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Exclusive: Labour dismantles allegations re employment practices

09/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 6 Comments

Earlier today, the LabourList site published an ‘exclusive comment piece’ – and a comment piece on the comment piece – claiming that Labour employees are on insecure contracts, sometimes have […]

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Tory Minister who said UK workers ‘worst idlers’ wants you to work for him – for free

07/02/2018by SKWAWKBOX 17 Comments

Tory Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Dominic Raab, has a low opinion of this country’s workers. He co-authored a book – along with four fellow Tory MPs – […]

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Tories trying to claim rail high ground with a few rail-cards. Here’s the truth

21/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 7 Comments

In one of what will no doubt be a number of meaningless sops the ‘MSM’ will focus on for some positive PR, the Tories are planning to give rail-cards to […]

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Video: Corbyn dismantles May on in-work poverty #PMQs

19/07/2017by SKWAWKBOX 17 Comments

Jeremy Corbyn celebrated the final PMQs (Prime Minister’s Questions) today by once again trouncin Theresa May. May had no answers and both looked and sounded flustered, descending ever further into […]

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How employers abuse zero-hours contract workers

16/03/2014by SKWAWKBOX 9 Comments

Recently I’ve had a few people commenting to me that zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) are not malignant or exploitative, but rather vital to business and employment. Just a few minutes ago […]

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Zero-hours contracts mean far worse than ‘no guaranteed hours’

22/08/2012by SKWAWKBOX 21 Comments

(If you’re reading this and you’re on a ZHC and would be willing to contribute your story toward a project I’m planning on the impact of ZHCs, please let me […]

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Staggering: zero-hours contracts in the NHS

21/08/2012by SKWAWKBOX 18 Comments

In my analyses of monthly employment stats, I’ve written about ‘zero-hours contracts‘, and the matter has been receiving some media attention over the last week or two. ZHCs, as the […]

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