement completes a hundred years of its history. It was on October 31 1920, that the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the first central trade union organization, came into being. This might be a good occasion to take stock – to look back into … Continue reading Crisis of Working Class Politics – Challenges for Rebuilding the Left →
An estimated quarter billion Indians – roughly three percent of the world’s entire population – went on strike today across the subcontinent, protesting the government of Narendra Modi’s racist and “anti-people,” “
The conflict in Syria is nothing less than imperialist aggression aimed at forcing “regime change.” The instruments of this intervention are a proxy invasion by terrorist organizations and brutal sanctions. There is nothing democratic, humanitarian or just about any of it. That the CLC leadership cannot – or will not – see beyond the confines of the US-NATO storyline is an indication of how deep and damaging labour’s reliance on right-wing social democratic politics has become.
Welcome to your second country, that was the greeting our Syrian hosts gave us when we arrived for the International Trade Union Forum for “solidarity with the workers and people of Syria against the economic blockade, imperialist interventions, and terrorism.”
Guest Post by RAMAPRIYA GOPALAKRISHNAN In March this year, the Ministry for Labour and Employment unveiled the third of its series of Labour Codes aimed at simplifying and rationalizing the labour laws. The Draft Labour Code on Social Security has been placed in the public domain and comments and suggestions have been invited in respect … Continue reading The Draft Labour Code on Social Security-Workers’ Concerns: Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan
