Record rise in UK unemployment total UK unemployment rose by a record 281,000 to 2.38 million in the three months to May, the Office for National Statistics has said. The jobless…
The politics of protest - Red and Black Notes Red and Black Notes analysis on OCAP and Canadian unions against the Tory government.
Anti-poverty in Ontario - Red and Black Notes The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is one of the best known anti-poverty organizations in Ontario. It has acquired a reputation for…
58,000 mass incidents in China in first quarter as unrest grows to largest ever recorded There were 58,000 “mass incidents”, the Chinese state's euphemism for strikes,…
Athens Airport: death, redundacies, corruption and the pretext of economic crisis This is an Athens Indymedia article translated roughly by http://clandestinenglish.wordpress.com/
More job cuts announced, more to come As the economic recession restates its international nature, further job losses are to be announced in Jamaica and Ireland, while Swedish…
Reports on crisis 1: England - Wildcat Wildcat asked people in several countries to write down observations about social effects of the crisis. The following is a report from London,…
Work release scheme proposed for French prisons The creaking prison system in France unveils a new post-release labour scheme.
Regeneration, but not for miners Funding for the coalfields has been lauded by the government as a stunning transformation of old mining communities through free-market activity allied with government nous. But buried in amongst the back-slapping are figures which show the ex-miners themselves have been left in the cold while the wealthy profit around them
What recession means for us An analysis of the likely impact of the coming recession on workers' lives and a rallying call for collective action to mitigate that impact.
Benefits could be suspended for jobless Jobless people should "spend nine to five" looking for work or doing community service, or face losing their benefits according to a new…
Workfare comes to Britain The Green Paper, No-One is Written Off: Reforming Welfare to Reward Responsibility was published in July. Its aim is to ensure everyone has to “fulfil their responsibilities to prepare for, look for, and take up work.”
